1997 Vauxhall Vectra SRi from UK and Ireland - Comments

Cam belt snapped 40,030 miles leading to engine rebuild. £800.

Wheel bearing giving in.

Cuts out - the old "holds at 1100rpm then stop" problem vauxhall can't fix.

Brakes worryingly poor at times.

Damp in boot.

I bought the car on an R plate with 39k miles on for only £4500 and had been well maintained. I needed a car desperately and liked the looks. OK it drives reasonably, but is no SRi, engine is smooth when it works.

Build quality is OK, seats very good and it excells on the motorways.

I have to agree with another comment here, its aimed at the fleet manager bean counters!

My 2.0 litre 16v sri saloon had cutting out problems. this can be sorted. the throttle body housing needs to be cleaned of all residue. i got that repiar done to my car and it hasn't cut out since.

I've had my Vauxhall Vectra SRI 2.0 for 5 years now, it had some cutting out problems when I first got it and believe this was due to an engine sensor problem, I had them changed and it has been fine ever since.

All in all I would say that the car is a proper work horse and is a very comfortable drive, long distance motorway driving or just simple shop run... Cheers Vauxhall.