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VTS 1.6 HDI - The cute C2 first went on sale in 2003 replacing the previous Saxo model. Two years later Citroen launched the 231mm shorter C1, but at about 12ft bumper to bumper the C2 isn’t exactly hard to park, a... read more
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A pile of $hit!!!!!! Never buy Citroen!!!! Gearbox problems all time!!!! Dealers are rubbish!!! Happy to sell you the car but not when it comes to help on a problem!!!!! Expensive on spares.....Tell me one good thing about them !!!!!! Load of C**P !!!!!!!
Submitted: 02/07/2009 08:53:14
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Wayne - I guess you got the "built on a Friday afternoon lemon" as I have the C2 1.6 VTR Sensodrive & it has been a superb little car! I collected it brand new in Sept 2006 on the Motability scheme - I’ve covered 28,000 miles and not a single thing has gone wrong! I did have a recall from Citroen last September (something to do with a part for the ABS), but other than that - it’s been great. It looks great - drives well - is fast for such a small motor - and the paddle-shift gearchange/sensodrive box is very responsive & quick. Unfortunately Citroen have stopped making this car now - you can only buy a 1.4 VTR ’Stop and Start’ - which is plain stupid & ridiculous - a real blunder by the French Company as who the heck wants something as daft as that?!?! It (being a Motability car) is due for replacement this coming September as the 3 years lease on it is up. I’d have loved another identical car... but no way am I opting for the bloody daft ’stop & start’ version! Therefore - and sad to say - I am looking at the new Ford Fiesta or the Mazda 2. But - whatever I decide - I have loved every moment of my C2 VTR. It’s been a real joy - lots of fun... sheer happiness!
Submitted: 28/05/2009 11:09:50
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Needed a little run around last year, looked at a few small cars. Saw the VTR in a line up and thought wow good looking car. SILLY ME, big mistake. You see I had a Saxo and Xsara before and never had any problems. Had the car a year and its making me a tad sad! Gearbox started playing up and after paying the AA a couple of hundred quid and being recovered in to the dealer, at least five times, they finally admitted that the accentuator had gone. I told them that at the beginning, but they didn’t listen. Then, last night i get in the car and start to drive... Guess what? Front nearside coil-spring snapped. When the AA arrived again they said this is my last call out this year!!!!!! I might have to join several other recovery companies at this rate. The ’nice’ man from the AA said he new what it was straight away. He said I should have had a recall sent or at least when it last went to garage springs should have been changed! Nope....... going to have a serious chat with garage this morning. So all in all, not a happy person with the car... what next??? Its a shame because it’s a good looking car, but now I’m beginning to get rather hacked off. Wouldn’t now recommend anyone to Citroen, where before I was a big fan. Just think, if i had had my two young kids in the car, poodling along around some country lanes one Sunday morning.... the coil spring snaps...digs into tyre..... mmmmm... my kids and I would have not been a pretty site. I’M NOT HAPPY with Citroen on this, it should have made a bigger effort to recall the cars and the dealers should have fixed them when they have then in!
Submitted: 19/05/2009 10:03:12
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I have had this since new, and now with 70,000 on the clock, the only single problem this car has given me was a broken front suspension spring. Aside from normal servicing this wee car has never missed a beat or let me down. The drop links have been replaced and that was under warranty and my last service I replaced the discs all round, although they could have lasted longer and I wanted a sharper bite. Nothing unusual or out of the ordinary for the mileage and considering it the sports model. My only gripe is Citroen servicing costs are higher than I expected. I’m really surprised at some of the reviews, as I find the build quality OK; its reliability has been excellent and handles like a super mini should and although its touted as a hot hatch. I feel it should have had way more power. My only gripe, like the MINI’s, it has no spare wheel, no traction control. It still looks the biz and I feel no need to change.
Submitted: 19/05/2009 09:59:04
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I bought my Citroen C2 from Dutton Forshaw as a demonstrator and it had done 15000 miles. I have done 8000 on top and my clutch bearing has gone and they said its not covered under my warranty and to get a new one is £500. Does anyone know what I should do?
