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Hi there, just wondered if anyone could help me my Zafira has finnally died and i aint buying another, NO WAY, so weve been looking at the Galaxy, we want a diesel manual around about 2003/4 but dont know what to look for as regards engine, trim etc, also what goes wrong on them bearing i`ve just payed
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Diesels come with 90/115/130/150 power plants, the 90 should be avoided if you plan on using all 7 seats frequently and the 150's are few are far between. All are reliable VW sourced engines.

 

Trim wise, LX is your poverty spec, Zetec is midspec and Ghia is top spec. Obviously Ghia's are the most sought after and offer a decent amount of toys.

 

What go's wrong? Everything - same as any other car :D ! The common one on these though:

 

1)Front windscreen wiper linkage seizure, resulting is slow juddery wipers or complete failure. Excess of

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Cheers Mirez, looks like many of the problems are the same as the Zafira, we shall still go for one cause im just p****d of with the Zafira now, do the EGR valves play up on these, thanks again Craig. :)
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Not aware of any problems with them other then the usual caking of crap as with all diesels. Its also not monitored so strictly by the ECU like the zaffy so even it were to fail it wouldn't code out.

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