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Hi, On my 1996 sx td estate.i have power going to the steering wheel controls as the 4 green light light up when radio is on but the controls are not operating, everything on the radio seems to be fine.any ideas please ....Colin

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Im hoping one of you experts can help out

The rear door on my xantia Hdi has decided to lock itself and I cant get it open. I think I have managed to set the dead lock on it.
The story is the central locking was working OK except for the right hand rear which had to be operated by hand. Before christmas I took the lock off had a good...

wheeler, you are a star in the making, if I ever meet you expect a couple of pints coming your way. The info you gave me helped fit the last piece of the puzzle.
After a couple of attempts & a fuel prime the ZX fired into life & it sound liked sweet as a nut, just like a little sewing machine.
Welcome then to what I think is the only 1.4...

My 2002 C5 HDI 2.0 110 has been a little jerky under full acceleration for the last couple of days. It is intermittent and only seems to happen around 2,200 to 2,600 rpm. I only accelerate hard when the engine is warm through.

Changed the air filter last week and removed the fuel filter but replaced it because had wrong spare part.

I always run...

Spec test for you all :lol:

Both front windows in my ZX 16v are really sticky and since the car is evolving into a stripped-out track car I was thinking of junking the electric windows and putting in manual winders. So here's the question: was there ever a poverty-spec ZX 3-door that had wind-up (non-electric) windows?

Thanks

Hi,

I still have problems with the hydraulics on my '93 Xantia 1.8i. I thought I had fixed it when I fixed the (possible) air leak in the feed hose, but it still misbehaves.

Symptoms:

Usually the STOP light goes out after a couple of seconds, but the car doesn't rise and the STOP light lights up if I press the brake.
If I stop and start the...

Heloooo

About 6 months ago i stuck some 40mm lowering springs on the front of my zx td, with the intention on lowering the back by 40mm in due course. However, to my dissapointment after using a slide hammer and oxy - acetylene tourch trying to free one of the torsion bars of the bolt snapped off in the end putting an end to my plan to lower the...

My '93 Xantia SX TD has developed a whine. It can be heard when driving in all gears and neutral and when stationary with the clutch either in or out. I've heard this sound on non citroens and always thought it was the PAS pump. Has anyone else had this on a xantia and if its the fuel pump or hydraulic pmp is it serious or something I can put up...

Hi going to tackle a couple of jobs tomorrow on my 1996 td sx estate
1 replace a couple of instument bulbs which are out
2 find out why the steering wheel controls for the stereo dont work

any help on how to remove the instrument panel from the dash would be appreciated and any ideas why the steering wheel radio controls are not working, and yes...

hi all I have just replaced the gearbox on my TD Xantia.
The engine turns over very slowly and will not start. Its sticking somewhere.
Clutch feels fine and works, wheels turn when in gear (off the ground).

what have i done wrong?

thanks
John

For some time my screenwashers had become weaker and weaker until they eventually failed to reach the windscreen....

So I decided to take action - eventually pinned it down to what I thought was a pipe connector near the front scuttle. I removed said device with the intention of rodding it through.

After trying wire and eventually a drill I...

Hi, I have just purchased a 1996 xantia sx td estate, it has a parcel shelf on but no load cover, is it possible to buy a load cover separately or do you have to buy it complete with the shelf ?

secondly this estate has chrome trims around the wheel arches ( looks quite smart ) and a chrome fish design shape on the estate door, can anyone tell me...

I have a 1.4 xsara which is giving me intermittent starting problems.

Sometimes when starting it sounds and feels very rough like its running on 3 cyls. Left for a couple mins ticking over like this it clears and all is fine. If you rev it whilst it is doing this you get a bit of smoke and a smell of fuel. Taking it to a garage is hopeless as it...

Hi

i have a 97 xantia estate and have found there to be quite a lot of water ingress behind the drivers seat towards the center. The carpet s damp / wet there are no water lines to this area from the door or any where else. The only thing i can think of is that the rear wash pipe runs down the center of the car, but i'm sure this must go through...

OK my car has been absolutely fine (TD Volcane 100K) except the usual trailing arms thing, but within 500miles of a my first garage oil change (I usually do it myself every 5000 miles and use fully syn) my car started smoking.... badly! I was stuck in a queue for an hour stop start stop etc and I looked behind and saw some smoke. Thought which...

Anyone got any info on this box? I'm still after some wire colours/numbers/function info.

Thanks

Ross

Can anybody shed any light on whats happened here...

This car is a V registered Citroen ZX, which im sure they stopped on R or S plate... How come this ones a V, and how come its still only a phase one?

