Vauxhall Zafira (Problems)

A short list of to date problems I've had with my car...

The car in question is a Vauxhall Zafira 1.8l [Petrol] design model

At the time of buying the design model is one of the better ones with the better exterior looks and alloy wheels etc. These models range from Expression, Life, Exclusiv, Elite, and SRi.

At the time of buying there was only 18 miles on the clock [delivery miles] and so a brand new car!

Pre-buying the car a different model (different car as well) had gone into limp home mode after my dad test-drove it onto the motorway due to a faulty petrol gauge. Whilst waiting for the garage's other salesperson to arrive with a spare can of petrol we swapped drivers and I got my first drive of the Zafira's.

Within the 1st year my car has had a light turn on the dashboard indicating an issue with the CO2 filter system. Turns out that it is simply a fact that the Pollen Filter needed to be changed. However before this was done the car itself couldn't be driven far as the waste gas / CO2 came back into the car suffocating myself to a certain extent. Thankfully the windows could be opened!

In the 2nd year a rubbish truck hit my car and made it 'illegal' to drive due to the many newly created sharp edges. The damage was on the front driver's side which meant the bumper needed changing, and parts of the sides (and the drivers door.) However they overlooked the alloys on my driver's side wheels. Co-operative insurance have been annoying in this matter as they refused to deal with the issue/claim as the main policy holder was in China and as a named driver I couldn't deal with it! Thankfully Arnold Clarks had their own 3rd party who stood in and sorted it out for me (supposedly this work cost £2.5k!)

In the 3rd year, in winter the car wouldn't start and Vauxhall in Prestwich wouldn't look at it unless we paid £100+ for diagnostics. In the end we had the battery swapper and the car serviced which appeared to solve the problem.

In its 4th year the car 2nd MOT's was due and so it was taken to Kwik Fit in Bury for this service. Whilst it was there I had the tyres changed and topped up with Nitrogen which supposedly makes it last 25% longer (prefect as the last set of front Continential tyres lasted 25.5k miles and 25% extra makes it 31.87k miles!)

Whilst during its MOT it fails the 1st test as one of the headlights' aim was too low, this was then retested for free after its adjustment and passed.