"Svend" (svend)
10/22/2015 at 04:30 • Filed to: None
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"Svend" (svend)
10/22/2015 at 04:30 • Filed to: None | 0
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Sky News are reporting.
“Car Owners Warned About Vauxhalls Catching Fire”
followed by
“Thousands of concerned Vauxhall drivers join an online group over fears their cars could be at risk of going up in flames.”
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Has it got your attention? Are you saying to yourself “oh christ I’ve got a Vauxhall/Opel?”
Well here is the story below that attention grabbing headline and top of the story piece neatly below the picture of a burnt out Zafira.
“Sky News understands Vauxhall is considering recalling some of its Zafira models after a problem with the dashboard caused dozens to burst into flames.”
Okay so now they put some clarity in with ‘some’ and ‘Zafira models’.
Drivers of more than 130 of the cars, made between 2005 and 2014, have reported the issue that originates behind the glovebox causing the area to heat up.
Sky News understands Vauxhall has been investigating this problem for several months but has only seen a few dozen cars.
A spokesperson for the firm told Sky News: “If you have any concerns about the operation of the heating ventilation system, any funny noises in the car then pick up the phone call your local dealer or our customer services.
“Book the vehicle in for a check and the vehicle will be inspected professionally and we’ll look at the component we think may be faulty.
“When we find the root cause we will take the next step.
“That could be a recall, whatever, we’ve just got to get to that root cause, that’s a key thing for us.”
“The carmaker has written to their dealerships advising them to do checks for any concerned customers free of charge.
It also issued this statement for drivers: “Our investigations have found that a number of incidents have occurred due to previous repairs being performed improperly or using certain non-genuine parts.”
The company will soon announce a customer helpline number and website dedicated to those worried their cars are affected.
The problems have not affected other Zafira models so far.”
So it is in fact one model of which isn’t all of them and so far “investigations have found a ‘number’ of incidents have occurred due to previous repairs being performed improperly or using certain non-genuine parts”.
All in all I think it must of been a slow news day.
Chinny Raccoon
> Svend
10/22/2015 at 04:50 |
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I think the car may be doing you a favour.
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Svend
> Chinny Raccoon
10/22/2015 at 05:03 |
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I don’t have a Zafira but have a colleague who had a 2005 Zafira but then replaced it with a new Vauxhall Corsa, ironically I guess is that her batch was recalled to check and replace a ‘steering system part that does not meet Vauxhall’s specification’. Thankfully her car wasn’t affected.
http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/recall.html