My vauxhall agila lost all drive as i was driving,upon inspection i realised that the passenger side drive shaft had poped out and managed to push it back in to get home ,do i need another drive shaft or is the fault due to something else happening?? any help appreciated .

Davey, November 2013

some vauxhalls i have worked on have a spring between inner joint and shaft,if this is missing/broken will allow shaft to disengage from gearbox.

k, November 2013

Have had driveshafts pop out of these g/box`s but not these models,the driveshaft should have a circlip on the g/box end,the ones I experienced were faulty diffs resulting in replacement g/box`s but you could try replacing the driveshaft,it should click into place and shouldn`t be able to be pulled out.

cdc, November 2013

drive shafts just don't pop out mate they held into the gear box with two or three bolts and into the hub with a captive nut

mm, November 2013