Submitted: 05/05/2009 14:24:10
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Excellent fuel economy (48mpg to 51mpg) too. I used this car for my 500 mile weekly commute to work on motorways and fast A roads. The performance from the 1.1 was acceptable, which was to be expected. The running costs were excellent (Group 1, 20,000 mile service intervals). The only problem with the car was the rubbish build quality. The dealers also leave a lot to be desired! But overall a good car, so much so my parents bought it off me 2 years ago and still have it.
Submitted: 20/04/2009 13:05:52
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I have recently purchased a C2 VTR. Fast, good looking little car. There is one bad thing, its not a smooth ride at all. Also everytime I lock the car the alarm goes off. Talk about an attention seeker hey! If anybody knows how to stop this please let me know.
Submitted: 07/04/2009 10:34:21
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Mixed feelings. I had one of the first VTS’s released (a 54 plate) and this is a fun car to own day to day. I still don’t want to sell; it handles superbly, has bags of grip (it just turns in and turns in and turns in) and about as much grunt as you will get for the money/insurance group. One thing I particularly like is that it sounds fantastic as standard (I’m an advocate of keeping cars standard), both in terms of induction sound and exhaust note. Everyday pedestrians turn heads and are surprised to see a standard C2! I would love this car if it wasn’t for the problems which, thanks to warranty and sheer driving pleasure, haven’t yet totally ruined my ownership experience. After a year of ownership and 14000 miles it became apparent that the engine had developed a major fault; it ’knocked’ at tick-over and had lost both it’s high rev power and characteristic ’scream’ (it revs to over 7000rpm with the power really kicking in at 6000rpm). Following COUNTLESS trips to the dealer, 11 months and 11,000 miles they finally replaced the engine. Result you may think, but the cars prime had been ruined and I had spent much of the year flying round in a comedy 3 cylinder C1! So, everything was cool with the car until at 35,000 miles, BANG, the gearbox disintegrates. My 1400cc Saxo did this twice - speaking from experience it seems to happen when applying power in a tight, low gear corner (so when you have a lot of lock on) - beware. Fortunately I was still 1,000 miles and a month within the warranty period. However I waited about 6 weeks for my new gearbox to come in (anybody want a review on 3 cylinder C1??) and then it was returned undriveable. You had to turn the engine off to select 1st or reverse for goodness sake, and they gave it me back! It was clearly the clutch and the Citroen Service Manger insisted I pay for the new clutch job in full, labour and parts, and quoted £650. Which competent technician marries a new gearbox with a dead clutch?? To cut a long story short I got trading standards and an independent mechanic involved, wrote a 2000 word letter and ended up paying £150, only because I’m a nice guy. I had proved the Service Manager had instructed his technician to fit the useless clutch whilst lying to me constantly to try and dig his way out of the resulting hole - bizarre. When I next went to the dealership he no longer worked there. The only other problem I have had was the alternator breaking, so no electrics, which led to me locked in the car and trundling down the hard shoulder at 10mph with no wipers in the rain - the engine would not respond to the throttle and just ticked over at about 1200rpm! Weird! It went to show just how much modern cars rely on electrics. So the two major problems aside I have had a decent 4.5 years with this car and enjoyed every mile driven. There are rattles, it’s a Citroen - so if you want your cheap car to be comfy and refined don’t buy it, if you want your cheap car for ’driving’ then do. Finally, there are many bad reviews on this page but you must remember that people often won’t bother writing a review if they have a happy ownership, they are unlikely to even visit sites such as this. There are many C2’s on the road and their reliability reputation is respectable. Positives - Fun ’GTI’ driving, Good Value. Negatives - Average build quality, Dealer service couldn’t be any worse.
Submitted: 26/02/2009 08:43:27
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A private purchase with FSH. Was 2 years old at time of purchase. Were it not for manufacturer’s warranty and then an independent extended warranty this wee car would have cost me an absolute fortune. It’s a great wee car to drive and has extras like cruise control, and paddle-shift gear change. But it’s very poor build quality. So far I’ve had to replace:- 1x car seat, window mechanism, 4 wheel bearings, 3 suspension coil springs, alternator, battery, core cable (caused complete engine failure), timing belt, steering wishbone, 2 steering droplinks, a set of discs and breaks, and I’m now told that my steering-rack will require replacing. Most of my life I’ve driven VWs and never had so many faults in such a short time, with a car that is only 5 years old. The C2 looks really cool and it handles the road really well, and has enough power to overtake most traffic on the road BUT stay clear of it unless you have a good warranty (mine is with Warranty Direct £300/yr), and have time to be travelling back and forward to the garage (it is also an awkward DIY car in terms of access to parts of the engine, and some jobs require specialist Citroen tools). There is also a most unusual circuit configuration on the alternator which is tied into the computerised Engine Management System, which means that you have to buy the authentic Citroen parts... and in this case I had to wait 14 days for delivery of the part to the Citroen dealer... with no provision of a courtesy car. The biggest blow was the trade-in value of £1400 that I was quoted. Three years ago I paid £6,200. I’m saving my pennies for a VW when my C2 warranty runs out at 110,000 miles. The C2 may look pretty but look are deceiving because it’s money down the drain.
