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10 February 2012
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2006 CITROEN C5 reviews
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Graham Hart, Lancashire
Citroen C5 VTR 130 BHP 2006
Bought my C5 when it was 6 months old, it was my second C5. I love the comfort and I like a big car. The fuel consumption is very good and is better than my wife’s Suzuki 1.5 petrol car. It’s not really an about town car but on a long journy it’s great; this year we came from The Mosel Valley in Germany to Bolton in Lancashire on a full tank of fuel, you can’t get much better. I have owned many Citroens and not really had any major problems with any of them. Some of the newer HDI diesels are a bit nippier and seem to have a bit more poke at the bottom end but I didn’t buy it for speed anyway. As far as warning bleepers in the car i.e, when you’ve not got your seat belt on, and many others you will find most new cars have the same bleepers, very annoying and why do we need them? (Health and safety gone mad!) I fitted rear parking sensors(cheap from E-Bay), very easy to fit. I am very satified with my C5.
Submitted: 03/01/2011 21:04:57
Jennie Brown, England
Citroen C5 2006
I have had problems with the air con gas leaking. Garage found that there was a design fault on one of the pipes where metal crimped to rubber was splitting the rubber. Problem with surging, the garage asked 3 Citroen dealers and they were all clueless. One day when my husband was driving it he was doing about 60mph when car backfired, lost power for a short time, surging stopped and has been fine ever since. My theory is that there was a blockage in the fuel system, probably picked up from bottom of filling station tank, Hey presto when it backfired at cleared it. I did at one stage suggest that theory to the garage but they just gave me one of those looks that are only saved for women.
Submitted: 17/07/2010 20:26:51
Joe Crennan, London
Citroen C5 VTR estate 1.6hdi 2006
A lot of people seem to have a problem with the particle filter sensor. As far as I can recall (from when these were first fitted to cars) the way to clean out the filter trap is to drive hard for a little while. People are probably commuting too much, idling the engine and driving at low speed and cold. Am I right? I hate all the auto systems that I cannot turn off particularly the beeps. My dealer could not solve anything (though he had a go with his laptop). Also my fuel consumption reading overreads by 18%. I get a true 52mpg +. But older peugeots are as good. Once I got 85mpg (true - the computer read average of 100 mpg) for 15 miles but this was tailgating a truck.
Submitted: 08/01/2010 22:13:29
Thomas Kennedy, County Antrim
Citroen C5 2006
I had a series of BX’s and Zantias. Loved them. Bought a Picasso, felt like cart, springs in the back. Tried a C4- little better. Now have a C5.VTR 138 hp. Great car!
Submitted: 25/02/2008 10:55:28
Alan, Hertfordshire
Citroen C5 Exclusive 2006
I had a previous 3 litre C5 which had a host of irritating problems - never major but things that simply shouldn’t go wrong plus scores of ghost faults where either there would be a warning message or something would stop working but there was really nothing wrong and most would simply go away. Performance at the top end was great but the automatic made low end acceleration nothing to write home about. Comfortable, full of gadgets and roomy yes but not very inspiring. When it needed a rear silencer box at £900+ I decided it was time to move on and after searching for a while cautiously bought the face lift model with a 2.2 litre diesel. What a difference! It’s like driving a completely different car. The diesel provides excellent low end acceleration and the loss at the top end is hardly ever an issue. The ride is better, the road holding so completely different that it is hard to believe it is the same suspension system. I’ve now driven around 20,000 miles in just over a year and had only one ghost fault and no erroneous error messages. The ride, the comfort, the space and the value for money - I am really pleased with this car. One significant downside is the difficulty in changing bulbs in the headlamps - I’ve ended up leaving it the garage - 1/2 hour labour bringing the cost of a side light to over £50!
Submitted: 15/01/2008 09:52:28
Michael Reeve, Norfolk
Citroen C5 LX 2006
The C5 is a large, comfortable long distance tourer and in the 110 bhp diesel format is very economical. However it is not so good around town or on winding country roads. The cars bulk makes it difficult to manoeuvre and, without parking sensors, extremely difficult to judge where the rear is. The big let down is the electrics, especially the engine control system which continues to cause periods of irregular running in spite of being back to the dealer 5 times in less than 2 years. That said it has never let me down and the problems have mainly been annoying rather than serious, like the engine fan running on at full speed for 10 mins even when the engine temperatures are normal. Its pity is that these niggles detract from a reasonable car but why on earth did they make all the front lamp bulbs so difficult to change!!
Submitted: 03/01/2008 09:14:46
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