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Not sure where else to ask this.

Whilst driving my 2013 Citroen C5 VTR Techno Pack 160 HDi earlier today, it suddenly popped up with a warning about the Automatic Wiping (didn't see if it said 'activated' or Deactivated' - but I wasn't using or touching the wipers! This closely followed by the Service light ....

I tried operating the wipers and...

I was thinking of adding this to the bottom of this ( - Re: Automatic parking brake malfunction thread but I thought is would be better discussed away from a fault.

As I put in the thread above, at the MOT last year the tester said he would have liked and bit more 'grip' on the handbrake. With that in mind I decided to replace the disks & pads...

Hi,

Has anyone here done a self service rear brake discs and pads on a C4 Mk 2 (2013 onwards)?

I am searching for info but the only info I find is for pre 2013 cars without electric handbrakes.

From what I found so far the pre 2013 have a right hand and a left handed piston rewind in the rear calipers, needing a RH and LH rewind tool
RH tool is...

Help diagnosing C4 VTS problems (Ex Davie LEZ VTS 180)
This car is a 2007 Citroen C4 VTS 180 with the ew10j4s engine now on 91K miles. When I got it at 86K miles I changed the plugs (all good colour), air filter(very clogged) and oil plus filter (black). I also changed the VVT solenoid as I felt the car was not performing as it should and I still...

I have a Berlingo and both brake lights, the two cluster ones and the high level one have stopped working. I assumed it was the brake switch and changed this, still no joy, then checked all fuses in passenger footwell and engine bay and again no joy. So out with the multi meter, I havent been able to find a wiring diagram, so its been a bit hit...

I've potentially asked before but can't find the answer or anything so might have been purged.

Anyway! Does anyone know the hose internal diameter for the pipe that runs from the lhm tank to the high pressure pump? I want to rule out mine leaking as theres a weep somewhere on the pump and every now and then air in the tank #-o

:rofl2:

My Berlingo van goes into limp mode as soon as I hit 60~65mph.
I’ve had the turbo and injectors changed.

Can anyone solve this problem.
Thanks.

EML CODES
P2142
P0409
P2111
P1351
P0234

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I need some info again please.
vin - VF7DCRHZB76526330
Could people help answer the following qusetions?
Does my 54 2.0 hdi have - a fixed or variable turbo vanes?
- Diesel particulate filter fitted?
Thanks

R Reg Xantia V6

Clarion model: 96 279 400 80

Product No: PU2146A

Cassette (which will not come out) carries the number CAA355

The message on the head unit when switched to CD says CONNECT

Although I have enjoyed going through and playing my old cassettes, I would like to be able to play CDs in the car, and I don't like things that are fitted...

Hi to everyone. My C5 2.0 Hdi (67000 miles) is some what poorly :( , could I ask for some help on what might have gone wrong.

There seems to be three symptoms which may or may not be connected.
1. Fuel consumption is up, best I can get is now 40mpg.
2. Does not want to rev freely, ok to about 3000 rpm then the increase in rpm is slow. Seems to...

There has been an intermittent issue with my 01 Xsara over the recent number of years whereby the rev counter would fluctuate by approx +/- 75rpm around idle (750rpm I think) with an odd blip of +250rpm. There has been a few sporadic incidents whereby the throttle response was noticeably lagging moreso that usual.

The car gets a mixture of...

Hello dear colleagues.

I have recorded a short video to show an issue that I am trying to face off now on my X7 2.0 HDi 163 HP FAP. On the left side, I hear a strange noise, like a bee. It is close to the timing belt. Do you have any idea what can be the source of it? Sometimes the sound disappears.

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And an additional thing, every...

Need Help!
C5 2.0HDi 120kW, Automatic, 09/2012., 175000km
a sound similar to a small electric motor at full speed, coming around the place marked with yellow circle, when I press the hose marked with a red circle for one second, the sound stops and is not repeated until the car has been driven again.
I was on electronic diagnosis from an...

Hi everyone, I’ve recently bought a C4 from a car auction and I’m starting to regret it.
It a 1.6 hdi VTR+ , 2008.

My problems are
#1 I’m getting an intermittent power loss like the turbo isn’t functioning correctly 80% of the time.

#2 bubbling from one injector top,

Today I’ve removed the leaking injector thinking the seal needs changing...

Hi, my coolant is over-pressurising and escapes at the filler cap (tried new cap).

Can this be caused by an air lock (bled the bleed screw) or does it indicate head gasket failure? (Don't coolant/combustion leaks usually push coolant into the chamber and out the exhaust rather than the reverse?

2003 Relay van 2.2hdi turbo.

I have recently gotten a Citroen c5 2.0i 2006. I was checking the hydraulic fluid level, the fluid didn't look good. It has no colour to it. Looks a little grey maybe, and very thick and dirty.

When I open the LDS cap it smells like old power steering fluid. A little bit burning smell that comes when a power steering fluid is old and needs to be...

Hi folks, as per the title, I'm having a nightmare with this motor. The fuel shutoff solenoid blew up (in the wilds of Ardnamurchan, of all places!).
This was sorted back home after removing the armour and screwing in a new single wire solenoid which worked great for 400miles then it too blew! When we took the rubber plunger off and ground down...

Could I ask for advice on towbar electrics please?
The connector picutured below looks as though it is for a dedicated wiring kit, is that correct? If so does it need to be enabled via Lexa 3 as there does not appear to be any power to it. I went through all the lighting options with a multi meter but none of the pins were live when the lights...