Submitted: 17/02/2009 09:38:34
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My C2’S CLUTCH HAS ALSO GONE AT 10,000 miles! My local garage are friendly but I’ve had to take the car in for an unidentified noise three times and they still cannot detect it. Even my deaf dad can hear it! I’m just writing to head office to complain.
Submitted: 28/01/2009 11:04:06
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I bought my C2 7 months ago after my Ford Ka gave up on me. Big mistake! The handling is very poor, going around roundabouts at 24 mph makes me feel unsafe and I feel uncomfortable doing the speed limit most of the time. Now it is needing numerous engine diagnostics as the engine management warning light keeps coming on. All faults are coming up as unknown? I think there are far better cars than this to buy in the price range.
Submitted: 26/01/2009 09:47:02
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I have a 1.4HDi and am a driving instructor. I cannot rate this little car highly enough. It hasn’t missed a beat from the day I bought it (I know that I have just jinxed myself and that tomorrow it will probably break down...!!). I have spent less than £400 on servicing it since new (at a Citroen dealer). It has now done 48,000 miles and I have just had the clutch replaced at a cost of £551 at a local garage (not a Citroen dealer) which I think isn’t bad considering that the clutch takes a big battering with lots of clutch control doing low speed manoeuvres. The local garage is run by two guys who are ex-Citroen and Peugeot and they have a 1.4 HDi as their ’gopher’ car..... if two mechanics have this as their car of choice that’s good enough for me!!
Submitted: 21/01/2009 09:07:42
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Ok so it’s got a 1.4 litre engine giving not very much in terms of peak horsepower, but the car doesn’t exactly need much considering it weighs as little as it does. In addition to which it has a delightful amount of torque for it’s weight, and seems to reach peak torque (120Nm) at around 3000rpm, The real plus point with this car is not straight line performance, or practicality, or top speed, but handling. It can be delicately placed exactly where you want it corner after corner. With a surprising agility in turn in, and once into a corner it has the stability to be reassuring through the rest of the corner, but still adjustable on the throttle. The handling does have two slight downsides though. First being that the back of the car is so light that the weight transfer to the front under heavy braking can cause the back to become more than a little squirmy. Secondly the torsion beam rear suspension, whilst contributing to the more attractive characteristics of it’s handling, also make it more sensitive to broken road surfaces, and mid corner bumps than would be ideal. The sensodrive gearbox is a great feature, although it was the gearbox that has been the one thing that has ever caused me a problem. The selector rod broke, and as this is not a part unique to the sensodrive, I would not fault it as being anything more than bad luck. In short, they are amazing little cars and should be test driven before you jump to any conclusions about them.
Submitted: 02/01/2009 09:21:23
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My C2 VTS needed a new clutch after just 10,000 miles. Citroen told me it would be £650 to replace as the car was just out of warranty. I got it done for £300 in the end at Derby clutch center.
Submitted: 22/12/2008 09:22:09
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I have owned my C2 for 3.5 years now and apart from some minor problems with the headlights and the speed control, the car has been brilliant! Took if for a 2000 km drive in northern Sweden, -22 degrees and extremely snowy and icy roads and the car was surprisingly easy to manoeuvre even in these challenging conditions... a great car!
Submitted: 15/12/2008 10:51:46
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Had VTS since new and only done 20000 miles. Since new it has been back and forth to dealer. Revving when changing from 4th to 5th gear. Now the clutch has started to slip and have been told it needs a new clutch, which is not covered by warranty (surprise surprise!) - Cost of this £700 to £800!!
