Faults:

Rear window motor gone @ 6yrs.

Halfords managed to drop a valve when replacing timing belt @ 4yrs - all sorted under warranty.

Air-con doesn't blow very cold, but uneconomical to recharge/fix.

Driver's seat broke @ 7 yrs (not really it's fault, I'm a very big chap!). There are plently of nexias in scrap yards now - a replacement seat was only £25.

General Comments:

I bought the car when it was just over 3 years old with less than 30,000 miles on it. It had the warranty extended to 5 years.

It's basically a Mk II Astra with an fuel injected Isuzu engine. Apart from the timing belt problem, which was entirely Halfords fault, it hasn't missed a beat in over 4 years. Admittedly, in that time I have only covered some 17,000 miles, but it is used for the short work/nursery run every week day. It never fails to start, even when left for weeks at a time in the winter. I just make sure it gets serviced properly every year and that's about it.

If you want a cheap reliable car packed with extras (electric everything, ABS, airbag, air-con) you'd have a problem to beat a good low mileage Nexia.

Faults:

Head Gasket went at 60,000 miles, Feb 00.

Rusting of passenger door, not covered under warranty, August 01.

The distributer went, resulting in a £400 bill, Sept 02.

The windscreen wiper linkage decided in the middle of winter that it had done its job and stopped working. (this was after it had wrecked about 6 sets of wiper blades. Cost to repair £90 for second hand linkage arm, Nov 02.

The Petrol sender unit likes to wind you up, one minute full tank of petrol, next empty it really is a guessing game.

The Air con unit sprung a leak in the summer and lost all its gas, never had it fixed as cost was too high for repair and re-gas, from Sept 02 - now.

Engine management light comes on and goes off when traveling on Motorways, however no problem is ever found when put on the Daewoo wonder testing machine. April 02 - now.

The car leaks in the boot through the plastic airbridges on the side of car. Jan 01 - now.

The radiator leaked, which was fixed, now the thermostat has gone so car overheats, oh plus I now have no heat in the car only cold air, Dec 02.

General Comments:

I purchased the car as I loved my old Astra mark 2, I wish I had never bothered.

The car was cheap to buy and now has no resale value at all, it is a money pit.

Daewoo have now sold out, gone bust or whatever and the parts are very hard to find and are very expensive.

I was told that the Nexia was predominantly still Vauxhall parts... wish someone would tell my car and Vauxhall that as nothing seems to fit it or work.

I do have a couple of good remarks about the car, the inside is roomy and light, I love the shape. The car does handle well and will quite happily plod along at slow speeds as well as those faster speeds.

I cannot wait to get rid and buy something better.

Faults:

Back windscreen wiper intermittently fails.

Otherwise nil to date.

General Comments:

Came with alloys, power steering, ABS, electric windows and electric sunroof for £3,500.

Driving the car is very easy and it handles well.

Fuel economy and insurance are both very good and I can find no signs of any rust to date.

Local dealer - staff pleasant and competent.

Faults:

It's now an older car and one or two not unexpected things have needed attention. However the exhaust manifold gasket is particularly prone to excess corrosion due to overheating.

There is a particular problem, one which prompts me to write..Inherited from Vauxhall (Nexia came from the Astra), the ignition switch is likely to burn out..when it does smoke will appear to billow from the dash, very scary if you don't know immediately what it is!!

General Comments:

My dealer told me (inadvertently) that this is an inherent problem with the starter unit.