Hi all,

Can anybody help me find Optra 1.6 and 1.8 year 2004 spec? Thinking of buying a 2nd hand optra. Cheers.

CHEVROLET OPTRA 1.6 (A) 04 RM35,800 -, L/miles, acc-free, malay owner, full loan, call 012-332 0455 , 012-329 2274 (Loc. Cheras)

CHEVROLET OPTRA 1.6 (A) REG 04 RM35,800 -, 1 owner, acc-free, l/seats, a/bags, ABS, original s/rims, well maintained, t/top cond., Call 012-333 1191, 012-386 9389 (Loc. Serdang)

hi im seriously looking to get 1 2ndhand optra. any optra owner here willing to share their experience with me?

nt limited to optra owner la, others' aso can give opinion lu.

I drive one quite often, just lemme know what info you want.

hi eric. may i know ur car made in what year?
hows the performance of the car? in terms of fuel consumption, power, etc. etc.
is this car comfortable?

The car is the 2005 model. First batch, the one with the ugly grille.

Performance, I would not say that this car is performance oriented.

On the one I'm driving, I would need to press the accelerator a tad bit more than a Waja to kick the gear down.

As for FC, well, the Waja has slightly better FC that the Optra..

And depending on your family size, I daresay that the Optra is quite comfortable.

btw, mine is the 1.6, not the 1.8

Can Anyone help me. My Optra 1.8 2003 A gearbox just kaput and I need to find a replacement. Anyone know where I can get it at a reasonable price either recon or ori. I heard if get from Thailand cheaper but then again need contact for that. Would appreciate if someone could help thanks

I'm sorry to hear that as it's one of the next car I wanna get for 2nd hand. Have you checked the price with those usual shops? How did it happened, harsh driving or luck

my optra 1.6 2006 serve me well for this 2years+, FC RM0.18 to 0.19 i like to speeding, still lower than waja mar....campro at least RM0.20 with light foot. it's not a very powerful engine, but handling wise, better than the same range Japanese car (altis/civic/sentra) no joke, i test drive all before i make my decision to chevy. Gear change very smooth, very comfort . and i like to take sharp corner after i change to this car. no regret and aim for captiva soon.

Spare part not a problem, u can get at some specific sp shop, or mychevyclub can find any thing u need, many sifu there.

optra 1.8 fc and maintenance like how ?

Any review on the Chevrolet Optra Estate?

You can try to ask jeremy0, i believe he is driving one.

but since the Optra sedan and Optra Estate is almost the same car, I can write a review, if you want.

heard that lots of user of optra is having a very big headach due to spare part failure and expensive.. gear box easily kong.. wiring probleme.. and many many... that why the price of 2nd hand goes down so much.. is that true? any chevy owner mind to share? i am looking for a 2nd hand optra1.8 or optra5...

thanks

Erm, the one i'm driving is already 4 years old.

Gearbox so far so good.

Wiring, no prob.

Although engine's vibration kinda high, suspect could be due to engine mounting.

This post has been edited by ericmaxman: Dec 19 2009, 09:38 AM

Which owner did u heard from ...Im staying in Ipoh and no problem for 3 years already...Spare part is cheap if u know where to find and have the right guidance

Gearbox does not kong easily...so far most of the gearbox problem is due to the wiring harness, which can be easily solve by servicing it/replace with new one....Symptoms of a wiring harness problem is that the idling is not stable and sudden jerks when changing from neutral to drive....Also, most of those who bought this car during the sales did not replace the ATF fluid...once u service the wiring and change the fluid with recommended ATF, the ZF transmission (1.8 models only) is very reliable.

I agree with ericmaxman on the vibration part. The usual suspects for this are the hydromounts and absorbers....mounts are few hundreds a piece while the absobers can be replaced with OEM Hyunkia at RM2++ per pair. Can get HWL adjustables oso if u want.

These are the usual problems with the Optra. I wouldn't say this is a bad car coz I have owned a Hilux Vigo and MRS prior to this and still have a civic, accord and CRV at home. Compared to the Honda and Toyota brand, resale is of course poor due to Cergazam and Hicom poor handling of the brand. Prices are way2 overprice at their service centres due to charging of service labour hours. Most chevy owners would just take a trip across the border to replace major parts and have a nice holiday in hatyai.

If u want less problems, try sourcing a 1.8 model either Optra 1.8 LT or O5.....I'm driving an O5 and so far happy with the space and build. NVH is much lower than the jap cars but the FC and resale is definitely a turn off. My current FC is about 8km per litre for 50% highway and 50% town driving. On the highway it averages about 10-11km/l, average speed 120-140kmph

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Added on January 4, 2010, 5:20 pmNaza has taken over the Chevy dealership today....i would say good news since it would mean CKDed Captiva, Cruze & Zafira.....

Lets hope the price would be as competitive as the KIAs....

This post has been edited by jeremy0: Jan 4 2010, 05:20 PM

Anyone here have the actual contact number and address for Cherolet Service Centre in Hatyai? Need to travel over for major service. Thanks!

Can service your car and your body also there...very good!....Im going over to krabi service centre doing the CNY breaks, maybe can get some contacts if possible....

hi guys

any recommandation on servicing my optra 1.8LT in johor? Any comments on the existing workshops below?

Prima Tebrau - Tmn.Tampoi Utama
Teraju Megah - Tampoi
Cergzam - Angsana

ya..naza taken over the chevy brand..hope the price will be competitive like kia...my next car should be the cruze if the price is 100k and below...the interior of the cruze is stunning to say the least