Faults:

After 8 months, the roller blind luggage cover failed to retract. It was replaced under warranty, and that is all so far.

General Comments:

The build quality is very good and they have a splendid reliability record.

I chose the Zafira for its ease of entry and exit.The Zafira offers this ease of entry and egress and it is extremely supportive in its seating position on long journeys.

The gutsy 1.8i engine has coped with everything we have asked of it so far and does so satisfyingly economically, returning in the region of 38 - 40 mpg overall.

Several holidays have passed without incident and the Zafira has never failed to satisfy, always giving us a smooth and comfortable roomy ride with ample luggage carrying capacity too.

We have regularly shifted fairly large loads and there is plenty of room in the back with the seats folded to accommodate freezers and the like and be able to close the rear door.

Although there is the superb Flex-7 rear seating arrangement available, we haven't so far needed to use it except for once when a friend's large family of youngsters demanded a road test in this configuration. They just loved it! The system is simplicity itself to set up.

Now that a touring caravan is on the shopping list, Zafira will be fitted with a manufacturers tow bar and I'm sure that she will perform well towing too.

It is perhaps the best car that I have ever owned.

Faults:

The glove compartment courtesy light remained on when the glove compartment was closed resulting in several of my CD and Cassette cases having melted holes in them.

Plastic trims on the sides of both rear seats have broken.

The vehicle started misfiring just after 12 Months and the Coil Block had to be replaced.

The engine management light came on again recently and the vehicle was taken to our local dealership by my wife. They not only let her walk home (two miles) but when she went back to pick the car up, they told her that the fuel system had picked up some dirt from the fuel tank. After explaining this they advised my wife not to let the fuel level fall below a quarter full.

I have done some calculations, fuel economy on a long run is 31 MPG, and on local trips, the car develops 25 MPG. (so much for ecotech)

General Comments:

We bought this car because we had an addition to the family and found that the Peugeot was too small for the family, prams and shopping etc…

The car itself is probably the most versatile and practical car I have ever bought and we have no real complaints apart from its poor economy.

My only real gripe with Vauxhall is the inability to be able to talk to someone about technical problems.

In general their after sales service is very poor.