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I've reached the same conclusion - though my limitation is that if I try to do that myself, I can guarantee (from many years of experience) that it will end up even more broken than before I started! I've identified a company that says they can repair it and I'm going down that route now. A vauxhall dealer did come back to me with a quote for the headlight assembly of £780, new, and in stock - which is a few hundred quid cheaper than any of the second hand ones I've seen! Still out of budget for the moment though, but at least there's another route if needed. Thank you for the reply!

I would say that unless it is excessively smoking and it is clearly engine oil being burnt (oily exhaust pipe at the tail end) and the oil level is dropping then it may be a case of running it in until the rings bed in. Ensure that it is running the correct grade of oil and also run it on Supreme fuel which does make a difference.

It sounds like the system needs a reset at the battery, If it has recently been replaced then it may need coding with the new battery voltage which can usually be done with a half decent scan tool.

If it were me I would concentrate on getting the lamp working rather than replacing the headlamp - it may be due to water ingress which has caused corrosion but the headlamp didn't fail on beam deflection so the reflector must be okay. The position lamp should be able to be replaced even if you had to run external wires to the bulb as an interim to get it working for the MOT test.

maybe individual seals are available but otherwise if it is water ingress into the box then maybe silicon would be best to seal it - probably more effective and cheaper than new seals

cheers

Hi @JayBee Welcome to the club Good to have you onboard !

I would look on eBay to see if there are any available https://www.vauxhallownersclub.com/forums/index.php?app=core&module=system&controller=redirect&do=advertisement&ad=14&key=bf150e77c2c9100d0b9bba1b6bec636361396ad8842ba5936721c270c2221ece

Hi buddy i have checked there is 14v going to the sockets. Looks like the main cigarette lighter holder is faulty. Do you know part numbers or where i can source some. Not looking to spend a fortune as im not sure how long i will have the car for thanx.

Thought I'd introduce myself quickly. 2014 Insignia owner (two or three previous owners), very happy with it overall. Joined up to get help with a specific issue (I'm really not a car person so limited knowledge) but, after reading through some of the threads here, there's clearly a lot of very useful things to explore! I'm not likely to post much, I don't know anything useful about cars to share with you all!

Good afternoon all, I've just had my 2014 Insignia fail its MOT due to "Position Lamp not working Nearside Front". They've not been able to say exactly why it's not working, but did mention that there had also been water inside the headlight. The rest of the lights in that assembly are working fine, from what they say. The garage is saying the headlight assembly needs to replaced and has confirmed the specific headlight needed is, "1ZT 011 166-731". The garage can't source one and it appears to be out of stock everywhere that I've looked, with one company saying they're not expecting to see any more before February, if at all. The scrappers I've talked to locally haven't got anything. I've found some second hand ones online but they are mostly out of my budget for the next few months for unrelated reasons! Does anyone know if this is something I, as a reasonably terrible DIY person with limited tools, would have any realistic chance of sorting out myself? I've seen some places (a few on eBAY) advertising a repair service that is within budget. Does anyone have any experience with these? To be honest they have the feel of "bloke in a shed" rather than an actual repair shop - though I accept that a talented bloke in a shed can still do a grand job!

Hi....welcome to the Club some cars are going to be a pain from the beginning (my hate is VW) and are plagued with problems. sometimes you get a good one and sometimes a bad one (Friday - Monday cars). Good to have you onboard and hope you can resolve some of the issues

I'm going on a hunch that the battery may not be up to the job....had similar on an Alfa Romeo and it was a choice between replacing the battery (which the existing one was good enough to run the car) or sit there for a while once the engine had started allowing the battery to recover slightly. See if it does the same thing, rather than turning the steering just let it sit there to see if that still works

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having similar problem using main dealer and getting no where now suggest a piston ring clean. The pcv valve has been replaced under the 10yr warranty but they say it doesnt cover anything else.

Power ag or lack of acceleration in my 2lt 12 plate estate, work deen done on it for this issue New turbo New boost pipe New turbo boost solenoid New fuel filter Egr as been cleaned out and maf sensor been cleaned but issue still there, I have unplugged the egr valve as I am thinking the issues are with this and the car seems to be a little more responsive and by feeling it it the lag or power loss seems to have gone but can not be sure as i have not drove it as speed, and not to sure why the battery light as come on dash wlth message saying battery service but no eml

When i start my car, if i put it in gear straight away and pull away normally, all the lights come on and get a "stop the car", i let it sit, or do the turn steering full left and right usually corrects it. Anyone else have that problem ??

Newbie 61 year old, had Vauxhalls since early 80s apart from an awful Ford Orion with a built in swimming pool on the back floor, and a worse Citreon Picasso. Now driving a Crossland turbo, and am not a fan, have faults that others on here are experiencing the same...sigh

Anybody know if there is a seal kit for the loom box on a 03 Corsa below battery Tia Dazzler

2019 crosslandx with 50000mls smoking only smoking after long engine braking. The pcv valve has been replaced but didnt cure it now suggested a piston ring clean for 550 pounds. I am using a main dealer who I am fast loosing confidence in.

Is there an update on that link?

Using a Smoke Generator to fill the car with smoke and see from where it is coming out of the car - and there is your leak :-) Ebay Link

really need a sunny spell for a few days, see if it dries up or not. Keep heating up when testing to get the water going through the matrix. See what happens. Interested to find out how it goes. Let us know.

Been out this morning to inspect every door seal and boot seal and nothing checked pipes in engine heater pipes all look ok so ive hoovered carpets wet and the dried because its started to smell if that doesn't work then I have no idea due a mot and service in January so I will ask my garage to have a good look underneath

you will really know about it if it is, not just slight misting up when its turned up. you will get it more with heating up. Will smell slightly as well. Its been raining lately, a lot of it, still think its a water leak, to be honest I hope it is because you dont want heater matrix to be leaking. Door seals leak and are hard to find, my mother has leaking boot seal and never did get to the bottom of it.