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been offered a set of electric heated seats for my c5 ,the interior seats in it at the moment are standard sx non electic non heated seats ,my car is 2001 and the leather seats are from a 2001 car to,i presume they go straight in no problems and are the plugs connectors there for the electrics?

marc
2001 c5 2.0hdi sx

Update to my earlier post concerning engine hesitating and flat spots,

A week ago I removed the green coolant sensor and checked its resistance both hot and cold. The results were in line with those I had seen quoted, so I cleaned and refitted the sensor - car then seemed to be running OK.

Two days later the hesitation re-appeared, followed by...

After buying two different bits of kit to flash my C5 2.2 hdi with a remap file it would appear that the ecu is locked out any communication with such devices maybe because of how many time it's been plugged in during its life.
Am I right in thinking it could be unlocked with a Lexia or am I barking up the wrong tree?

If it can be done is there...

Silly Question, but, How do I Know for certain what model my Xsara Picasso is.
No badge on tailgate.

According to my lexia the climate control temp sensor is shorted to positive anyone know where they have hidden it ? I have found them on line for about 8 quid just don't know where to look for it nothing in the Haynes manual either.

Heater blower has issues

Just changed the resistor pack

Bought the car with this problem, the heater speed control was bypassed with a switch so that it could be turned on and off but only full blast.

My mission was to get it running normally... Failed :-<

I have changed the heater resistor pack for a new one from ebay and disconnected the...

Hello People

I got a call from the missus saying she has broken down in the xsara picasso (1.8 petrol)

So i went out to have a look at the car tried to start, but it just felt like a flat battery, i turned everything off to give the starter more power, it then started but cut out straight away, so i tried again and it fired up but all the dash...

I've had to remove the Vin plate on my Zx as there was some alloy corrosion and the rivets had all but gone , the Vin plate is badly corroded too and unreadable from the face side ( but legible from the reverse side ) , I want to know is it possible to get a replacement ? Here's a pic of the plate .

Thanks , Mark

Very shortly about to sell my petrol 806 and aquire a lovely synergie (TD with 90k on teh clock) - but been told the fan controls have been a little temperemental - the car has been stood since july 2011

any idea`s what could be up with them? mechanically its one - and forgot how much i like the TD engine (bosch pump so bio is going in for sure!)

Something to think about before you drinks and drives this Xmas.
With the Holidays upon us I would like to share a personal experience with my friends about drinking and driving.

As you may know some of us have been known to have brushes with the authorities from time to time on the way home after a social session out with friends. Well two days...

My 1998 S2 Xantia remote access has stopped working. It was getting intermittent and now no longer works at all. I have replaced the fob battery and still not working. I don't know if I have to do some strange ritual to reprogram it in but bought a French style baguette (from a proper French person in a posh foggy patisserie) some smelly cheese...

I attempted to drive just over 200 miles this morning (Glasgow to Leeds) weather was hellish I left at (7)....seemed to ages to get 50 miles never mind 200!!. I know the C5's are realatively good cars but not long after Hamilton on the 74, there's no lights on the rd for about 30 miles and the cars lights are s**t too, I even had the fogs on,...

So, tell me Sinker Drivers... Why do Sinkers Sink? Well, I DO Know the answer to that.. no problem BUT

Why dont Sinkers Sink when they are put on Intermediate height??

I moved a Sinker with my A frame today on intermediate height for 12 miles, and the suspension never moved an ounch!

Hi my xsara Picasso 05, wouldn't start, did diagnostic and had no codes. so somehow figured out it's the high pressure diesel pump.replaced it with fiat scudo pump (same part no).car started fine but had engine management light on.diagnosed again and above codes appeared.so the fella erased the codes and engine management light went off.but the...

Hi
Really the title says it all.Apart from it not levelling on its own with engine the on.I have to move the lever to high then back to normal.I cant see any fluid leaks on the ground.So any help appreciatef.

Timmy

Hi all!

Had a recurring problem with the front brakes failing. It's fine for a while but then the brake pedal disappears into the floor and only the rear drums kick in.

Had the master cylinder replaced and it was fine for a while but it's started doing it again.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

James

The throttle pedal on my C5 seeems very low could anybody tell me what height it should be from the carpet ,and if the cable needs adjusting how is this carried out,i have found where the cable runs but cant see how to adjust it,any help would be appreciated, Ian

Evening all

I am the proud owner of a C5iii Tourer 2.0 HDi 138 Exclusive (2009) which I purchased earlier this year second hand.

