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Comment on Fixing the Vauxhall Flashing “S” of Doom… by mark dijkens

mark dijkens — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:52:48 +0000

Hi Karl,

Thanks so much for this tutorial! I had the same problem on my wife’s P reg Corsa B – and the ‘s’ light kept on flashing while engine loosing power. I followed your tutorial step by step and managed to put it all back together. I had to remove the battery all together to remove and reconnect the switch. It works like a dream and we have had no problems since. The repair shop told me a new switch would cost over £300… THANK YOU! All the best Mark

Comment on 1995 Astra (MK3) by Malcolm Gibb

Malcolm Gibb — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:32:45 +0000

I feel your pain… This is the first blog I’ve come across about a MK3 Astra. I’ve got the exact same, MK3 95 blue Astra but 1.4 C14NZ. Bought it for £400 6 months ago, was running fine, changed coolant temp sensor after some crazy stalls and misfires, then changed all brakes, tyres, front struts and now…. well now I’m facing head gasket failure! Exhaust is hanging off, steam coming out of it, coolant being used as fuel. It’s still running, just a matter of when and if it dies, only done 52k miles in it’s life and I’ve put 6k on that… Oh I forgot to mention it’s got a massive dent in the front from previous owners so I know exactly what you mean about it being a ‘Mutant’ car… haha I still love this car though!

Comment on Fixing the Vauxhall Flashing “S” of Doom… by Tony Fidler

Tony Fidler — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:39:29 +0000

Ive had the same problem for nearly 3 years now with my vauxhall astra, i finaly braved it and followed your great detailed guide and would like to thank you a 1000% it solved my problem with the flashing S of doom and also my reversing lights never worked till the car had warmed up, all of which are working from cold now and no more flashing S of doom, many many thanks, your the best.

P.S. wish id have done it sooner, hehe but better late than never !!

Comment on Fixing the Vauxhall Flashing “S” of Doom… by doug

doug — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:02:58 +0000

ta for that sorted my corsa 1.4 works a treat

Comment on Fixing the Vauxhall Flashing “S” of Doom… by Roy Dawson

Roy Dawson — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:28:22 +0000

Thanks for this i’ve just spent a few hours ( took my time ) and sorted it, cheers !

Comment on Fixing the Vauxhall Flashing “S” of Doom… by Brian

Brian — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:39:50 +0000

Fantastic! The ‘S’ of doom was problem a while back but not so much now, but: Son’s Corsa now being a bit iffy to start when in P or N unless you do the gear stick shuffle a few times then off it goes. Been dreading pulling this unit apart as (It’s non-serviceable) of course! Yeah right! Thanks to the great info, I’ll have it off tomorrow!

All the best.

Comment on Fixing the Vauxhall Flashing “S” of Doom… by Bob

Bob — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:49:24 +0000

Cheers for that. it sorted my GF’s astra.
BTW, the big nut is 22mm.

Comment on Last day or so… by Jo

Jo — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:08:23 +0000

Glad you finally got it all sorted and could move in, I’m sure that given a couple of months you will be all sorted with everything where you want it. Although the idea of a Roomba sounds great I think if we had one here we would end up with this kind of thing going on…. and no cleaning!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ-jv8g1YVI

Comment on March 2011 by Jo

Jo — Sun, 01 May 2011 20:58:08 +0000

Re: the Blue Astra… chap at peugeot garage mentioned that the Astra will also have a sensor in the gearbox similar to the one that blew on ours… not sure if you had considered that or if you are even that bothered about getting it back on the road and running again. Might save you a load of effort if you could maybe run a diagnostic on it to determine if it is that sensor that’s gone.

Comment on Things I notice as a parent… by Jo

Jo — Sun, 01 May 2011 20:54:38 +0000

I am also a firm believer that children do not need to be sat in front of the goggle box watching some inane crud with no educational benefit whatsoever too. Iz is a bright happy supersmart baby who will turn into an even more supersmart kid. You both have slotted parenting into your relationship incredibly well and I have doubt that you will continue to both deal with whatever life chucks at you with similar ease. I can’t wait until tiddly starts talking more, she’s going to be a real chatterbox :)