Vectra 2.2SXi: any horrors with these?

Christ! I just looked at Honestjohn's site and the potential faults are 'legion'! Not all insurmountable though but some, especially on the diesels, sound a real nightmare.

JB

In message , JB writes

I test drove Passat, Vectra and Mondeo, and chose the Mondeo because the other two felt heavy and dull by comparison.

Every car made has faults at one time or another in its life. What you need to find out is the percentage of cars those faults applied to, and at what sort of age/mileage. If a car is sold in millions, there will obviously be more faults reported than with a far less common car - everything else being equal.

So saying, my limited experience of the Vectra said it was about the least attractive car in its class - to me.

You don't haveto tell me! ;>) It's his choice based on insurance cost and his own 'tastes'. Personally in his shoes, I would go for an E36 318/320 and live with the slightly extra insurance. Everything else is far better than a Vectra.

JB

Tim..

JB submitted this idea :

Budget for a new chain set at about £400. Early ones were manufactured with a small oil spray nozzle which blocks and causes the chain to stretch then break. Even later ones go. Once they start to rattle they must be changed but for the damage it does just change it unless there is proof it has already been done (this is the Z22SE engine).

Had one in a Zafira. OK engine but can be very thirsty.

Anything specific?