Front wipers stopped on the screen between normal to high speed wipe.
Rear tyres wearing unevenly on the inner edges.
Rear screen misted heavily in damp weather.
When I start the car without touching the throttle the engine idles at 1250 RPM until the throttle is pressed and then RPM drops to normal.
Generally happy with the vehicle and it's an improvement on the previous model.
The condensation problem was traced to a loose rear wiper arm which also happened on my 1996 model and the wiper motor was replaced to solve that problem.
The engine over-rev remains untraced without fault codes showing.
The uneven wear I have traced to the wheel trims not staying secure.
The person who said their Vectra runs at a higher R.P.M. when started from cold, needs to know that this happens because the engine is running on cold-start (what we used to call the choke). In other words... it's to warm up the engine!... Quite normal!...
The fact that the engine slows its R.P.M. if and when you touch the throttle is also quite normal... because when you do that, you are "telling the engine management" that you are ready to drive off "now"... Therefore, it disengages the cold-start, so you have normal control over your throttle... When Vectra engines do this (run at higher revs from cold), if you don't touch the throttle at all, you'll find that when it reaches "running temperature",... it will cut off the cold start, and return to normal R.P.M. by itself...
P.S... tyres wearing on one side is caused by either worn-out bushes somewhere, or worn-out wheel-bearings...
VECTRAS ARE EXCELLENT ALL-ROUND MEGA RELIABLE CARS... I WOULD RECOMMEND THEM TO ANYONE.
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