French Car Forum

So,

My poor old Picasso got taken out while parked up.
So a quick replacement was needed and I nabbed a 2009 C5 1.8 petrol.

All good but on the drive home it went into limp home and a depolution error has flagged up.
After a restart its drove fine on the motorway and A roads. seem a little hesitant pulling away from a set of lights though.
Fires...

Starting to get fed up and as I am out of ideas, help is very much appreciated.

Have a C5 tourer that had AL4 problems so the other day I swapped out the 2 solenoids. Put it back together and switched on the ignition. First error I get is EPB fault. Switched off the ignition and on again and the error is gone. Took it for a drive and all seemed...

Wonder if anyone can help with this?

Citroen XM, Series 2
Under the front bumper are a pair (left, right) of plastic tow-eye covers , which are no longer available, and difficult to find anywhere. (Listed as 7418 C8, Bumper access trap assembly, NFP.)

S2 tow-eye cover XM_S2.jpg
Size is approx 20×20×5cm, and about 2-3mm thick.

Are there any...

Hi Marc just come across your instructions presumably this applies if you're only disconnecting/reconnecting the battery. This is more onerous than the user manual it doesn't mention keeping the doors closed or making sure everything is turned off. The battery on the Dispatch is in a footwell on the driver's side. Because of this, I need to keep...

Is there a “go to” source for all the little plastic trim clips that seem to just break each time you remove them? Also for the clever little twist release doodads that hold the panels to the underside of my C5?
Someone must sell this stuff or am I restricted to main dealers and scrappers?

Thanks!
Matthew.

The engine cooling fan on my 2003 Zara Picasso 1.8sx does not work. I took it for an MOT and they abandoned it when it overheated during the emissions test. Under normal driving conditions it does not overheat. I tested the two fan resistors with my multimeter and both .54 Ohm and .8 Ohm were faulty so I replaced with new ones, but the fan will...

The drivers door window would only go up so far then stop with winding noise, could be pushed up and re-engage for another height before more winding noise. As I suspected the motor drive gear has ground away the plastic drive gear. Having said that, in order to access the drive mechanism meant drilling out the plastic welds and the metal cover...

I would rather not drive without an M.O.T
But due to coronavirus its changed yet another part of everyday living . I'm pretty well up on many aspects of keeping my cars road worthy to mot pass standards ive qualified the new government rules that I'm OK to drive both my cars as they run out 19 April and June this year so there exempt for 12 months...

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Citroen c4 grand Picasso 2008 1.6 VTR diesel
Can anyone help ?
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Hi everyone,
Recently my Citroen relay 07 van started cutting out when I was slowing down at crossroads, roundabouts, t junctions etc and was too dangerous to drive.It would start fine again but sometimes changing gear no acceleration at all and cut out. After 2 weeks left with my mechanic he finally narrowed it down to a faulty suction valve in...

hello, is it normal to have oil in the intercooler pipes for the engine intake? the amount is not much. Thanks, best regards
Citroen C5 tourer 2009 1.6 110hp

Hi guys.
Hope you are all well in these strange times.
I’ve been struggling with a very annoying problem on my daughters c3 1.4 hdi 2005.
At idle it sounds like a bag of nails, and the aux belt tensioner is jumping around. I have replaced the main crank pulley, the alternator isn’t a clutch type pulley and runs smoothly. The tensioner runs...

Dispatch van going into eco mode after a short time no where near 30 minutes.
Ive seen a thread by Marc Economy mode fix procedure He says its in the how to pages for members but I can't find that section Help please

Hi guys,
Im getting the clutch changed. However I'm not sure what to change. Ie just clutch, clutch and flywheel, or use a solid clutch conversion.

What's the pros and cons off them.
I am swaying towards the solid flywheel option tho.
Simply because off issues regarding the flywheel, ie it can wear alot quicker than the clutch.

It is a X7...

Hi All,

I recently changed my brake pads on my C4. It has an electric hand brake so I had to use a diagnostic machine to release the callipers.

Unfortunately a few weeks after I have got a braking fault which has disabled my handbrake (meaning I can not engage it anymore). It is coming up with parking brake fault stop vehicle in the dashboard....

hi all,

I had this warning light come on recently so I bought a diagbox kit from easy diagnostics and have ran a global scan and looked at the DPF data. this is on a 2009 58 plate c5 tourer (x7? thats what works in diagbox anyway)

VIN: VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff]

the fault codes that are coming up are;

P1351 - preheating relay circuit; cause = local,...

Thinking that this model was designed over 10 years ago and how the reversing camera image is quite poor in the dark I’m wondering if it’s possible to replace the camera with a newer one with an updated sensor that will be more sensitive in low light conditions.
After market cameras tend to have RCA/phono plugs and I’m wondering what connection is...

I have a 2007 berlingo 1.9d van which has the battery charge warning light illuminated , suggesting that the alternator isnt charging the battery but a multimeter check across the battery terminals gives a reading of 14.4 volts. i have a limited knowledge of vehicle electrics but it would appear that the ecu doesnt recognise the fact that the...

Hi

I found today LHM under the left side of the front and rear carpet . I can't see any leak on the brake pedal. Can a leak from the doser reach the rear carpet ?

Thanks

Hi,

When the Xantia should be parked for a long term is it better to leave the height lever at low position ?

