Vauxhall Astra Sri 2013 1.4L
Videos in the comments of the fault today
I’m looking for advice I bought this car 02/02/2026
And on the way home it shut down and wouldn’t start back up when it did it was in limp mode, it got sent back and it came back fine, they said it was the CAM SENSOR
A month or so later it started struggling to start occasionally and then going in limp mode, after it was sat a while it started back up fine
Then the clutch started to feel off, and maybe 30 mins later it looked like it was in gear but reving like it wasn’t, sometimes the clutch wouldn’t pop back up and others it wouldn’t go down,, I enevtibly broke down and got intouch with the same garage as the warrant they sold me had gone bust which they took it back and fixed it free of charge and said it was the CRAFT SENSOR
It was back and fine until today where it struggled starting then started on its own when I stopped turning the key, then went into limp mode and after I stopped it and tried starting it to see how it would go the engine wouldn’t even try to turn on as if the starter mother was gone. Eventually it started and I was able to get it home
When this happenes my dash says
Service ESP soon
service vehicle soon ( dosent show this everytime )
Engine power is reduced
Since the garage has failed to fix it before I have a right to refuse the car and get my money back minus the miles I’ve used ext. but I feel this is the wrong thing to do
I don’t know wether I should;
Refuse the car and get my money back and get a different car,
Just get it diagnosed and pay for it but I think that it will need so much done,
Or sell it privately and warn the new owners of the fault.
I’ve not been driving very long and my knowledge isn’t great and I’ve been sold such a handful of a car I’m so lost 😭
I have videos of it starting and stopping which it won’t let me add,, it also make a pump (I’m really sorry but I don’t know how else to describe it) sound as it stops now