1997 Opel Vectra caravan review from Norway

Very many expensive faults have appeared during my 4 years with the Vectra.

The engine blew up at 114 000 kilometers.

Now it has it's 3rd engine. High oil consumption and engine breakdown relatively often happens to the 1.4 and 1.6 engines produced from mid nineties and up to around 2002 (at least), according to surveys I have found.

AC-system has been leaky, and was expensive to fi

x; close to 1000 pounds / 2000 USD.

Displays fail. Lamps blow up too often. Airbag sensors often fail.

Cambelt has to be replaced relatively often.

The car has been terribly expensive, and I tell all my friends what a catastrophe the car has been.

It has very low quality, and is very expensive to fix. According to norwegian newspaper VG "Verdens Gang", both Opel Vectra and Opel Omega produced between 1995 and 2002 happened to be on a list over the 12 worst used cars one could buy.

The newspaper (http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=209997) concluded; "Opel Vectra (oktober 1995 - juni 2002) "gir eierne massevis av problemer og feil", heter det ifølge testen."

This means: "Opel Vectra (October 1995 - June 2002) gives the owners loads of problems and faults, according to the test.

Consumers Association was behind the test.