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Astra-J/GTC Common Problems

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Drivers Heated seat turning off (Pages: 1 2 3 )
JohnL, 15:th-Apr-2014, 10:41:34
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 3:rd-Mar-2020, 16:35:35
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gear box issues (Pages: 1 2 )
tucpal, 3:rd-Mar-2014, 21:31:46
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 1:st-Jun-2019, 13:47:24
Last Post: umognog
   
Trim rattles (Pages: 1 2 )
tucpal, 3:rd-Mar-2014, 21:28:49
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brake calipers (Pages: 1 2 )
tucpal, 3:rd-Mar-2014, 21:35:22
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squeaking clutch peddle
tucpal, 14:th-Mar-2014, 11:45:14
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Last Post: panelman
   
misting up windows
tucpal, 27:th-Mar-2014, 11:25:43
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 3:rd-Feb-2021, 23:57:21
Last Post: irishastraowner
   
CV JOINT DRIVE SHAFT
tucpal, 19:th-Jun-2014, 18:40:42
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 29:th-Jun-2014, 00:15:36
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common problems
tucpal, 1:st-Mar-2014, 01:22:21
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engine problems
tucpal, 3:rd-Mar-2014, 21:39:36
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Last Post: kebibg
   
water ingress
tucpal, 27:th-Mar-2014, 11:09:44
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 29:th-Feb-2016, 15:29:47
Last Post: irishastraowner
   
alloy corrosion, paint chips.
tucpal, 27:th-Mar-2014, 11:04:02
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 2:nd-Apr-2014, 17:32:19
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Squeaks & Rattles
Rusty2009, 7:th-Jul-2014, 08:48:50
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Last Post: tucpal
   
Body work
Rusty2009, 3:rd-Mar-2014, 21:47:52
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 5:th-Mar-2014, 15:49:36
Last Post: Migwell030744
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Theft attempted??
Rusty2009, 13:th-Mar-2014, 21:03:57
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 30:th-Sep-2016, 09:03:41
Last Post: bhalay207
   
Blower issue (Pages: 1 2 )
Lewis6317, 21:st-Jul-2014, 09:33:15
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 13:th-Apr-2017, 09:26:59
Last Post: Jerry
   
Engine Rattling
sheppy1, 24:th-Mar-2015, 17:59:48
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 16:th-May-2015, 09:47:27
Last Post: sheppy1
   
Service AFL Lamp
Rusty2009, 19:th-Jan-2015, 10:07:05
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Last Post: Rusty2009
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Last Post: Rusty2009
   
Water Noise Sloshing
sheppy1, 26:th-Feb-2015, 17:39:08
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 15:th-Oct-2016, 11:16:57
Last Post: andy2174
   
poor idling random
ozzysastra, 8:th-Oct-2014, 10:46:14
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 29:th-Apr-2021, 14:40:11
Last Post: Vljubinovski
   
Epb orange light
richje100, 10:th-Apr-2014, 20:01:20
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 2:nd-May-2014, 06:46:52
Last Post: tucpal
   
Pain in the assignment problem
Cameron UK, 4:th-Mar-2014, 19:17:01
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 19:th-Mar-2014, 13:29:00
Last Post: Cameron UK
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Last Post: DC23
   
ongoing problem UPDATE
Cameron UK, 1:st-Apr-2014, 19:49:16
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 23:rd-Aug-2021, 11:00:32
Last Post: Rusty2009
   
Fuel!
Lewis6317, 23:rd-Dec-2014, 12:30:47
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 7:th-Feb-2015, 09:59:18
Last Post: tucpal
   
fuel consumption
n1ibor, 2:nd-Apr-2014, 23:07:22
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 4:th-Feb-2019, 02:59:01
Last Post: DikoAJ
   
Brake pedal vibration
richje100, 16:th-Jul-2014, 19:55:23
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 18:th-Jan-2015, 12:59:02
Last Post: kevinn
   
Astra j radio / display problem
Trublu24, 6:th-Nov-2018, 21:28:33
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 1:st-Feb-2019, 08:38:04
Last Post: Rusty2009
   
Drive Shaft
Lewis6317, 25:th-Jan-2015, 18:04:55
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 9:th-Feb-2015, 16:40:44
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Whirring noise
richje100, 11:th-Apr-2014, 18:41:29
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 20:th-Mar-2016, 15:32:00
Last Post: Jj0063
   
Brake Assist Warning Light
duncboyd, 17:th-Aug-2014, 13:28:07
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 19:th-Aug-2014, 07:52:40
Last Post: Rusty2009
   
Water ingress in boot
Woodsy, 16:th-Jul-2016, 15:39:38
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 7:th-Mar-2017, 08:32:22
Last Post: Tonsor
   
