Vauxhall Superstore quote £632.
But then they were never known to be cheap.
Loads on ebay for under £60, but none of them say Tech 2 cleared.
I will see how things go, and see what the local dealer quotes... if there are any still available.
UPDATE -
The Vectra didn't miss a beat today. Started pretty quickly every time.
The Wife's Vectra-C - The other battle wagon
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Long may it last!
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Excellent news, was worried for you. What was the issue or fixed it in the end?
UPDATE: Just realised I didn't read the top part of your May 6th post, just seen all the errors below that and thought aaargh!
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Cav 1994 1.8LSi 5-dr Jungle Green Pearl: Daily.
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Re: The Wife's Vectra-C - The other battle wagon
Yes it can look pretty scary when you get a full system diagnostic report.
An "off the shelf" code scanner would have only picked up the P codes from the Engine ECU. (ECM).
In this case, there were no problems with that module - no engine light.
The Vectra was badly designed to have so many ECU's.
Even one in the front passenger door. (PDM).
I cannot think of many occasions where the spanner light had actually gone out.
The cure was the CIM module getting it's knickers un-twisted.
But - there is no knowing when this will re-occur.
It will be when and not if.
The gradual deterioration of the module has been evident, I just chose to ignore it.
First indication was the loss of all audible warnings about 18 months ago.
I just thought that the internal speaker had failed.
And as mentioned above, mis-readings from the speedometer and rev counter.
The rev counter ocasionally reads 1000 rpm too low, or does not go above 0 rpm at all.
An "off the shelf" code scanner would have only picked up the P codes from the Engine ECU. (ECM).
In this case, there were no problems with that module - no engine light.
The Vectra was badly designed to have so many ECU's.
Even one in the front passenger door. (PDM).
I cannot think of many occasions where the spanner light had actually gone out.
The cure was the CIM module getting it's knickers un-twisted.
But - there is no knowing when this will re-occur.
It will be when and not if.
The gradual deterioration of the module has been evident, I just chose to ignore it.
First indication was the loss of all audible warnings about 18 months ago.
I just thought that the internal speaker had failed.
And as mentioned above, mis-readings from the speedometer and rev counter.
The rev counter ocasionally reads 1000 rpm too low, or does not go above 0 rpm at all.
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Re: The Wife's Vectra-C - The other battle wagon
At least it's running, I thought it wasn't still. The cold and damp can play havoc with connections, a good bake and airflow in the summer sun might help.
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Cav 1994 1.8LSi 5-dr Jungle Green Pearl: Daily.
Cav 1994 1.8LSi 5-dr Jungle Green Pearl: Daily.