The previous owner upgraded the wheels to 19 versions form the standard 18 . I am now keen to get some winter tyres as I will be heading off to the continent over New Year and don't want to get caught out like previous...

Hi all,

I’m looking at changing the timing belt. However, I’m not quite certain what to order for my used 2007 C5 2.0L Petrol model and I need some advice here:

For the Timing Belt Kit, The Contitech Timing Belt kit seems ok at £128.40 and the Circoli water pump is at £58.20. These are prices from Eurocarparts.

For the Circoli Water Pump, it...

I wonder if one of you knowledgeable chaps could tell me what this VIN plate is off, then, in the words of the person who owns it... we can build the right car....

My memory seems to think it's from a 2CV, probably one of mine, built in 1987 or thereabouts.

Hi there, I'm new to this forum, and I've owned nothing but Citroen diesels for the last 12 years: 2 zx TD's (what a great car), a Xantia TD (that one was a mistake), a Xsara HDI (beautiful engine but a bit too heavy for the chassis) and now, a Xsara TD, which is absolutely the best of all worlds in my view!

Okay, here's the question: the 1998...

my facelift 2.0 hdi estate brake vacuum pump is lazy on cold start up. I have tried using posh oil and other logical things like taking the face plate off the pump and checking the rotor/vane part/cleaning but now need to look further.

I have proved the fault by removing the vacuum suck pipe directly off the pump first thing on a chilly morning...

Evening chaps,

Every once in a while we all do something daft, and usually at Christmas!! On this occasion there was no alcohol involved to blame, just your basic 'fill the diesel tank with petrol at the garage and then drive off scenario'. So I got a mile from garage then it conked out. I normally run it on vegoil mix but had run out and the low...

hello
im new to french car ownership only reason i bought my c5 was it was recomended as a good towing car as i have a caravan,its a 2001 2.0hdi sx with 76000miles from new ive owned the car nearly two weeks and everthing was fine till monday just gone i heard a scraping noise from the rear while driving home from work seems the rear caliper is...

Could do with some advise, I am in the process of removing the filter material in my cars dpf and need to know if there is any advantage in removing the cat as well before I put it all back together??????????????

Hi guys, just wondering if anyone knows much about exhausts.....

i have a chance to buy a remus back box....only thing is its from a ph1 VTS....as the cars are similar...does any one know if it would fit my ph2 hdi?

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Can anyone tell me the service times for this engine (in a C3 Picasso if that is relevant)? In particular I would like to know timing belt, EOLYS and FAP timings. I think the timing belt is 150K miles or ten years.

I seem to have a water leak on the joint between the rad and the top hose from the thermostat. There doesn't seem to be anything I can do about it as it kind of plugs in and has a slide in clip to hold it in place, so it's not like tightening a jubilee clip. What can I do? Is there an o-ring or something that needs to be replaced inside the joint?...

Hi folks. I have a 95 ZX diesel which just flew through it's mot today, wonderful! Makes me laugh when people get suckered into buying new cars!

Anyway, I also have three kids now and need to swap the lap belt in the rear central seat for a three point harness so I can fit a car seat there. Anyone have any experience or advice about how to...

Sorry if this has been talked about before but unless i have the air con on in my Xsara Picasso the windscreen mists up! anyone know what could be causing this?

Hi, new to this forum but a classic car nut. My Dad being the citroen man has had me find him a nice Xantia again, after a brief affair with his C5 which he just did not take too after BX, Xantia's etc. I just got him a lovely lovely series 2 exclusive auto.

A couple of things I wish to look into.

first is has developed a relay like tick tick...

Is this picture of a nearside or offside mirror ?

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Iposted a couople of weeks ago about mt lower radiator/bottom hose bayonet popping out and the dumping of coolant. I had just assumed it had worked loose over 6 months since I fitted it, but now I am wondering if it was excessive pressure in the cooling system forcing it out when it was not securely clipped in?

It has a full load of new coolant...

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My new Xantia, the 1997 2.0 petrol VSX has a leaking pump, part no. 4007 T3

I have a 6 month old genuine old stock pump on my old Xantia 1.9TD VSX, part no 4007 S7

Anyone know what the difference is, as obviously I'd like to fit the new pump on Xantia no. 2

Is there a difference in the threads or something?

