Faults:

Airbag warning light, as with most Vectras!

Slight fluid seepage from steering rack.

Lid of (annoying) front central armrest worked loose.

All fixed under warranty.

General Comments:

Paint on bumpers flakes or scrapes off at the slightest touch, so the once beautiful dark blue metallic paint now looks tatty.

Majestic and imposing twin-tone horn; if only lowlier Corsas and Astras had the same!

Incredible economy - constant 40 mpg, good even for a diesel.

The air-con continues to stink the car out; very embarrassing with passengers!

Faults:

Power steering pump replaced at 22,800 miles (however, should not have been replaced as not faulty, but 3 Vauxhall Main Dealers could not locate the fault that I was reporting!).

Steering column has just been replaced at 23,000 miles (This seemed to be the actual fault I had reported originally!).

General Comments:

Superb car to drive, 0-60 is extremely quick at under 7 seconds and pushing just under 200 BHP.

17" rims, tyres, and lowered suspension keep the car firmly on the road.

Electric Recaro seats are great comfort and support for longer journeys.

Plenty of boot space and interior space too.

Faults:

Air conditioning failed due to hole in one of the pipes. The dealer got the new pipe and fitted it within a week, with a courtesy car supplied free.

General Comments:

A really good family car, now on our third Vectra and haven't really had any great problems with any of them. Can't believe how biased Jeremy Clarkson is.

The only real gripe is the front seats, absolute rubbish. Our old 1.8LS was more comfortable. Seems Vauxhall have added loads of padding/lumbar support to the front seat backs and done this by stealing space from the front seat squab, instead of removing space from the cramped rear.

Vauxhall dealers though, continue to frustrate. A car is only as good as the manufacturer's dealers, and our local one is a waste of space. We didn't even buy the car from him (still waiting for him to call us back) and we have since bought a GSi Vectra, and again not from our local dealer. We ordered some genuine accessories from him, gave up waiting on these as well.

Faults:

None so far.

Recently purchased.

General Comments:

Bought this recently at a knock down price.

I find the engine very noisy. It sounds like a truck! Is this a common problem?

Performance from the diesel is fantastic and economy looks promising.

The interior looks dated, but the CDX spec means the car is loaded with gadgets.

Faults:

It required a new set of plug leads - the dealer took absolutely ages to diagnose? 4 or 5 trips to the dealer to rectify.

No other major faults so far.

General Comments:

This car is quick in a straight line and generally handles well given its weight and size. The seats are too hard and lack real support (for sports seats)?

A great specification for the money - ABS, traction control, AC and a CD player! Brilliant.

Generally a good runner with an average of about 35 mpg with a mixture of motorway and side road driving.

Buy one at the car supermarket - save 40% on new. Beware of dealers, they are not very good!