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Theobod De Roiste, Ireland

Citroen C5 1.6 SE Diesel 2005

1 star review

Third Citreon, second C5. Now a 2005 1.6 SE Diesel C5, purchased from a Citreon dealer. Within the guarantee period some problems appeared: leaking coolant, indecive steering, unpredictable clutch bite (pedal location), some times resulting in stalling, and a continious ’engine falter’ at around 2000 rpm. The dealer’s representative has twice told me that all problems were resolved, but they just continue. It is a grand car, but hey, if the main dealer can’t resolve these problems, what happens if the car just stops? CITROEN WAKE UP! Your loyal customers are not happy. My last Citreon!

Submitted: 04/06/2010 08:22:23

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Steve Thornley, Lancashire

Citroen C5 vtr 2005

3 star review

This car , bought second hand, developed a hunting problem when cruising. Also, slight cutting out at start from lights, junctions etc... Then one day, the engine revs wound themselves up tp full and stayed at 6000 rpm while I had the ignition key in my hand! This was accompanied by copious amounts of acrid white smoke. I stalled the car in gear to stop it, and it turned out the ecu had gone doolally... The oil pot, (pollution control) valve was left open, and the engine mearly sucked all the oil out and ran on this. Cute trick but a little disconcerting. I shudder to think of the consequences had the wife been driving!

Submitted: 18/06/2008 14:44:48

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Barrie Pestell, Lancashire

Citroen C5 2.2 Hdi exclusive Automatic 2005

4 star review

Well where do I start, This is my third C5 and this purchase was an automatic 2.2 Hdi. Apart from the usual electronic faults I have become the victim of a car that Citroen UK and its Dealers cannot fix. Yes that is right they have admitted there is a problem but they do not know what is causing it and cannot fix it. What is it doing wrong _ On cold mornings predominately I start the car place the gears selector in reverse or drive, press the accelerator and hey presto the car will not move or moves at a pace on par with a tortoise. after about 20 -45 secs warm up the car is back to normal. In the summer the problem seems to go on vacation. Citroen haveadmitted to the problem existing and have been trying to fix it for 2 years and 3 months. I think I have been very reasonable even when I had the car to drive; but now I have started rejection procedures which I threatened in March 2006 but was talked around and out of it as they said not to worry as they would fix it, thats a promise (some promise). Is there any body else out there with the same problem. If so would you contact me @ barriep1@hotmail.com. Other than this problem I have a great love of the C5 as a very good towing vehicle but a purchase of a new C5 now seems well away from even a possibility at the moment as why buy a car that the manufacturer cannot fix when it goes wrong and dangerously wrong to put my life at risk.

Submitted: 13/05/2008 14:49:56

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Eric Lee, Hertfordshire

Citroen C5 1600 hdi est 2005

3 star review

After two Xantia’s, each covering 90,000 miles with no unexpected problems, the c5 hdi was obviously my next car. I purchased it from the same garage with 9,000 miles on the clock and less than 25,000 miles later and still within the 3 year warranty, the clutch explodes, well, I have not had a clutch go on a car for at least 35 years! Both dealer and Citroen reject there being a problem here, but according to Honest John’s website among others, it is an EU wide problem about which Citroen seem either unaware, or are just ignoring, I believe the latter! They say the fault is fair wear and tear and are not interested. Quoting me over £1200 for the job, which I got down to £950 after a lot of complaining, it’s not exactly a cheap repair. The clutch on this model is definitely under par. I love the car, but Citroen’s response is indefensible.

Submitted: 04/02/2008 11:52:27

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James Crawford, East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)

Citroen C5 1600 diesel 110 hp 2005

1 star review

A HEALTH warning for all owners of this model. Bought this car with 200 miles on the clock ex demonstrator my most recent of many faults was the so called environmentally friendly particle filter. It may be friendly to the environment but it is not very friendly to the driver.It is recommended that you replace this filter every 70.000 miles in the service book. I have had the car for two years with 28.000 on the clock now. It has been serviced regularly by the Citroen dealer I bought it from. Last service was 4000 miles ago when I had to have the gearbox rebuilt due to faulty parts but thats another story. Drive up to 100 miles a day to work. And put it down to my age feeling tired . irritated eyes , breathlessness, sore joints,stuffed nose, palpitations, and feeling really bad. Aged mid fifty. Then I started noticing the dashboard display was becoming discoloured and decided to check under the bonnet. Where I discovered that the turbo was covered in very heavy soot and after reving the engine and seeing the ammount of smoke that was coming back out of the turbo it was not hard to work out why the displays were stained and why I was feeling so bad as it was evident that fumes were coming in to the cab. This could have been a fatal situation. Took it back to the dealer and told them the whole story. It was with the dealer for two days the first day they had to order parts the second day they phoned to say it was ready. I enquired what had been wrong with it and the lady in the service dept replied that they had replaced the particle filter because it had become clogged by carbon build up and was stopping the exhaust fumes from getting out and that Citroen UK had a fault number against it so they were aware of it. I was completely shocked by this response surely if they knew about this fault it should have justified a recall. For such a thing to be advertised as environmentally friendly is a joke and Citroen need to come clean and admit these faults before there is a fatality. Got my car back with all the staining still in place. Looks like an old worn out car. Still waiting to find out the affects it has had on my health. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED have not got time to go through the rest of the faults.

Submitted: 29/11/2007 13:00:31

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