Negative camber
Cameron UK, 22:nd-Jul-2014, 21:13:05
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 8:th-Dec-2014, 09:38:24
Last Post: Rusty2009
   
Car pulls to one side
Paul A, 18:th-Nov-2014, 21:34:45
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 2:nd-Dec-2014, 19:00:01
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Another blower issue..
Zcubed, 8:th-Feb-2016, 23:55:58
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 4:th-Jul-2020, 13:19:48
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Problem with park assist
Lewis6317, 27:th-Jul-2014, 21:29:23
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Last Post: Rusty2009
   
M32/M20 6 speed gear box crap?
dutton84, 29:th-Apr-2015, 11:44:44
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 21:st-Mar-2017, 23:51:48
Last Post: Saxito@Tech
   
My new Gtc problem already
DE5IRED, 11:th-Aug-2014, 17:54:02
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 28:th-Feb-2020, 23:58:11
Last Post: Zaf312
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DTUK Red Box
Tottybye, 17:th-Jul-2014, 20:43:46
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 25:th-Jan-2017, 22:33:15
Last Post: Wayneofwolves
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Last Post: tucpal
   
Service Park assist
Kris, 10:th-Jan-2016, 00:17:55
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 13:th-Jan-2016, 19:23:35
Last Post: Kris
   
Drl playing up
Cameron UK, 21:st-Oct-2014, 07:40:09
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 28:th-Oct-2014, 12:03:51
Last Post: tucpal
   
Loud knocking
Cameron UK, 21:st-Sep-2014, 19:19:59
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 14:th-Oct-2014, 22:54:23
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Cooling Fan Strange Behavior
Khaled, 17:th-Nov-2014, 09:58:55
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 21:st-Nov-2014, 08:51:24
Last Post: tucpal
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is this common?
Gilmore, 25:th-Aug-2014, 10:31:59
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 5:th-Sep-2014, 18:10:07
Last Post: Gilmore
   
Jolting/kangaroo effect
Conner36, 7:th-Dec-2015, 21:51:24
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 15:th-Mar-2016, 18:03:49
Last Post: hejhopp123
   
Noise from engine
SI SRI, 13:th-Jan-2015, 15:32:53
 8 10,962
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 26:th-Nov-2015, 15:17:23
Last Post: monty2000
   
Brake noise
Rusty2009, 30:th-Apr-2014, 10:59:21
 11 10,856
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 2:nd-May-2014, 20:13:50
Last Post: Rusty2009
   
Hill active assist
Lewis6317, 8:th-Sep-2014, 22:01:07
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 9:th-Sep-2014, 10:42:48
Last Post: Lewis6317
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Last Post: Nemo
   
got quite a problem
Gilmore, 22:nd-Aug-2014, 18:33:02
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 23:rd-Aug-2014, 10:40:08
Last Post: Gilmore
   
Occasional problem turning on
webby., 11:th-Aug-2014, 14:46:31
 3 10,428
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 17:th-Oct-2014, 18:50:27
Last Post: tucpal
    9 10,167
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 24:th-Jun-2014, 05:45:38
Last Post: Cameron UK
   
dtuk box aftre softwhere update
Dicko, 29:th-Jun-2014, 20:02:15
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 4:th-Jul-2014, 06:46:06
Last Post: mark240590
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 16:th-Jan-2015, 22:42:53
Last Post: bannan
   
Service ESP/battery draining
Derekjwhite, 4:th-Dec-2017, 22:39:42
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 17:th-Apr-2018, 20:40:36
Last Post: niteram
   
2 wierd issues
Cameron UK, 11:th-Apr-2014, 19:21:23
 11 9,982
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 12:th-Apr-2014, 21:38:56
Last Post: Kevin
   
Radiator Fan and Service TAG Issue
Roden, 9:th-May-2016, 19:50:13
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 8:th-Jun-2016, 19:44:47
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grinding / scraping noise
midge, 8:th-Mar-2015, 10:51:45
 6 9,727
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 9:th-Mar-2015, 14:44:00
Last Post: Rusty2009
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 25:th-Nov-2014, 20:12:55
Last Post: Hilly68
   
Engine sounds funny...... Or not
dutton84, 30:th-Apr-2015, 09:07:48
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 11:th-Sep-2015, 09:04:59
Last Post: dutton84
   
Low compression
Brnjas, 18:th-Apr-2018, 08:45:57
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 2:nd-Aug-2018, 21:27:36
Last Post: Brnjas
   
Wierd Bluetooth issues
JohnL, 27:th-May-2014, 19:27:12
 3 9,391
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 3:rd-Jun-2014, 23:32:10
Last Post: Migwell030744
   
fan blow problem
ozzysastra, 22:nd-Oct-2014, 11:28:06
 7 9,243
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 31:st-Dec-2014, 09:52:28
Last Post: Lewis6317
   
