Leaky VXT

[plipton]

Hi,

Anyone else found their VXT (or N/A with Turbo seals) leaks around the doors?

Mine only goes out in nice weather usually and lives in a nice cosy garage when not being driven, but I got caught out in drizzle the other day - the carpets now pong having obviously got damp from the experience.

Is is just the doors/roof that can leak or can water get in elsewhere?

Ta

Plipton

[DanL]

Yep, they can do that, and there are two solutions.

The first is to make sure the windows are closed firmly against the seals - there are a couple of screws at the bottom of the door which tilt the glass in and out. Be careful with these though, as they can vanish into the door without warning!

The second (and better) option is to get the "new" VXT door seals (there must be a better way of describing them). Basically, around the triangles where the door mirrors attach the newer VXTs have a sort of cup/channel to guide the water out of the car. There's a pic on this thread of the door seal I'm talking about.

More information on both of these should be available with a search on the owner's club website (www.vx220.org.uk ).

Hope this is of some use!

Dan

[DanL]

Just had more of a rummage, and this thread seems to have the part numbers you need.

Dan

[plipton]

Thanks DanL

I phoned the local dealer today and it's going in tomorrow (must be a world record!)

The info will, I'm sure, be very useful - especially as they were umming and ahhing about warranty (mine's a June 2003 car so still has 16 months left to run)

I'll post what happens

Regards,

Plipton

[DanL]

Good stuff - best of luck with the seal thing. I'll look forward to hearing how it turns out!

Dan

[plipton]

Ba$tards are telling me they won't do it under warranty! Trouble is there is no other dealer on the island.

think I'll phone the VX customer help line and whinge. If anyone has eveidence they had a warranty leak fix on a car over 12 months old please contact me as this would be great ammo!!

([e-mail])

Ta

Plipton

[Plotloss]

Yeah call Vauxhall.

This is not warranty rectification its a design flaw fixed on older cars so why should you not get the same fix? Are you not as valued a customer?

[bengie]

Mine had a second turbo roof seal, and new update door seals fitted when it was back at the Tech Centre when it was 18 months old.

HTH

[DanL]

plipton said:

If anyone has eveidence they had a warranty leak fix on a car over 12 months old please contact me as this would be great ammo!! ([e-mail]) Ta Plipton

Bugger it - any evidence I had went to the new owner, otherwise I could have scanned and sent a printout showing new seals for my NA when it was 2.5 years old, carried out by Crownhill Vauxhall in Milton Keynes (now CD Brammel, I think).

Good luck - call Vauxhall direct (as others have suggested) and you should be in luck. Failing all else, you could go to the owners club and send an e-mail or PM to "StuHarris1" - Stu's the VX brand manager, and has sorted me out in the past when I needed a new radiator (some screw up in the supply chain somehere). He may be able to pull some strings if you're lucky.

Dan

[plipton]

DanL said:

plipton said: If anyone has eveidence they had a warranty leak fix on a car over 12 months old please contact me as this would be great ammo!! ([e-mail]) Ta Plipton ... Failing all else, you could go to the owners club and send an e-mail or PM to "StuHarris1" - Stu's the VX brand manager.... Dan

By owners club do you mean VX220.org.uk?

[DanL]

That's the one, yep. I know Stu also turns up here in the Monaro forum, but I'm not sure how easy it is to get to him through PH. Mind you, I don't know how often he looks at VX220.org.uk either.

Dan

[Huntsman_]

IIRC, Mart356 had his seals replaced late in life. Have a look on www.v220.org.uk.

[plipton]

Thanks all,

I think I'm sorted now