Other Engine Info: ALUM, VVT: Variable Valve Timing.
Plant City: Ruesselsheim
Plant Company Name: Opel
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: CXL - 4XL
TPMS: Direct
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Windows: 4
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1996
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AFTER HAVING REPORTED A STEADY BURNING "ENGINE CHECK LIGHT" TO THE DEALER, APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO ENGINE PROBLEM AND UPON BEING ADVISED TO BE SURE TO TIGHTEN GAS CAP TO CREATE THE PROPER VACUUM, THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE CAR RAN LIKE A TOP. UPON STOPPING AT THE STORE AND HEARING A LITTLE CHUG, THE ENGINE THEN RATTLED, ETC. AND HAD NO POWER ON START-UP AND WAS TOWED TO DEALER. THE DEALER FOUND A BROKEN VALVE SPRING IN THE ENGINE. MUCH TO OUR CONSTERNATION WHEN WE THOUGHT WE HAD PURCHASED A 100,000 MILE VIRTUALLY MAINTENANCE FREE ENGINE, THERE SEEMS TO BE NO EXPLANATION FOR THIS OCCURRENCE AND WE WONDER IF: (1) OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED OF SUCH A PROBLEM, (2) THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, AND (3) THIS MIGHT BE A DEALER DEFECT TO BE CORRECTED BY THE DEALER. *AK
2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT PANEL
DURING THE DAY THE SPEEDOMETER AND GAS GAUGE ARE NOT READABLE DURING THE DAY. DIFFICULT TO VIEW INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER (IPC) DISPLAY WHEN DRIVING TOWARD BRIGHT SUNSHINE. *TR