Hi Folks,

Once again I'm in need of some of your wisdom.
A little while ago I renewed the brake pads on the front of the vehicle,both sides of course,mainly because the 'inside' pad of the nearside caliper was badly worn down compared to its brother in the same caliper.There was about 3mm of the old stopping block left to rub against the brake...

Hi, the handbook recommends 175 x 65 x r 14 tyres on my 1.9 td N reg.1996, ZX. Does anybody know of any reason why I cannot put alloys on my model Avantage from an earlier 1.9 t.d. m reg. zx Volcane??????????? Apart from the wheel size being different @ 185 x 60 x r14? I do know that the earlier model zx's had uprated suspension. Therefore what...

Hi chaps
Further to my HDI 110 chipping query:-

I have spotted the odd few HDI 110 SX Xsara/C5's and a nice one in particular is up for sale near me.

But its got 93000 miles.......
.....actually this is what I consider LOW mileage.

I recall last year when I guided my dad towards a C5 LX HDI-110 estate, that the timing belt interval on these...

The car met with a wee accident, when parked in the local supermarket someone reversed straight back into the front of the car, cracking headlights, front grill.

Luckily the person who did it left their details under the wiper (not many that would).

However I would like to avoid insurance claims as them will undoubtedly make a meal out of it and...

Hi,
My fathers Xantia HDI has started to display the red stop light and temp light when the interia fan is switched on. Looking at previous messages it sounds like it could the the Bitron unit, has anyone here experianced the same symptoms and can anyone explain how the system works?

Thank you

Howie....

Hi,a couple of times when trying to unlock the central locking there is a lot of resistance felt and the key won't turn fully,you think its going to turn but you feel so much resistance you stop.The doors just won't open.I had to go in the boot of the car and pull up the inside lock thing at the bottom of the window,and that was a struggle.Now its...

i have the opportunity to get a cx gti turbo 2

has anybody had one and if so what are they like??

how tough are the engines? - are head gaskets a problem as with the diesel psa engines?

what sort of insurance group are they??

any opinion welcome!!

cheers

Alastair

Well,i got around to looking into this today.My light came on just before xmas,after being fixed for the 2nd time in 2 yrs.Both times being the module thingy in the steering wheel.Striped the whole airbag & wheel off today.Dismantled & checked everything.Even replaced the conections under the seats with crimped connectors.To my delight,when i...

Hi all, I have two rear wiper motors for the BX, one is direct drive from the motor to the spindle, the other is larger, and has a linkage from the motor to the spindle.
I'm guessing one is early, one is late, can anyone tell me which is which?
The wiring and mounting brackets look the same, but there is a fair difference in size and shape.
Many...

Hi,
I'm going to fit a fuel heater to my xantia as I'm running biofuel. I've missplaced my manual and want to know if the hot supply to the heater matrix is the pipe that leads from the filter housing around the back of the block?

cheers

Chaps

The heated seats on my 1996 1.9TD synergie do not work. Neither have worked since I got the car a year ago. I have power to the switches but after that I don't know what is wrong.
Does anyone have any experience with these or similar. The fact that both seats do not work makes me think that the fault may be related to a relay or something....

Anyone remember where the BX heater valve overhaul article (by AlanS) is to be found ?
Have minus 7degC here and a rather large heater leakage soaking the carpets in my BX passenger side.

So far got the matrix out and working on the heater valve. I have a spare on stock.

Cheers / Anders

...one leap for the ZX kind;

After months & months of research, chinese wispers, dipping into the underworld, uncertainty, lies & slammed doors (is this starting to sound like a cheesy action movie trailer??) I finally got the car the cough!

Yes I know what your thinking but stick with me here.

If the car is coughing, it means that there's a...

Hi, I have a problem with my 2002 2.2HDi Exclusive SE Estate.

This car is far too clever for its own good! When you start the engine, the heater fan now comes on at full power. Everyting worked properly until a few days ago.

For a few seconds, the aircon lcd display seems to react in the normal way to the fan control rocker switch, then...

Firstly hello my 1st post and doubt it will be my last as I own two french cars, lol. Right my 2000 VTS aint starting I suspected the plugs at first because of the symptoms which were, bad missfire while driving(no power) sometimes would cut out at speed`and it would often cut out whilst idling and then wouldnt start after cranking it, but would...

:evil: Car's been starting fine no problems until last night when I went to fire it up; the engine just turns over and over and over. There's usually one ever-so-slight splutter that sounds like it's catching but it doesn't get anywhere near firing. Yes, there's fuel in the tank.

Having read a few posts here (god bless you all) I decided to have...

Does anybody know off the top of their heads what the minimum thicknesses for pads and discs on the front of a Xantia should be?

