Vauxhall Grandland X Wet Belt Issue

thompsa1

I've got a 2018 Vauxhall Grandland X (1.2l engine). Our car was recalled last year due to the known wet belt issue causing engine and brake failure among other issues. We were told by our local vauxhall garage at the time that the belt was fine, no issue was detected.

However now, a year on we've got an "Engine Failure - STOP" warning coming up and "Low Oil pressure" warning intermittently. Having done some research and spoken to my retired-mechanic Dad, we're pretty sure this is going to be wet belt issue, which could potentially result in full enigne replacement.

My question is - does anyone know our rights regarding getting this replacement covered by Vauxhall? I want to be armed with the facts and our rights/potentially other cases when i take it in to Vauxhall as I'm absolutely not willing to be out of pocket for this known fault.

Also worth noting that while I have had the car serviced regulary, it's been done by my Dad (reciepts & dates etc have been kept, but not offically done through a garage)

Mildly_Miffed

The Puretech recall checked to see if the belt was delaminating at that time. It clearly wasn't.

As for any goodwill on a 6yo car that's been home-serviced... Good luck, you're going to need it! Did he use the correct spec of oil? What change interval?

Remember, too, that the cambelt change interval on these is six years.

Nobbie1967

Stop driving it and see if a garage or your dad can change the belt and clean the debris from the oil pickup and sump. You could still save the engine if you act quickly. Can’t see Vauxhall doing anything for you on a home serviced car.

boobyd

Mildly_Miffed said:

The Puretech recall checked to see if the belt was delaminating at that time. It clearly wasn't.

As for any goodwill on a 6yo car that's been home-serviced... Good luck, you're going to need it! Did he use the correct spec of oil? What change interval?

Remember, too, that the cambelt change interval on these is six years.

Not quite.
I thought it was but my daughter has just bought a  2018 69k one and it has a 10 year/120k quarantee as long it has a yearly inspection.(Carried out when serviced at no charge)