KEY FOB
tucpal, 22:nd-Jul-2014, 20:11:26
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 25:th-Jul-2014, 20:27:38
Last Post: Dicko
   
Airflow issue?
Dookified, 26:th-Oct-2016, 21:49:22
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 30:th-Oct-2016, 19:43:44
Last Post: Dookified
   
Water leak in boot, spare wheel
karl100100, 10:th-Mar-2020, 20:00:16
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 27:th-Jan-2021, 12:49:34
Last Post: Big Dave2
   
Key problem on Astra.
Rampage, 3:rd-Aug-2014, 11:01:32
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 5:th-Aug-2014, 22:17:58
Last Post: Rusty2009
   
Service vehicle soon?
zaghloul, 11:th-May-2017, 15:50:12
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 30:th-Jun-2017, 01:39:45
Last Post: zaghloul
   
7 8,225
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 9:th-Jan-2016, 18:45:36
Last Post: tucpal
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 27:th-Jun-2019, 22:40:04
Last Post: Galway11
    6 7,759
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 28:th-Jan-2015, 09:57:28
Last Post: Dman86
   
MPG really low
R4hulb, 2:nd-Apr-2018, 08:48:19
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 9:th-Apr-2018, 12:35:20
Last Post: vocky
   
Android infotainment
sotoskon, 18:th-Jul-2015, 11:10:24
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 18:th-Jul-2015, 16:40:00
Last Post: sotoskon
   
Rear Window heater not working..
Roden, 7:th-May-2016, 16:53:01
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 9:th-May-2016, 22:17:20
Last Post: Roden
    7 7,211
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 20:th-Mar-2014, 19:36:07
Last Post: Rusty2009
   
Bumper lacquer coming off
Rusty2009, 3:rd-Aug-2014, 15:56:42
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 9:th-Aug-2014, 23:28:53
Last Post: tucpal
   
Handbrake on one wheel
grahamfromoldham, 14:th-May-2014, 14:02:31
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 14:th-May-2014, 23:24:56
Last Post: grahamfromoldham
    8 7,048
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 17:th-Mar-2016, 08:15:11
Last Post: Rusty2009
   
Service AFL
J1ODYA, 14:th-Mar-2014, 19:29:09
 3 6,722
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 15:th-Mar-2014, 10:08:24
Last Post: J1ODYA
   
What could cause this?
richje100, 17:th-Aug-2014, 12:16:38
 7 6,600
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 18:th-Aug-2014, 18:29:42
Last Post: richje100
   
dazzling
tucpal, 21:st-Apr-2014, 09:45:20
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 21:st-Apr-2014, 21:32:27
Last Post: tucpal
   
help needed with this mess!
bhalay207, 22:nd-Mar-2015, 12:56:46
 6 6,550
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 22:nd-Mar-2015, 16:16:09
Last Post: tucpal
   
Hesitating
Delboy21, 11:th-Jun-2016, 21:04:27
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 24:th-Oct-2017, 16:14:32
Last Post: Jules
   
coolant issue
Shorty S91, 5:th-Nov-2016, 23:17:25
 5 6,235
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 8:th-Jan-2017, 22:51:27
Last Post: stigeye
   
New clicking noise
richje100, 28:th-Sep-2014, 11:31:07
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 29:th-Sep-2014, 21:36:45
Last Post: Cameron UK
   
Newbie requires some help
Phild82, 31:st-Jan-2016, 02:41:50
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 2:nd-Feb-2016, 10:26:13
Last Post: tucpal
   
smeared windscreen
classicracer, 11:th-Dec-2015, 15:55:50
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 12:th-Dec-2015, 08:26:03
Last Post: Rusty2009
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Last Post: Iaintruten
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 19:th-Sep-2017, 10:57:12
Last Post: Big Dave2
   
Funny noise from suspension
Cameron UK, 13:th-May-2014, 05:50:26
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Last Post: cornishtaz
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Last Post: Rusty2009
 
GTC: washer jet adjustment tool.
Max Tout, 19:th-Feb-2016, 14:32:33
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 24:th-Feb-2016, 15:54:15
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Eco Button
MattGTC, 15:th-Nov-2018, 12:55:16
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 19:th-Nov-2018, 12:08:11
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Drl issue
Daniel199025, 7:th-Sep-2017, 20:58:13
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 8:th-Sep-2017, 15:13:49
Last Post: stigeye
   
Gearbox a bit stiff
Cameron UK, 19:th-Jul-2014, 08:40:20
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 19:th-Jul-2014, 18:52:51
Last Post: Cameron UK
   
Car boot.
Spud7997, 13:th-Jan-2018, 18:03:24
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 1:st-Feb-2019, 12:31:26
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