The car in question has the 283mm estate / 16v front discs, i.e. the ones that the parts catalogues say it shouldn't have. The Haynes manual I have (first edition) only covers the 266mm discs and the bigger discs are...

Hi. The manual tranny in my Xantia is giving a very light hum on the 2nd and 4th gear....

would it be advisable for me to rebuild it? if yes, what needs to be changed?

is the gears worn that gives the noise? it is not really that bad now, it shifts perfectly and smoothly. i can only hear it when i switched off the blower and radio and it only...

I have a Citroen Xantia 1.8 16valve injection Estate on a P plate with Magneti Marelli injection system.
The car has developed an intermittent fault with its idle speed. On start up it will not idle. After a minute or so it is fine then after ten minutes it will idle at anything between 1500-3000 rpm occasionaly racing (which draws concerned looks...

I recently did the simple job of changing the Heating Matrix but silly me forgot to label the routes of the cables which open and shut the flaps which direct the hot and cold air around the car.
My cables were colour code with white ,blue and white.
My xantia is mark 2 05/98 with air con.

Anybody out there with any knowledge, tips etc. Waiting in...

Hi Folks,

Replacing my rear sphere's cured the xantia rear end dropping when coming to a stop.
I'll explain,when i first aquired the car I noticed that when driving the car and coming to a stop at 'T' junctions/roundabouts/zebra crossings etc etc,after a couple of seconds the rear end of the car would raise up to its normal height.This happened...

could you do me a quick experiment.
Could you go out to your car, unlock it, open the window, close the dorr & lock & arm it them reach in & try and start the car with the correct key, WITHOUT opening the door or unlocking it.

I'm only really interested in people that have the later keyfob, WITHOUT the red LED.

Many thanks, that would be a huge...

In the Haynes Manual it says the earlier 1.9TD cooled the compressed air from the turbo by air coming in under the bonnet soundproofing, and the later ones ducted the air to the front to the fans. I've got a 93 model (my first one) and wondered why I have the turbo pipes running to and from the radiator. Have Haynes just got it wrong again like...

Hello U lot

My question is a friend of mine owns a 406 P reg 80,000 miles, and has a leak around the sunroof area. so is there any other places around it it could leak other then the sunroof it self ?

Thnks

Twiss

My old BX TD did not have ABS but always pullled up straight. Best to buy a bood BX without ABS than a bad BX with working ABS.

We're about to attempt to replace the hydraulic pressure regulator on a 2.1 turbodiesel XM 1997.No inspection pit available so the car will only be on ramps.Are we mad?Any advice very gratefully received.Thanks!

Hi everyone, getting a bit fed up with the pump being noisy (humming + vibrations in the car). Firstly are they easy to change? Also if it's noisy is it also self destructing? Also is this the correct GSF part N18369 (it looks right). Thanks in advance as always. :roll: Almost forgot, it seems to happen on long runs of if I give it some beans.

Ok so you've unlocked your car, opened the bonnet & disconnected the battery.
When you put the battery back on whats the correct procedure is it:

Disarm, Unlock, Ignition, Start
or
Disarm, Ignition, Start

Can you do a dumbass guide to this, i.e what buttons to press, cheers.

Odd yes I know :lol:

Has anybody else noticed that in front of the garages on Scrapheap Challenge there was a Xantia?

It was on its roof and had been scrapped but I was able to read its rear numberplate and put the numbers into a vehicle data search.

Bog spec, facelifted, LX Petrol, at least it wasn't an HDI..

Hello All,

My new CX has been behaving for a few weeks now but has refused to start today.

I drove it to work this morning without a problem, got in it to go out an hour ago and it started briefly (2 seconds), then gave a huge bang and refuses to start now. It'll turn over okay and fires but won't run.....

Any ideas? It's stranded in the work...

Hi all,
Please take a look at
I've uploaded system schematics from Citroen's BX repair manual .
These are for first generation system, with a slightly different order of pipes then post 1991 models.

Does someone have the same schematics for the later version of pipes (the one where pipe B has a bulk of three pipes - not just two as in my drawing...

My Xantia went in for a service and MOT on wednesday, it had been making a knocking noise from the o/s/f for a while and needed a ball joint. The garage had to wai for the part and so the car wasnt ready until friday. The suspension now seems to be bone hard- im driving down the road bouncing up and down in my seat like im in a mini!
I think the...

I saw a Xanita today in my fair town and it appeared to have something of an identity crisis. It had chevrons on the bonnet and on the grille! I was so taken with this that I missed the registration letter completely or any other detail for that matter...

So what was it all about? Was there ever a Mk1.5 or has it been repaired at some time with...