Just this week I had to have my Astra recovered after it had broken down 8-10 miles from my home.
First time I've ever had to use a recovery/breakdown service.
I'm with Start Rescue, I found them on Compare The Market. Only cost me £18.79 for the year.
The breakdown lorry arrived within half an hour and took my wife and dogs home before taking my car to the local Vauxhall dealer.
I would recommend them if you're looking to save a few quid on your breakdown cover.

My siggy is a sports tourer so it has this extractable boot cover, and I believe it should somehow lock into place when it's fully extended. Mine however retracts by itself and never stays put. It feels as if some notch or hook has broken off. 
How does this work? Anyone got a pic of how the mechanism should look?

Getting the roof wrapped gloss black on a new red gtc, wonder how to remove the large shark fin aerial from the roof so to do it all together, the fin i think covers the main aerial. Is the fin stuck with 3m tape. It is the new larger fins , also found on the new insignia.

Buying a new astra gtc in red as shown, but getting a few things added, front and side maxton design diffuser and side skirts in gloss black. Fitting csr rear diffuser which i will have to get sprayed black to.
Was adding a lower bottom boot spoiler as in last picture that i bought  from csr as well. As the top one comes with the gloss black strip on the edge as standard, question should i do the lower boot one (last pic) in the car red color or black gloss to match other bits, any views welcome please.

Hi all 

dose anyone know if the rear seats in a GTC will fit in a J?

I have a fault code that comes up turbo boost not learned any one had this issue cheers astra j 2.0 cdti tried to learn it on op-com but don't no if I am doing it right

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Hi guys I have a 1.7*cdti gtc at the min and I want some new alloys prob not gona buy some till the end of the year as they ain't cheap i want proper vauxhall ones but can't seem to find the ones I like for my price range, I have seen these on ebay

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/332148341083

But for 400 I am wondering if they would be any good as I no the official vauxhall ones that look like this r like way over £1000 anyone got any advice?

The ones I like r the official Vauxhall ones that look like this is you know what I mean

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Hello, thanks for allowing me to join your forum.
I have a 2013 Astra Tourer Auto 2.0 CDTI SRI which I'm very fond of and have owned since Sept 2016.
It's been faultless in the time I've owned it, and has done about 54000 miles, normally goes very well, and has full Vauxhall history.

Today, however after an 8 mile drive at fairly low speeds it broke down.

I had just negotiated a roundabout when a message came up on the display "Stop Vehicle Immediately Engine Has Overheated"
I pulled  over and lifted the bonnet. The coolant and oil levels were normal - it was just serviced at a Vauxhall dealer recently - and the fan was on. There were no leaks underneath.

Re starting the engine, it sounded not well at all, very rattly.

My car was recovered on a lorry to the Vauxhall dealer in my home town.
As soon as the recovery driver started the engine, the temperature gauge went up to maximum with the same overheating warning on the display and "binging" noise. Even though the car had been sitting for about 25 minutes with the engine off.

So I'm waiting for the Vauxhall dealer to give me a diagnosis tomorrow. I'm really hoping it's not terminal !

Has anyone on here experienced anything similar with their Astra ?
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

Purchased new in 2013 , Opel Astra J Sports Tourer 1.6 Turbo Petrol 6sp auto (Select Variant here in Australia - equivalent to a SE/Elite)

Summary of modifications:
1. white LED interior lights
2. Genuine Opel/GM glove box shelf
3. Generic boot liner cut to size
4. white LED number plate lights with DIY mounted load resistor (to eliminate check bulb dashboard message).
5. Functional Shark Fin FM Aerial
6. Opel/GM genuine 18 wheels. 235 45 R18 Bridegstone potenza RE50A, previously 17s
7. Genuine opel sunglasses holder
8. Smokes side repeaters with chrome bulbs
9. Vinyl Black Roof
10. EDS IPF Phase 1 Tune (Engine and Auto Transmission)
11. Pipercross Panel filter
12. New engine @ 24,000 km due to warranty work (misfiring engine from faulty coil pack)
13. New brake rotors and pads fitted. DBA T2 slotted front, DBA standard rear with QFM hpx ceramic pads. 
14. Custom Fit H7 LED bulbs. 5700k colour
15. Opel OEM 19 wheels with new 235/40/r19 Tyres (Front - Vredestein Ultrac Vorti , Rear - Conti Sportcontact 3)

hi friends

i just got me self a new car, VAUXHALL ASTRA 1.6i 16V Design 5dr Auto with CD400 system, it does have a aux input, no usb. also on my stearing wheel i have buttons on the left for the cruse control on the right side i have vol up & down phone in the miffle i have SRC slide up and down and i got top botton half face with ))) and a phone on top, but when i press the phone button on the unit it mutes the radio and can not find the bluetooth on the car screen, an i doing something wrong got the car yesterday so trying to get everything to work, maybe some one here can tell me more about the this car has....

kind Regards friends
Dom.....