KNOWN FAULTS · Opel
Opel Vectra B 2.5 / 2.6 V6 common problems.
2000–2002 · Petrol
Sources are not verified in real time and no entry confirms that your car is affected.
3 known faults with sources
Applies if: Only Vectra B from model year 1998, with the restraint/pretensioner connectors described by HELLA and matching symptoms; check equipment and diagnosis.
Opel pretensioner/airbag connection contact faultBrakes and safety
- Engine / equipment
- Only configurations, equipment and VINs included in the documented assignments.
- Period mentioned
- Bulletin-specific period and equipment stated in each assignment.
- Symptoms
- Airbag warning illuminated; confirm connector diagnosis.
- Possible cause described
- Poor contact in the restraint-system connector can illuminate the airbag warning.
- Check for the garage
- A technician should diagnose the connector and repair/secure the loom under the HELLA bulletin and manufacturer procedure.
- Cost cited in the source
- No verifiable estimate; request a diagnostic and repair quotation.A rough figure from the original database, not an up-to-date quote.
Sources from the original database
View full entryApplies if: Only the V6 petrol engines.
Camshaft gears that break on the Opel Vectra B V6Valve timing
- Engine / equipment
- Opel Vectra B 2.5 and 2.6 V6 petrol
- Period mentioned
- 1995–2002
- Symptoms
- Noise or rattling from the timing area; the engine may start running badly, cut out suddenly and not start again.
- Possible cause described
- AUTO BILD lists camshaft gears that break on the V6 engines as one of the known problems of the Vectra B.
- Check for the garage
- If there is timing noise or the engine has cut out suddenly, do not keep trying to start it: have the garage check the belt, the camshaft gears and the timing, and do a compression test in case valves have been damaged.
- Cost cited in the source
- No verified estimate; ask the garage for a quote.A rough figure from the original database, not an up-to-date quote.
Sources from the original database
View full entryApplies if: All engines.
Handbrake that does not hold on the Opel Vectra BBrakes
- Engine / equipment
- Opel Vectra B, all engines
- Period mentioned
- 1995–2002
- Symptoms
- The handbrake holds little or not at all on a slope, the lever comes up too far or the car fails its inspection because of the parking brake.
- Possible cause described
- AUTO BILD reports that the Vectra B’s handbrake is often criticised at German technical inspections (TÜV), and that overall its TÜV record is worse than that of most cars of its age.
- Check for the garage
- Check the cables and their travel, the rear-wheel handbrake mechanism and its adjustment, and its efficiency on a brake tester.
- Cost cited in the source
- No verified estimate; ask the garage for a quote.A rough figure from the original database, not an up-to-date quote.