Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 DTi LS

It's an underrated car just extremely reliable.

Bought the car in April 2010, has had 4 former keepers, I have only had to have crank sensor replaced £100, solenoid motor on fuel flap lock £5+ Its superb on fuel . I reckon it cost me 6p a mile. It had 110,000mls on clock genuine mileage and full service history. The last 2 mots it sailed through. The previous owners had all injector seals replaced, and front coil springs. A car is only as good as its looked after servicing but mainly oil changes regular and filters , oh and better still kept in a garage. I love the car, Tyres are cheap to buy and all other parts. The only downside is insurance group and road tax. Oh and I have heard that the fuel pumps can go on them and they are costly £400 to £1000. I just use redex as a prevention and change fuel filter regular easy enough job . Overall a good towing car and roomy for a family compact and neat layout recommend as a second hand car

Bought a R reg 1998 2.0cc 16valve LS DTI Vectra a year ago, for £420. should never have bought it, as it had the engine managment light on. I then drove it home, fantastic on fuel even now with the fuel prices so high. Bought a good 2nd hand air flow sencor, that made a little diffrence but still the ligh was on. so again my micanic friend came down with his diognostic's matchine and said your EGR valve has gone, I looked a price's on the internet £110. so I have driven it wwith out replacing that for 8 month now, then the mot came up and I have had it off the road for 2weeks to do repair's and I bought a EGR Valve for £60. on the net, I just hope that works. my micanic friend told me it may be very expencive to sort the power problem out and that it may not be the EGR valve but a sencor or a blockage some where or even an eletric fault, so I'm just praying the valve will work or I'll keep driving it the way it is.

I have to say it's agood car, nice in size, but very slow amazing on fuel been a big car. my car has covered over 172000 miles so its doing well for that milage. engine wise she is brilliant, keep them well service with oil changes. All cars have problems. This car is a good car for people who like size and space, comfort, good miles to the gallon, this car is NOT for the boy racer type, its more of a cruser and keeping your licence clean.

Great car. Bought in 2000 for 8k, used as family car, and now commuter car (80 miles daily). 175k on the clock, just passed mot again.

Repairs: Injector seals (they do exist) cures the turnover for ten minutes prior to engine starting scenario. about six years ago.

EGR valve. Needed cleaning.

Fuel tank (old age) two months ago.

Crankshaft sensor. Just been replaced.

Otherwise, standard mot stuff, brake pipes, the odd suspension bush, a couple of springs.

Nothing I wouldn't expect for the age of the car. Lots of negative reviews on here, a lot of them ill informed, hope this counters that. It only takes a bit of research on online forums to suss the problems it has had.

165000 miles owned for three years.no major faults.new steering rack fitted.does not drive very sweet.good mpg over 50miles.i would recommend the car.drives rough but i dont mind as it is reliable.change the oil every 8000 miles.easy mot.after brake pipes have been renewed.

purchased when i became a taxi driver 7 yrs ago-purchased from colchester motor auction-have to say been very good car for me-only let me down once when clutch went at 190,000 miles-wear and tear!Done 33,000 miles when purchased now on 237,000 miles and still going strong.Main faults-keep the breather manifold clean-decoke every 45/50,000 miles-otherwise loss of power-change all filters at regular intervals and engine oil every 6,000 miles-thats all ive done!Shame that i dont like the newer shape so unsure of my next car.

If i was to recommend this car to a friend i would have to hate them. This car has been the thorn in my side for the duration of my driving experience. Passed my test in early 2008 i've only had the Vectra B 2.0 DTI.. only reason for not selling is that i need it for work and no-one else drives in my family which mean i'll not have a car until i buy a new one, and the fact that they are going for buttons these days doesnt help with changing cars.

First off the list of problems ive had to deal with the past few years has been shocking, contaminated water, boiling water, brake pipe BAAAAD OIL LEAK! Gearbox has held up but doesnt really feel convincing throughout the time, the steering often went completely stiff when i was at low speed going over puddles etc. which is really dangerous lots of times i couldn't steer at all half way through a turn and had to slow down until it loosined up a little then it goes back to being normal.. radiator hose replaced i swear i think ive put the same amount of work if not more than the price of the car which was 1600 at the time..

I think ive rambled enough for one day many more problems including lights constantly needing replaced heater plugs needing replaced..

Please listen to this review they might look nice but they are really unreliable, i dont care how cheap the parts are, when the cars constantly in the garage what is the point?

DO NOT BUY

I bought this car Last year and i was a bit scared after reading review about this car like electric problem bla bla bla but in 1 year i covered 12000 miles and never let me down the only thing which i find out in these cars are bit slow 98 bhp only and if you do speeding on traffic lights then you wil not get better MPG but if you drive it normally it gives me over 50 mpg very reliable cars good engine and long life cars in this money you can't find better then this i will give 10 out of 10 in this money and i will recomend it so don't be scare if you are going to buy a VECTRA-C

Cheap car, Vauxhall Vectra 2001 model b, DTI LS. Picked it up with 2 former owners, in need of a good clean, 76,000 fully serviced miles verified by local garage, for a bag of sand, £1000 smackers for a car that does 50mpg, gets to 60 in roughly 12 seconds, has aircon, cd, lumbar support on both seats, side airbags, steel wheels.

Plain interior, lots of common switches to Saab 900, supportive seats, comfortable on 500 mile runs. Engine noisy at lower speeds, quiet at national speed limits and motorway speeds though!

Does not seem to eat oil and common enough in breakers yards to make running cost effective. Lighter on steering and foot controls than a 1.8 litre CDX Astra. Would buy another.

Bought vauxhall vectra 2ltr diesel 2 months ago £1,200 - scraping it today Less than 70,000 miles and fuel pump gone. Cheapest repair £1050 - part £800 alone plus special tools needed. Stay well clear. Good bit - full size spare but thats it.