Non-motoring > Vauxhall car fires.	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Dutchie	Replies: 15

New Wed 20 Jul 16 09:06   Vauxhall car fires. - Dutchie

What is going on here? Vauxhall cars burst into flames and apparently the excecutives knew about this for five years. Still producing and and selling cars with a dangerous fault. Shouldn't prison sentences be in order here or are these boys above the law? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Jul 16 09:13   Vauxhall car fires. - sooty123

Shouldn't prison sentences be in order here or are these boys above the law? >> Depends if ones sold in the US did, if not i doubt it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Jul 16 09:19   Vauxhall car fires. - Old Navy

Wasn't that a case in the USA where a motor manufacturer decided it was cheaper to pay compensation for deaths than modify millions of cars? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Jul 16 09:27   Vauxhall car fires. - diddy1234

That was the Ford Pinto. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto#Fuel_system_fires.2C_recalls.2C_and_litigation Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Jul 16 09:38   Vauxhall car fires. - smokie

There's a thread on the Zafira issue in Motoring (link below). But I'll leave this one here for now as it is tending towards discussion about the moral and legal angle rather than the technical. www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?t=20898&v=f Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Jul 16 10:47   Vauxhall car fires. - madf

Carp maker makes carp cars. No surprise then Carp maker does not care about potential deaths as no public liability. No surprise then. Carp maker did nothing for years. Does anyone in their right minds believe GM would do anything which cost money unless forced to? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Jul 16 14:02   Vauxhall car fires. - Ambo

Interesting that all HJ has to say about this car under Good and Bad (25-1-2016) is "Complaint of continual electrical problems..." Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Jul 16 15:36   Vauxhall car fires. - Old Navy

Maybe he wants to maintain his access to the GM press fleet. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Jul 16 19:33   Vauxhall car fires. - VxFan

>> What is going on here? Vauxhall cars burst into flames Not all of them, which will no doubt upset WillDeBeest ;) Only one of the models is affected - The Zafira-B. Which does seem very odd, because you'd think the components would also be used in other Vauxhalls too. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Jul 16 20:09   Vauxhall car fires. - WillDeBeest

...Zafira-B... Only Vauxhall names its cars to sound like nuclear power stations. I'd have to think hard before saying which I'd rather have on my drive. But that Zafira is the true Vauxhall, the über (small U but would work with a capital too)-Vauxhall, the Vauxhall that says 'I gave life my best shot and life gave me this.' It's best in sun-faded plain red, two of its wheels wearing mismatched pound-shop trims, the other two plain black. If you had one and it caught fire, how hard would you try to put it out? If you see one that isn't burning, don't look at the people inside. They're not bad people, but the oh-the-humanity feeling that there's simply nothing you can do for them will haunt you. For ever. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Jul 16 20:24   Vauxhall car fires. - legacylad

WdB, do I detect Trumpist plagiarism from an earlier post by Runfer? Could be wrong of course, Tequila Shots Time is still in my veins Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Jul 16 21:42   Vauxhall car fires. - Kevin

>Only Vauxhall names its cars to sound like nuclear power stations. Maybe they didn't want to follow the Cattle-class, Economy-class, Superior-class designations used by another manufacturer? Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 21 Jul 16 07:13   Vauxhall car fires. - sooty123

Why did they choose the LAC models to sound like the ingredients list from a bag of value burgers from Iceland? Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 21 Jul 16 01:53   Vauxhall car fires. - VxFan

>> Only Vauxhall names its cars to sound like nuclear power stations. It's also known as the Mk2 Zafira. And others such as Ford & VW also use "Mk" to identify different models. Mk1 Escort, and so on. Mk1 Golf, etc. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 21 Jul 16 07:13   Vauxhall car fires. - sooty123

Was that a whoosh? ;) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 21 Jul 16 09:55   Vauxhall car fires. - WillDeBeest

Another one gone up? Reply to this message | Report message