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new (to me) car - fault 2 hours after driving it home!
Bought a new car Tuesday, (53 plate vaux corsa), was driving it around a bit, went out in it, and all of a sudden a light comes on on my dashboard! Looked in manual and it is the emission's light, which means there is a fault with the emissions system. :mad:
Phoned the garage "it could be nothing - could be serious, il put you through to book it in"
Told the lady it could be serious and needs to be in as soon as possible.
Nothing till next Saturday! So if my new car blows up before then :T
Dont know which one im more :mad: about the fact that its had 2 services and MOT's in the past month
Or that a car out the showroom has gone wrong in under 2 hours!!!!
Anyone more experienced than the garage know what this light is or what it could be??
Anyone else not like there local vauxhall retailer??
(cant complain too much, they forgot to ask me for money for my road tax
)
Phoned the garage "it could be nothing - could be serious, il put you through to book it in"
Told the lady it could be serious and needs to be in as soon as possible.
Nothing till next Saturday! So if my new car blows up before then :T
Dont know which one im more :mad: about the fact that its had 2 services and MOT's in the past month
Or that a car out the showroom has gone wrong in under 2 hours!!!!
Anyone more experienced than the garage know what this light is or what it could be??
Anyone else not like there local vauxhall retailer??
(cant complain too much, they forgot to ask me for money for my road tax
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Can be all sorts. We get something similar every time one of our cars is hoovered, cos wires run under the driver's seat and get disconnected by the hoover!
It's usually the airbag or ABS light that comes on then though.
It's never been because of an actual fault.
My advice? Get yourself a Haynes manual and start reading!
Claire
Before exhaust gas sensors were installed, cars ran fine, and you can bet that most of the cars on the road without these fitted are still ok and performing within their limits. But, if they had the same sensors and circuitry, most of these cars' dashboards would be lit up like christmas trees!
The chances are that it's an oxygen sensor (also called lambda sensors) that tell the engine management system how to mix the fuel & air. Provided your car's engine sounds fine and it isn't billowing smoke, you're pretty safe in my opinion.
So no need to panic, and if it's not covered under guarantee it's not the end of the world, most mechanics will be able to replace them and since it's a common car, parts should be cheap.
I realise that it is annoying to have a problem,with a vehicle you have just bought but sadly mechanical things can go wrong at anytime,this is a fact of life,leave them to sort it out.if they dont then is the time to get annoyed.
In answer to your last question,I have been quite happy with my own vauxhall dealer.
I am not a SAINT just a saints supporter(saints RLFC)Grand final winners 2006.World club champions 2007.
Asked about this while on phone and he said it could be when the valeters were cleaning it could have knocked something.
From my own experience on my car the emission light came only after 10 minutes driving and the coil (it powers the spark plugs) was only firing on 2 cylinders and needed replacement. Basically emssions light goes on because the unburnt petrol is being sent through the exhaust. It ill wreck the catylser if you do not replace it. Very easy to replace by the way.