I steam cleaned the hydraulic pump to get rid of all of the crap that was on the casing tonight and then started to strip it down to replace all the o-rings.

When I took the end cap off the pump to replace the big seal at the end I noticed that there was a torn paper type gasket between the two parts.

This one had torn when the two parts of...

Came out today, absolutely nothing when I turned the key. Tried a jump start, no luck. Put trickle charger on it and it showed 4.7V. I assume battery is goosed, hoping thats all. Advice please.

Chaps,

I cannot find anything regarding intermittent stalling or power loss on S1 Xantii or other similar age diesel Citroens.

I was driving along in my s1 (now 80,000 miles) a couple of weeks ago and it just started to lose power on a dual carriageway. Great place for it to happen. Managed to make it to a farm access road and pull in. Gave a...

just 1 of a few options being thrown around :roll:

short back-story intro....

OH is now hankering after a Red or Yellow 'quirky' car after going in her friends Juke....i nearly gave in but the thought of adding 4k to the CMax px was a tad too far plus needing £300 > for a Towbar for trips to tip in France [-X
current thinking is for her - must...

I have a C5 II 2005, 2.0 HDI 136. It recently was leaking the heater matrix so I paid a local workshop to get it replaced.

Apparently the C5s mark II onwards have a very different heater matrix that is not available anywhere other than the stealers. Anyways all was replaced. It was a complete dash out job.

Now everything works fine except for a...

Hi all does anyone know if i can get a washer kit for my car's power steering pump I have a small leak and nothing is available from Citroen in France except a complete new pump at over 1000 euros, not even worth thinking about, or where I might get a recon one, any advice would be welcome as the car is off the road thanks to Citroen for sticking...

There have been quite a few entries on the forum in relation to this EGS gearbox issue, and many suggested remedies. However, no-one seems to have given a definitive fix for the problem. I've tried all the usual remedies, (cleaning the plug/socket connections, making sure all the fuse contacts are sound, replacing the brake switch etc), but to no...

Hi I am new so hello to everyone that reads my post. 😁

I have recently bought a c4 sx 1.6 petrol and a c8 sx 2.0 petrol.

Now I have bad fuel economy and very sketchy vague car response to accelerator.

I was actually wondering if I have to do a full reset or a calibration of the throttle body after I take it off to clean it out properly.

Also...

Good afternoon,

The suspension/ride of my Mk 1 C5 2.0 HDi has become very hard and it is not that fun to drive anymore. Is there anything I can do to soften it again without going into much expence?

Thanks,
Joseph

Does the C5 2007 2.0l 16V engine have a turbo. Maybe I'm missing something but haven't seen reference to this anywhere?

Slowly, slowly, this engine is going back together- many thanks to members that have guided me thus far.
The inlet manifold was all but chocked solid with carbon, so I'm considering blanking the EGR.
I can't find where I read this, but I seem to recall that some advise against this if a DPF is involved.
What say you?

Hi just done a full service , oil, filter , oil filter , and have also bought the fuel filter thought I would just check up on any tips as I know fuel filters can be tricky as in priming, there is a manual pump put in a very nice location, is there anything I need to look out for or any particular way of doing things..

many thanks
Andy

Any guidance please,

2008 C5 X7, 2.0 HDI Estate. Wipers have been mis behaving for a while. Firstly stuck on intermediate on whichever setting then they folded over each other and left stopped working with right jerking up about 4 then back down again. I've read that it's probably the ECU in the slave, left side. I have removed the motors and...

The rubber seals around the windscreen of my 2007 C5 are starting to lift. Can I just glue them or what's the correct solution stop water ingress.

Well the steering rack has developed a weep from the pinion. :(

The only question I have is how long do I have until the reservoir need top up.

Kenny

About a year ago I had a problem when the heater blower motor stopped working. I took the speed control unit ( resistor ) out and was investigating a replacement when I thought I'd give it another chance and reconnected it. And, of course, it started working again. I gave the plug contacts a spray of contact cleaner and put everything back. The...

Well what I need is some lights to see with. My car is a 2011 c5 1.6 e-hdi vtr+nav with the egs6. Nice car but at night you just don't see where you are going. Now then all you guy's will surely know that these cars with the standard bulbs are quite poor so from all your experience what do you all use.???

Just collected my 10 plate Dispatch from the dealer today, on my way back, the wife was following me, and said as we pulled away for the first few hundred yards, there was blue smoke coming from the exhaust.It went away, then returned again, then disappeared. On starting from cold, after it had been stood for the whole afternoon, it won't rev past...

When I bought my Dispatch 1.6, the garage told me to use 5w/40 fully synthetic oil, is this correct? just it seems a bit tappetty on first pull away when cold. 86000 miles.

Hi had my 2009 c5 2.7hdi exclusive tourer for over a year now with no problems until a steering rack boot was replaced by my local garage (independent trader) now the suspension seems to have a mind of its own sometimes it in normal position but when I lock or unlock the doors it goes into the lower position and I have to use the buttons to get it...

Afternoon chaps/chap'ss's

I was driving along all happy in the rain, all OK, demist vents set on foot/screen and 1/2 warm, air from outside. The road was wet from the rain, I then drove over some running water (not a puddle) and Woosh, all misted in an instant ! Later down the road, same thing and zero problems

Now this has me perplexed