Vauxhall corsa

lissssssy

Hi i was woundering if anyone could help me.. i brought a Vauxhall corsa 1.2 energy 2011.. the car cut out while driving on Friday called the rac out got the car started and said its the spark plugs so booked the car in to get the spark plugs done.. they could get me in till Tuesday so i have drove the car for a few day everything has been fine.. took it to the garage on Tuesday and got the spark plugs changed when i come back to get the car they said its not starting and the engine management light had come on.. siad they had done some basic diagnostics checked and done know whats wrong with it best take it to the vaxhall garage and get them to look at it.. has anyone else had this problem and know if its worth tsking the car and getting it fixed or not... thanks..

daveyjp

If a garage can't fix a Corsa they have no future.
Spark plugs don't generally fail, especially all of them, what fails is the coil pack.

On Corsa its a single unit and they fail regularly.

lissssssy

If the coil pack its the long black thing on top of the spark plugs then that is new... sorry if thats not the right term 🤷🏻‍♀️ i drove my car into the garage got the spark plugs changed and had to tow it out could only happen to me 🤦🏻‍♀️ they said don't know whats wrong with it might need to be looked at by a Vauxhall specialist.. just wanted to know if this could happen or it the have done something to my car.. got the rac to pick it up and take to another garage but have no idea how much this could cost me now...😭..

ratrace

Corsa D are known for ecu's failing due to where they located ie: near the windsecreen in which were water gets to the ecu very easy to see if has water damage as the ecu casing will be croded, that would cause a no start im not saying thats your issue but its a common problem on them

spark plugs can cause a no start if they all fail at the same time which is not likely, normally the engine would misfire if 1 or 2 plugs are down

the corsa d is also know for timing chain issues which if stratched ie a few degrees out could cause a no start they way you check this is you have to get a cam and crank corrolation with a picsocpe or similar and see if the timing is correct most garages wont have it as they cost a fair bit to buy but a vauxhall specialist should have one or similar i just use my snap on verus for scope checks

hope this helps be carefull dont get ripped off buy garages who just guess

Just fixed a golf 2.0 tdi where the car would cut out randomly when driving no codes showed, all i did to fix it scoped the crank sensor and left the car started 10 mins later car cut out, scope showed sensor signal would be lost when sensor was hot, replaced crank sensor now works perfectly. without the scope it would have been hard to find the fault as it was intermittent

lissssssy

I feel like thats whats ganna happen i don't know much about cars and seems like they see me coming...

lissssssy

Hopefully this garage will be able to fix it and not cost me to much that its not worth getting fixed.. I'm just praying 🙏...

ratrace

lissssssy said:

Hopefully this garage will be able to fix it and not cost me to much that its not worth getting fixed.. I'm just praying 🙏..

hopefully its a simple fix, keep us updated if you need more info or help just post on here

lissssssy

Thanks... much appreciated...

tower

My Son’s old Corsa wouldn’t  start, I did a bit of research and found that they had known issues with bad earth to the ecu. Connected a bit of cable from the ecu mounting screw to an earth on the body work and it did the trick.