Submitted: 09/12/2008 10:06:04
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I have had mine for a year now with no problems at all. If you have a problem look up Bell warranty extensions for £20 a month - everything is covered including the clutch and gearbox parts.
Submitted: 25/11/2008 08:25:44
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C2 VTS 56 PLATE DO NOT BUY THIS CAR. I wanted something sporty after owning a heavy VW 1.2 POLO 04 reg. There was nothing wrong with my VW obviously, but just wanted some power. Anyway got this car in June 2008 and I wish I could turn back the clock and get my old car back... I mean where do I start!!!! The Gearbox is horrible; it’s clicky it doesn’t go into gear easily - it makes weird noises and it grinds, and it’s only 2 years old. The suspension is knackered already and I’m 100% certain there’s a steering rack fault which Citroen deny under their warranty scheme (surprise surprise.) The car rattles everywhere - it’s made from jelly, the parcel shelf rattles and squeaks, take the parcel shelf out and the boot still squeaks, the door cards rattle, the speaker covers rattle, everything rattles! It’s terrible! The paint is tearing away by the day; I admit to having stone chips on the VW but this is 2 years old and there’ll be no paint left on the bonnet soon!! The power delivery is not consistent at all, you think its sporty, but you will have to absolutely thrash this car to pieces to get anything out of it and this is probably why my engine makes very funny noises on idle. However, if they’re going to advertise a car as a hot hatch then make it one for gods sake!! My intake manifold bolts fell off within about a week of ownership (watch out for this VTS owners, and if you do own one I feel very sorry for you!) I now have a mysterious knocking from behind the stereo when I turn full lock and when it goes over some bumps. To top this list off it wouldn’t start for about 2 minutes on a cold morning the other day ha ha, imagine when its 6 years old it’ll be on the scrap heap! This car was registered in very late 2006 and all these problems already!! If you were thinking of buying one then don’t, they are crap. I’m only writing this to fend off any potential buyers as I paid a lot of money for this car every month and I don’t want you to do the same and fork out your hard earned cash for this French rubbish. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON’T BUY! I WANTED ONE TOO ONCE, BUT NOW I REALLY DON’T! Can’t wait to sell it, I’d rather get the bus (yes I’d rather get the bus!). In fact I will be doing for some time now as this car will only give me a slight profit after paying the finance! Rant over.
Submitted: 18/11/2008 14:47:58
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Just had my c2 vts 2 weeks now - very impressed with the speed, handling and looks - amazing too. Head turner too. Raced a few cars now and beat them easy - left a c2 vtr standing and also the saxo vtr (killed it). Raced a Lexus is200 - beat that too and also did a new Aastra sri 150 diesel; so plenty of power to play with. The thing I’m impressed with is the 0-60 speed of 8.1 considering most 2 litres 2 l8 6s early 7s and 160 bhp plus the c2 vts time is amazing considering its a 1.6 16 valve. All in all I think its a great car; cheap insurance (group 2) at group 8.
Submitted: 17/11/2008 08:56:46
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This is the worst car I have ever owned!!! I took it to my mechanic because the front wiper didn’t work. Fuse I thought, how wrong was I! I was told it was the motor - approx £200, then the switch didn’t work - another £300, then I was told the BSI unit had blown - another £500 and now the airbag light is permanently on, one door is showing locked whilst the other is showing unlocked and Citroen can’t find the problem, claiming a faulty door lock. I will never buy a Citroen again and I would advise other people to do the same!
Submitted: 14/11/2008 14:16:07
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Problem with auto gearbox freezing up, had it into Citroen a number of times but couldn’t find anything wrong, car is still playing up. STRONGLY DO NOT RECOMMEND CITROEN.
Submitted: 03/11/2008 10:00:23
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The only problem I have had so far is a leak on the air conditioning pipe. Pipe replaced, seems to be ok now.
Submitted: 03/11/2008 08:54:59
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I have had my C2 for about 1 1/2 years. Never had any problems with it until now..... Driving about 60mph and there is almighty bang from the engine and smoke coming out of the engine. Apparently I need a new engine.... AA man says he has never seen anything like that before. He reckons its something inside the engine that has caused it to blow.... Oh and warranty is up... so dunno what happens now?!
