French Car Forum

Hi, I own a Citroen Relay swb 2.0 Hdi 2004 model van. I can't get the interior lights to work in the back of the van. I have checked bulbs,door switches and fuses.Although I can't see the fuse location for the back lights only the cab one. Is there another fuse separate from cab?

Any help would be great thanks . Chears

I've got twin horns on the Xantia and they are not working. I've tried them out on the battery direct and also given them a good whack with no result.
They have been a bit weedy the last couple of years so I assume one must have gone and now the second one has.

The GSF website seems to think that my Xantia has 6v horns, surely this isn't the...

Just woundering if anyone could help I have a c8 2.0 hdi
I brought it as a non runner (snapped belt) and ended up changing the engine but It starts and runs fine no management lights on but no powet on take off almost as If
It has not got a turbo
Checked pipes no splits no engine warning lights read with lexia no fault codes there is a slight...

problem on a c5 2005 year intermittent of fuse 8 blowing in fuse box in engine compartment I think its for the starter motor - has anybody had this trouble

HI

I've been running my Xantia on straight vegetable oil in summer for several years. Normally i dont have any problems, but it's been struggling recently on start-up. I changed the in-line filter and the main filter. Changing the in-line filter helped as this was in fact for petrol, as they once again incorrectly sold to me in the car parts shop...

So my dad's getting a 1993 petrol ax in white. For his birthday! Think it's 1.2l, she's done 180,000kms.

The check engine light is on apparently, so if I buy a Lexia now that we have 2 Citroens in the family, will I need a particular adaptor?

Besides the normal service stuff is there anything to check?

It nearly didn't happen cos the paperwork...

I have a problem with the front. When engine is knocked off the front goes down to the lowest height. Even parked in max height.

Hi, Iam looking to buy a dozen or so sump plug washers for my S1 Xantia.......anyone one know the size of the copper washer? cheers Terry.

MOT failure on rear brake imbalance of 32% and 60% across rear axle sent me for my spanners. Fixed apparent cause, but sprung rear hydraulic pipe leak (i.e. to passenger side brake), due to pipe decay and calliper removal. I'd like any useful advice on fixing that.

I found the infamous nasty corrosion at back of rear alloy calliper, more so on...

I've had this 2004 car for 3 months or so - a low miles (39k) one owner car. But somehow it doesn't seem right - several pointers to high miles for example. But after replies to a posting I did a few weeks ago, I convinced myself that, while low miles, it has been a high-usage car. Clutch pedal rubber worn, seats a bit scruffy, cruise control not...

I have to go to my Mums (6 hours away) in a few weeks. Whilst there I intend to change her leaky injector firewasher.
I'll have no tools available there and very limited possibility of borrowing, buying what I need with the nearest garage/tool shop being 2 hours away. Has anyone changer a C3 firewasher recently? Can you give me a list of tools...

My dads xantia was stolen with a lot of valuable items inside the night before last. Stupid him for leaving them there. I was wondering how they might have bypassed the immobiliser keypad as one other person knew the code and although they didn't have a key I am a little suspicious. Could an opportunist thief have done it? The car was definitely...

H imy S2 Xantia, the rear suspension of the car will not stay in the middle position.When doing Citroen robics, the front of the car will move happily through the three positions, but the rear will only move low to high or visa versa, not reconising the middle position. anybody got any idea? cheers Terry. :oops:

Have been using H7 55W bulbs but can I can use 100W Xenon or 35W HID bulbs?

Hi Guys
Old Citroen Owner who went to Ford and made a mistake..Now got a Saxo Forte 1.1 which drives okish..well it drives ok but the gear stick is a bit floopy..is it a common fault or can it be easily corrected..Finds all gears spot on..Just floppy.
Thanks In Advance

Timmy

Hows it going lads having a recurring problem with hanbrake cables slipping off the hand brake works for a few days and then just slips off again
its getting a bit annoying at this stage any pointers I am bedding it correctly by the way :x

Just icnase anyone is interested, i've stuck this up on the Club-XM site but maybe i can draw a wider audience here including non UK souls :)

In the next month or so im looking at getting the below made up for the XM 2.1td

FULL sills(to be sold as pairs, and lets face it, if you do one the other wont be far behind!)
Cooling hoses in...

I've noticed rather strange symptoms with the back end of my '97 Xantia over the past few months, so I'd appreiciate comments.

When parking up, say we've gone shopping, and my wife gets out,the back end rises, which is normal (less weight in the car, not that I'm saying she's fat ....), I switch off, and the suspension locks, as it does with a...

Hi, my SI Xantia (saloon) is letting water in through the boot! I understand that there is a plastic membrane somewhere within. anybody know where ? could be the reason for the leak ? cheers Terry.

