Vauxhall/Opel wasn’t owned by the PSA group back then
Indeed. Back then, PSA Group were renown for electrical problems & glitches in their cars.
Probably explains why Vauxhall’s were always reliable back in the day – well, my Tigra and two Asta’s were anyway. I never had an issue with any of them. Good old ‘bread & butter’ cars – like the old Ford Focus Mk.I that I also had.