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Posted by: Vaux2.0CDTI S/s vxline - 29:th-Oct-2025, 15:58:58 - Forum: Introduction Area
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Hi All,
Just joined the group after owning a few Vauxhalls over the years.
first car 1.3 sr nova, 1.6 cavilier, 2.0 130 SRI etc.
I have now got myself an Astra, which i really enjoy driving,
I`ve been doing some research and i think it is the last one of its model to be produced before moving onto the new shape in 2017
Hi, apologies if I'm breaking any rules by asking here. I've searched and searched and found very little info from Google or elsewhere. It may be that I'm not using the correct terms, this is why I'm hoping that someone might be able to assist me here.
Tldr (too long didn't read):
I have an electrical static noise coming from the dash passenger side. It sounds like when a speaker is loosely connected and it crackles.
Details:
The noise began after installing a vibe active sub. The sub already has a hi pass, so I used wago connectors to run a speaker wire direct to that using guides to understand where each wire should go. The install went well, the sub sounds nice. At first the noise was not apparent at all. One week after install I noticed the sound coming from what appears to be the passenger tweeter area.
When it occurs:
It doesn't happen when I blast the aircon, or turn the fans on full power.
It does happen when I'm travelling at over 25mph it gets louder and the tone changes slightly the faster I travel.
It doesn't happen when I rev the engine whilst stationary. It continues if I disengage the gear whilst travelling and release the accelerator.
This all indicates a vibration issue, or an electrical contact possibly touching an earth (I doubt this though as I've not interfered with such and the wago joins I'd tested and were well done). But the sound isn't a vibration sound, hard to tell of course whilst driving, but it really does sound like a badly connected speaker with the wire being moved around (I'm kinda hoping so one will know what I mean by that)
Things I've tried, I have tested for a good earth. Resistance is 0.5, that appears fine. I've disconnected the sub speaker wires (hi pass in from back of speaker out in stereo), no difference. I've disconnected the sub entirely, no difference. I've removed the passenger side tweeter, no difference.
My next test has to wait until the weekend, I'll dismount the glove box and get my wife to drive it whilst I listen to localise the sound. I may also go through the whole stereo removal process and double check everything I've done when fitting the sub wires.
Has anyone got any idea what this could be/experienced a similar issue?
Hi, apologies if I'm breaking any rules by asking here. I've searched and searched and found very little info from Google or elsewhere. It may be that I'm not using the correct terms, this is why I'm hoping that someone might be able to assist me here.
Tldr (too long didn't read):
I have an electrical static noise coming from the dash passenger side. It sounds like when a speaker is loosely connected and it crackles.
Details:
The noise began after installing a vibe active sub. The sub already has a hi pass, so I used wago connectors to run a speaker wire direct to that using guides to understand where each wire should go. The install went well, the sub sounds nice. At first the noise was not apparent at all. One week after install I noticed the sound coming from what appears to be the passenger tweeter area.
When it occurs:
It doesn't happen when I blast the aircon, or turn the fans on full power.
It does happen when I'm travelling at over 25mph it gets louder and the tone changes slightly the faster I travel.
It doesn't happen when I rev the engine whilst stationary. It continues if I disengage the gear whilst travelling and release the accelerator.
This all indicates a vibration issue, or an electrical contact possibly touching an earth (I doubt this though as I've not interfered with such and the wago joins I'd tested and were well done). But the sound isn't a vibration sound, hard to tell of course whilst driving, but it really does sound like a badly connected speaker with the wire being moved around (I'm kinda hoping so one will know what I mean by that)
Things I've tried, I have tested for a good earth. Resistance is 0.5, that appears fine. I've disconnected the sub speaker wires (hi pass in from back of speaker out in stereo), no difference. I've disconnected the sub entirely, no difference. I've removed the passenger side tweeter, no difference.
My next test has to wait until the weekend, I'll dismount the glove box and get my wife to drive it whilst I listen to localise the sound. I may also go through the whole stereo removal process and double check everything I've done when fitting the sub wires.
Has anyone got any idea what this could be/experienced a similar issue?
i have swapped the dc400 for a android headunit and now i have got practically no radio reception at all i understand that some of the cd400 radios came with a radio amplifier for the reception mine is a 13plate facelift model
any help would be great thanks from what i have read is that you have to power the amplifier but i dont know which wire that is
Hi, I have just bought a vivaro to make into a camper, and bought the satnav genuine stereo to replace the standard stereo I even got the satnav wiring loom as it just plugs in to the main loom behind the stereo and the connectors on the 2 stereos are different. Once replacing the loom to the satnav one, I can have the satnav working when plugging in the big and little connector fine, but the other long thin connector, when I connect this in it makes the dash turn on without the key plugged in, and the stereo just has a flickering back light on the screen and it does not work at all. Without this connector I don't get the microphone working all though I know which wires they are in the long thin connector but there are 6 other wires in that connector 2 yellow 2 that look light pink and 2 that look white or light beige, the stereo does not turn on or off with the ignition, and the screen does not dim when the lights are turned on, does anyone have access to the wiring diagrams for the sat nav and standard stereo they could help with so I can swap pins in the connectors or what ever is needed to get it working as it was intended. Thanks in advance if you are able to help.
Hi Guys,
I need advice on the Driver Side door mirror, as it has come loose and it was hanging off, so i took the mirror out, but the other element is still connected to the body of the mirror.
Do i need to change the element or i can stick another mirror, as i was going to stick the mirror which came off, but i slightly sanded back mirror and i ruined it, as i was going to super glue it.
So do i buy a mirror with self adhesive label and stick it on to the existing element or do i buy the full element with mirror and replace.
Your help and advice will be appreciated.
My car is Vauxhall Astra j 1.7cdti- 5 door hatchback 2011.
Hi everyone, I'm from the Czech Republic and new to the forum. I currently own a 2012 Zafira C and have some exciting plans for it. The Navi900 unit has stopped working, so the first upgrade I’m planning is a retrofit to the Navi950. I've already created a dedicated thread for the Navi950 retrofit, since I couldn’t find much detailed information specifically related to the Zafira C.
If anyone has experience with this kind of retrofit—or with Opel retrofits in general—I’d really appreciate any information, especially regarding programming, VIN modification, or other necessary adjustments.
Thanks in advance and best regards!
I’m new to the forum and I’m from the Czech Republic. I drive a 2012 Opel Zafira C and I really like this car.
My original Navi 900 stopped working, so I decided to replace it with the Navi 950. I already have the Navi 950 unit, but I read that it needs different microphone wiring. Is that true? What exactly needs to be changed?
I’m not very experienced with retrofits, so I would really appreciate any help or advice. Has anyone here done this upgrade in a Zafira C? Was it difficult? Any problems with wiring, compatibility, or coding?
I am installing a new android unit in a 2014 Meriva B and I don't understand one thing.
With the unit I got a new Chinese wiring harness theoretically dedicated to my car. On the panel side of the CD400 there are two plugs. A large one (obvious where to plug it in) and a small one (number 1 in the picture, with two wires black and white).
The small one only fits in one place. To the 8-pin plug (with three wires) that was unplugged from the CD400 panel. But since now the CD400 panel is not plugged in, how can it work ?
Maybe I should not unplug the plug from the CD400 panel. But then what about this Chinese plug with two wires.
To summarize everything at my car works (steering wheel control, canbus) except the CD400 panel.
