2000 Vauxhall Tigra from UK and Ireland - Comments

I bought this car 3 weeks ago, and it was running perfect. It was £2790, which is dear enough for a W reg.

It only has 40,000 miles on it, but when I have been driving it, the engine light keeps coming on and it keeps juddering.

I have taken it back to the garage today, and they sent it to get fixed. They changed a seal on it and said that I wouldn't have any more problems; 2 hours later the engine light was back on and the temperature gauge was in the RED!! Dangerous!!

It will be going back tomorrow... no doubt I will get fobbed off and told there is no problem... until my warranty is finished next week.

Can anyone tell me what the problem might be, and if it is easy to repair? I don't have the money to be splashing out on new engines. If it carries on I'm hoping I have a case with Trading Standards.

I am just having the same problems with mine and I have had mine for 5 years now, again though it is a W reg. My mechanic is coming out tonight to diagnose it so I will post response tomorrow.

Regards.

I had a w reg 1.4 tigra and it was trouble since the day I bought it - such a mistake. It started to judder and then the cambelt went resulting in it needing a new engine. A month later, the temp gauge went into the red and I kept having to pull over and fill the water tank after every 15 minutes. I then got a mechanic to look at the car and he said the head gasket had gone resulting in a £1200 bill. These cars can be more expensive to repair than to buy and in the long run, its just not worth the hassle.

Hi I've got an S reg Tigra Chequers, I've just had to have a new engine, BUT the engine management light keeps coming on and the car is losing acceleration and constantly judders. In fact the juddering is getting worse. I've taken it back to the garage and they fitted a new gasket, but I wasn't even a mile down the road when it started again. I just wish it would get better.