Hi all,

This has curled in one place on mine, on the bottom edge (near a corner, but just in from the corner). I mean the seal on the outside, around the edge of the glass, rather than the seal round the lip of the boot opening...

Wondering if this is a common problem?

Can the seal be replaced? Expensive? DIY job, or a visit to a glass fitter?...

Whilst clearing the catalogue of faults listed on the lexia when I plugged it into my C5 project car I had a low additive fault on main ecu and temporary fault additive low on the dpf ecu.

There was no low additive message flagging up on the incar display and no anti pollution fault coming up on the incar display (well not related to the additive...

sorry folks i have been trying to search but cant find anything so maybe i am doing it wrong?

basically i have to replace my turbo tomorrow as mines is done and was wondering if anyone had a good guide so i know exactly what i am up against, i know they are akward to get at, i just fitrted the engine too and its the turbo off my old engine i...

Have any of you good people out there got, or can direct me to a place where where I can find, a diagram of the front door electric winder/regulator mechanism? Glass went into free fall inside door with a tidy little bird's nest on the winder drum on my way home late last night, luckily it wasn't raining. Thanks for looking.

Hi Guys

Well after several hours under and over the C5 virtually all the faults have now disappeared off of the lexia all I have left is a post heat fault and intermittent downstream cat temp fault. But the gearbox problem persists I have got rid of the engine torque regulation fault that was showing under the ABS and the speed faults.

I am now...

My C3, after staying on the driveway for a couple of weeks (and cold weather), refused to turn the engine on one morning. I suspected the battery, so charged it (I thought) and tried again. It displayed the dash and snowflake to me, instead of the gear number. I could not change the gear to N. The car was in the 1st gear, so I could not move it...

The electric passenger window in my '08 Dispatch Opens without any bidding from myself... and then refuses to close, until it has had enough fun at my expense. What is the likely problem, is it difficult/expensive to repair, would it be possible to effect a temporary repair by removing the fuse whilst window is up, and if so where is the relevant...

I recently replaced the seals in the top of my Lucas pump on my 1994 Xantia 1.9d. I thought I'd got away with the job without replacing the top cover gasket. However, looking at the pump over the weekend there seems to be a small amount of diesel seeping from the top cover.

I'm wondering if this could be a potential cause of my engine having the...

Right, this is getting silly now. I'm about to change the cranshaft pulley on my 2.2 yet again. It was knocking when i bought it so i replaced with an aftermarket one bought from a well known motor factors, 8 months down the line this started knocking so i thought i'd replace with an OE Citroen pulley (£115!) :shock: now 14 months down the line...

Hi there. Can someone please tell me the thread size of the front wheel hub on a zx 1.9D. it seems like the previous owner has stripped one of the bolts and its tight, hopefully putting a tap through will clear the thread. Thanks Tony.

OK I'm a newby so sorry if I now get told off for posting similar problems covered by other threads.

Relating to my 2001 C5 LX 110 HDi:

I've had a good look round the forums and there's some similar faults but not quite the same. The problem is thus:

For a few weeks occasionally while driving along, usually going over bumps or on a rough bit...

Anyone on here with Lexia want to make some money? I want to remove the DPF and Eolys from my C5, I will do all the dirty work, just need someone with the know how to doctor the electronics [-o<

hi all,

any help or advice would be much appreciated as i am at wits end, unsure what to do for the best

basically my c5 2.0hdi is dead, i heard a loud wizzing that i believed to be the turbo, followed by some rather horrible rattles, clouds of smoke, major loss of power, then total death.

where would i beging to start getting this repaired,...

Hi guys have removed the dpf from my C5 this afternoon, I have drilled out all of the filter material from it, but before I bolt it back on I was just wondering if I need to remove the stuff from the bit left on the car? or is that something else?

At 06.00 yesterday I tried to move my C5 off the drive but it was impossible to turn the steering wheel. Used my wife's car and when I returned in the evening tried it again and it was fine. Only difference was -7c in the morning against -2c later.
Same thing this morning, except this time the dashboard display warned me of a power steering fault....

Hi all,

Contemplating to repaint my 2007 C5 but wondering which color suit the car best?

The current colour is dark greyish tone and I wonder what is the code and name of the paint (I’m not the 1st owner)?

Do you guys know where to find information on the original colour types of this C5?

Right now, I thought either Ferrari Red or plain white...