Help with Opel Corsa

406 V6 · Post by **406 V6** » 18 May 2005, 17:38

Hi!
I'm sorry for posting this here, but i couldn't find a site dedicated to it ont eh other GSF forum (Opel is german to us).
Here goes:
My sister's Corsa 1.2 (late 2001 model) is - from what she tells me - blocking easily the rear wheels on a braking, and it seems it doesn't ahev to be very hard.
I'm not sure if the car as a brake distribution valve at the rear, but what could it be, if not this?
Thank you guys

ActivaV6uk · Post by **ActivaV6uk** » 18 May 2005, 18:03

Opel is an american company owned by General Motors thats why you couldnt find it, its known as Vauxhal here for the majority of specks with Opel being used for the sports cars.
The real question is has any one ever ever touched one?
Andy

Kowalski · Post by **Kowalski** » 18 May 2005, 19:18

Its true that Opel is owned by GM but their cars are designed in Germany, a bit like the way Ford UK used to design and make its own cars but lost out to Ford Germany because their cars were simply better.
Opel used to be used for the sports cars, but the Calibra, VX220 and the Monaro come with Vauxhall badges these days. I do remember the Opel Manta and Monza, but I only had the brochures and never the cars. Vauxhall had the Nova, Astra and Cavalier, where as Opel had the Corsa, the Kaddett and the Vectra.

Post by **RichardW** » 18 May 2005, 19:24

>The real question is has any one ever ever touched one?
I touched one with a barge pole once, but it gave me palpitations, so I didn't do it again...
Actually I had a 2000 5dr diesel for a works car for a while. Hateful does not even come close. I nearly wrote it off one day when someone pulled out in front of me, just managed to get past him with some frantic braking and verge action - should have done every one in my office a favour and smacked it.
Sorry, not much help to the original post, but this is a French forum.....!

bxbodger · Post by **bxbodger** » 18 May 2005, 19:48

History lesson over,Try here-http://www.cavweb-forums.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=28
Big Vauxhall forum-mainly the bigger cars but no doubt they know Corsa's as well!!!
It sounds as if the load compensator's faulty and thinks the car is fully laden, diverting braking power to the rears- I had a Fiat Uno with a faulty compensator that did this, but I don't know about Corsa's, whether its a seperate single unit as on the Uno, or built into the rear wheel cylinders as on the 205, etc. Someone on cavweb will know!!
Stop press-browsing through the cavweb postings someone is on there wanting to know where they can get BX bits!!!! Perhaps you could point them in the right direction......

Stuart McB · Post by **Stuart McB** » 19 May 2005, 01:25

Had plenty of VX Astra's, Frontera and a Tigra, all very good and easy to work on. BUT (there's always a but) the Corsa we have at work is brand new and the windows don't work, they have these bits of plastic sticking out of the door cards that you have to 'wind up or down' this moves the windows. any hown to the question.
Sorry for this but does 406 V6 mean the rear wheels are locking up under braking?

406 V6 · Post by **406 V6** » 19 May 2005, 02:50

Yes Stuart, that's correct.
It seems that it doesn't need too much force applyed for a lock up

turbolag · Post by **turbolag** » 20 May 2005, 18:09

I used to spanner poxhalls for a living and even a cackhandedly driven Corsa shoukld't do that. Sounds like a brake bias valve issue, or a drum fault of some type.
Take it back to the dealer, and trade it in for a nice 206, or one of those smart new C4s - that should cure it.