Thanks

Hi All,

My temp sensor on the fos mirror is reading approx 6 degrees lower than actual temp. Can this be altered with Diagbox or requires new sensor.
I've just had a look and the sensor is cover by the plastic mirror cover so can't access the wiring

Is there a replacement procedure for the sensor

Kenny

While my X7 was jacked up to top up the diesel additive I thought I would replace the rear height sensor as it failed some time ago causing the rear of the car to sag a an inch or so.
I replaced the sensor and the car is now undrivable- bouncing up and down picking up every bump in the road. Its like being strapped to a road drill! :shock:
The...

Hello there!

I'm totally unfamiliar with Citroën, but I've now owned this car for a month approxmatiely. I recently changed the timing belt, (or not me, a mechanic I know...). Car is running good, but now and then this engine light turns on (the one with a k-sign), but only when the car gets hot (working temp), also only when driving highway, so...

Hi all,

Been having an aircon issue with my m2 citroen c5 estate.

Sometimes (not every time) I start the car, it comes on cold for a few minutes, then tails off and becomes ambient temperature air. That said when it was blowing cold, I don't think it was as cold as it had been in the past.

I took it to get regassed, and the man at qwik fit...

I am trying to access the BSI on my C5 to tell the system I have topped up the additive. The lexia is asking for the personal code from my customer card, which I have never had. Is there a way round this? :)

My 2009 C5 estate has for a while been riding a bit high on the front. The other day the car started bouncing and when I parked the back end had collapsed. It still rises up when I use the button in the boot but as soon as I turn the car off it sinks again. The level control still raises up the front but the rear stays really low. I can hear the...

Call this a work in progress. It's not intended to be a PhD! :D
A stab at making some sense of Xantia wheels as a thread for reference
and discussion - I've chucked in a poll for everyone's favourite wheel choice!

The first of the line - s1

14 steels with wheeltrims

15 VSX alloys

15 steels with wheeltrims

15 Activa

The...

After fixing c5 v6 2001 it was almost end of registration. I already bought another car and dont want to register for another year. What is the best practice to keep car in working conditions without driving. I want to use it after a year and dont want to spend thousands to make it roadworthy.

Hello,

Does anyone have instruction ideally with pictures on how to swap out a heater matrix. Mines pissing coolant all over the cab, steam out of the vents and fogging the windows up. It's the only thing I can think of!

Also are there any manuals around I can only find two on amazon both are poor

Thanks

I have a Citroen C8 HDI (Deisel) with an intermitant Depollution Fault problem that I need help to pin point the fault.

I have had the car for 4 years and this fault has always been there but now getting worse.

If I start my car there will be no Engine Managment light and for the first 2 to 3 miles it'll go like a slug. I can put my foot full on...

hey, the multiplayer on my car is not working. There is low light in it, but no information?

I am wondering if anyone can help please. My 2.0l diesel 2007 automatic Picasso has developed a weird fault in that it drives ok on a motorway until I leave on a slip road. After which if my car has to stop at a roundabout or if stuck in traffic when I then drive off the car revs higher than usual and will not go above 3rd gear even if I use the...

Well, where to start - so I'll start from the beginning!

I was out in town yesterday when I got a warning on about the charging circuit and a message I couldn't remember - so made a beeline for home. A/C went off and cabin fan started going off - so that confirmed system was not charging - steering got lumpy towards the end of the 18 mile journey...

Hello all, I am new here to the Citroën community, so hi all! Ever since I was young I was a huge Citroën fan, just like the rest of my family .It all began with a Citroën GS Pallas, and then it moved onto 2 Citroën BXs. This is where this wish for a CX came from. Back then, in the old SFRY not many people could afford a CX. omegle discord xender...

2005 Dispatch, VIN VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff], I think it's 1.9D, horn has gone nonfunctional.

I changed the indicator stalk recently which has the horn button on the tip. After changing the stalk, everything including the horn worked fine.

It's now maybe a month or so since changing the stalk & the horn suddenly stopped working.

Had a little look under...

Hello,

I am having a problem with my C3s central locking. It's a 2019 plate, just over a year old.

Everything was fine with it, then one day the car alarm started randomly going off. This continued to happen everytime I locked the car.

The problem seems to be that the car seems to think the front, drivers side door is opening, so when that...

lost my temper today with the :redface: tailgate.. 2 armfuls of shopping long walk from store, and thinking already got my key poised between fingers ready push button open, but alas the tailgate refused, so now had to put shopping down and then bags fell over , cabbage did runner down car park and i just tore the blumin door right up as hard i as...

Hi Guys,

Hope some one can help!

Got a C4 B7 2011 Automatic - the electronic handbrake switch has broken off- the handbrake automatically comes on when engine is shut off, and automatically turns off when u drive off- set on automatic function rather than manual.

Need to know part number for it and also how to replace it, need help on removing...

They were ok yesterday - my sister in law complained about the heat in her seat which had been left switched on. But now neither seat will heat up - nothing on any setting. Fuse G37 is fine, so I don't know what to look at next, any suggestions? Will Lexia give a clue - can't remember if it does stuff like seats?

My Activa's rear left door protector panel fell off this Sunday. It had been in bad shape for months, if not years, due to the metal bar inside, that rusts in this climate. So it never really stuck on, so if someone opened the rear left door, it would often fall off. But now it's gone for good. And frankly, that looks terrible.

Does anyone know...