Submitted: 03/09/2008 12:52:18
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I hate the Citroen C2 Furio, I bought mine brand new and ever since I bought it there has been something wrong with it. It’s had numerous recalls and even the Citroen garage have informed me of recalls I should have been notified about. The coil/spring has went in it along with loads of other electrical faults e.g "bugs in the system" I am currently trying to sort out the gear and clutch and I am interested to read that there are many other problems with sensodrive cars with similar problems. I am currently in talks with Citroen but they are insisting it is out with warranty. Think I’ll contact Watchdog. I wouldn’t even rate it 1 star but they didn’t give the option of zero.
Submitted: 19/08/2008 09:01:14
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I took my car into Citroen last week because the engine keeps cutting out every other time when you stop at traffic lights or stop in traffic. It has taken them over a week to look at it. I rang them today, they told me that they still couldn’t find the fault. I went down to see the car... IT HAD NOT MOVED! Disgusted with the service form Citroen. As soon as I get my car back I’m taking it to the nearest second hand car garage and flogging it! I would NEVER buy or recommend a Citroen ever!
Submitted: 15/08/2008 08:45:21
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Great car. Had mine coming up to 3 years now and not had one problem with it. The build quality could be better as it does rattle a little but I’ve found it to be very reliable and handles really well. However, I don’t advise going to Citroen for services as their after sales service is really bad and services are way over priced.
Submitted: 31/07/2008 14:25:13
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I have owned the car from new. It is a very reliable little car, very cheap to own and run plus it is also the easiest car to drive I have ever owned. Highly recommended; if you buy from new.
Submitted: 23/06/2008 08:55:59
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Top little motor; like !!$** off a shovel if you rev it hard enough. Raced a new 318 BMW to 80 mph and kept in front , the guy was sick but stopped at the next lights to ask me what the engine size was. Just finished a 600 mile trip with Mrs and baby, although not a car i would advise to any small family. It handled the motorway well; still with power in high gear. I’m shocked at some of the other reviews , I would definately advise the vts, in particular the code version as it is packed with elecs and leather. P.s . I got 123 mph on the M18 (on my own of course) and it still wanted to go but i chickened out.
Submitted: 14/05/2008 09:24:02
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DO NOT BUY a 1.4 HDi Diesel SX C2!!! I had mine for just over 5 months and had it was a nightmare. When it was just over 3 years old the engine started to cut out, I took it to a guy I know who works for Citroen, he said he could tell me what was wrong with it before I told him the symptoms, he said after just over 3 years one of the fuel injectors and a sensor breaks in most of the C2s. The bill for this was just over £1000.00.
Submitted: 08/04/2008 16:33:23
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I got this car for 3 years and I had 9 accidents. It is much safe and the body is strong and i didn’t have any problems except something in the gearbox that didn’t make the car shift and they changed it for me for free. I’m not in the UK, I’m in Kuwait.
Submitted: 25/03/2008 09:39:34
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I purchased a C2 just over three years ago ..... it’s had regular services & with only 25,000 miles I have had to replace the throttle, clutch & gear box ...... The car isn’t even paid off yet to add insult to injury!! Citroen are well aware of the sensor drive problems but don’t seem to care.
Submitted: 14/03/2008 12:50:49
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I've had many problems with this vehicle electrical and mechanical head lights keep blowing. Complete comms unit replaced £433.00 had problems with the gears not changing in patern with the running of the car this was taken back some 4 times the last time on the back of a recovery van when the car would not go anywhere nothing in the acceleration, gears moved but stationary. This has been going on for 15months also whilst under warranty, extended warranty was not taken out as explained they say a lot of things are down to wear and tear which are not covered and the policy is not worth the paper it is wrote on at £300 a year. The car was taken to Wyatt at Wokingham and I was first told the clutch is the prob and may also need fly wheel, cost 800.00 to 1000.00 I have now been told it is the gear box 1200.00 + parts, I a now dealing with the owner of the site as now based at Wokingham to see what is going on I am not happy and now waiting on response, so in a nut shell don't buy C2 Furio or be warned about some faults. Happy driving! 1 rating meaning I do not rate Citroen.
Submitted: 29/02/2008 16:01:30
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This car is a really nice small hatch. Looks great & handles well.
Submitted: 26/10/2007 11:33:22
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