cars!!

[jaycee401]

i have a tip tronic (think thats what its called) 52 plate corsa sxi - only had it 3 weeks, went up some steep inclines yesterday and it was like a kangaroo-plent of petrol - and seemed to be loosing power and did not seem to want to get itself into gear. come to start this morning and starts but dies within 3 secs.

[TradeWithMe]

http://www.authspot.com/Poetry/Melancholy-Trut h.184833

Try to look at that!

[TWR]

Hi, do not waste time & take it back to where you have bought it, Are you sure it is a petrol faul? or is it the clutch that is slipping? Yes the clutch, depending on the driver that had the car privoius, they might have been a Clutch Rider.

[jaycee401]

hi TWR, its an automatic - had the garage out where i bought if from and they say they have now repaired it - it was the crank sensor?? im not very mechanically minded so i will find out properly when i pick it up later. they said the sluggishness etc was all connected to sme problem.

[TWR]

Hi, although the garage has sorted the car did the say anything regards your warrantee? make a note of this yourself with time,date, day, the person who repaired the car, also the mileage, you may say that I do not trust the garage, I also see Little green men in space suits at night as well, Do you get my meaning?

[jaycee401]

Thanks TWR I know what you mean :)

[mdoo98]

You say its Tip Tronic, Vauxhall dont do these but I take it you mean EasyTronic where you can select manual or automatic mode ? Did you try manual mode on the hill ? Sounds to me like it could have been the gear control mechanism, mine once went tempremental and had to be changed

[jaycee401]

hi mdoo yes you can pick between manual and automatic i thought it was tiptronic, sure thats what they said at the garage, i didnt try going into manual up the hill i just leave it in automatic, but wil see how it goes and try it manual next time. is it very expensive for a new gear control mech?

[mdoo98]

The marketing name is Easytronic I think it even calls it that on the v5 reg document. I was fortunate when the control mech went, I knew some one that helped to develop it and could sort me out a new one, it will be expensive from Vauxhall. Is this a vehicle you have just bought, if so take it back as soon as it happens again. The symptom I had was into ger, out of gear, into gear, out of gear, etc etc until I put it into manual. However eventually it wouldnt even work in manual