Right

So I replaced the rear antisink, front accumulator, and both front corner spheres on my 98 2.1 td sx. The only ones I haven't changed are the rear corner spheres.

Front is now super smooth and no more clicling from the accumulator

My only problem is everytime I get in and start the engine, the front rises, then the rear?

Why is this...

There don't appear to be any min/max marks on either of the ones I've owned... I fill it up to just below the tip of the tube that extends up inside the middle of the bottle.

Had the front wheels off last weekend to check brakes and noticed that there seemed to be a lot of play in the hubs. Upon investigation it seemed all of the balljoints and the wheel bearing seemed fine but the track rod arm where it connected through the gaiter on the steering rack would move about 10-15mm.

Is this normal on C5's or is this...

As you all know - XM and Xantia have a weak spot - the struts...

There is a company in Lithuania - elastomer.eu - that renew the struts.

You will have to send them your old struts for renewal because they don't have any struts in stock.

When I had the struts on my XM renewed it took about three weeks from when I send them to elastomer to when I...

Hi Folks

Quick question. I had a new Gates timing belt fitted to my T plate 1.9 TD in Nov 2011 at 89k miles. It has now done 125k miles, so 36k miles so far. Mostly country commute with stop start traffic in the city 45 miles per trip.Haynes says change at 36k miles which seems a bit soon.

I know the risk of a break increases every mile the belt...

Hi All,

Yesterday I had my Citroen C5 2002 HDI Auto 99,000 mileage (bought 2 and 1/2 years ago, some motorway trips but mostly to/from work 20-30 miles a day) go through forced regeneration (faulty fuel cap magnet placement stopped manual/auto regeneration) £72! Happy days! :-D

Faults on car prior to forced regeneration....
P1447 Particle...

I've had to start a new thread as I've just discovered that my 90bhp is actually a 110bhp ( I've had access to Citroens DocBackup software)
So I hope the previous thread

which identified that a 90bhp could be de catted with a -1997 19.TD exhaust was useful for someone.
My question now is, Has anyone de catted a 110? I understand the 90's...

Hey folks,

I've been working on my mates Berlingo van helping him put it back together again.
Anyway, when we turn the key to the ignition on position, the cooling fans (on the radiator) start running straight away, at full speed and don't stop. we've tried disconnecting them, running it to 1/2 way up the gauge then reconnecting them and as...

Mike, as far as I recall it has a couple of 'ears' on it that clip into the projections on the lamp retaining clip.

With the clip in the lamp removal position the surround will stand proud of the bumper. As you move the clip around to the secured position the projections will withdraw inward and take the surround with them..

Hard to describe in...

Had an issue on the way to work this morning :(

The car was 'flat' and not very smooth. Was thinking an air leak and when I got the bonnet up it was leaking diesel from the throttle spindle on the pump.

The car is a 1994 (L) Xantia 1.9d non turbo with the Lucas pump.

Has anyone replaced the seals in this area before? A local firm my Father...

Hello all. For about a week my car has been making a sort of higher pitched sound hen driving at 30mph and obviously over. I thought it was a broken wheel bairing but apparently not. Wor fitha thinks it's my drive shaft bearings... How much are they to replace in a garage? I have far too much month left at the end of my money! Haha
*this car is...

Hi all sorry ive not been on for a while
Ive recently bought a Berlingo 1.8 diesel with a problematic gear box.
It will go into all gears without any crunch and drives really well except 3rd
It goes in with a crunch and jumps straight back out as soon as you bring up the clutch pedal.
I am personally of the opinion that it is the gear linkage but...

Hi I've a 2001 c5 lx diesel 110bhp, my dipped beam has gone, l've changed both bulbs and fuses, still no dipped beam. Can anyone help

Ok so I've got to change my wiper blades again. Thunder storms tomorrow so should have done it before! They don't get much use, mostly use them for wash/ wipe. But the things keep falling apart, think they sort of melt to the windscreen. I bought some decent ones and they lasted no longer than cheap ones. Grumble grumble. Anyone try the Bosch ones?

Does any one know if any of the C5 range come without the temperature gauge on the screen on central navigation screen. I'm asking because I have just bought a 2008 C5 2.0 estate but I can't see any reading for the temperature, in the settings you can choose centigrade or fahrenheight so it looks like it is set up for it. All the clock functions...

Hi, I want to do a like for like engine swap in my 2005 1.9d Berlingo. Its a DW8B WJY engine. Apart from the fuel pump stop solenoid are there any othe things ill need to change? Are injectors coded to ecu ect?

Thanks

I had the electrovalve off the Activa today and when I got it out I noticed that the green o ring was hard, brittle and had snapped.

Having looked on Citroen Service, the electrovalve is now NFP but they don't even list the o ring separately which is annoying.

Does anyone have a source for LHM resistance o rings or happen to know what size they...

Like this Mike:

If your SEEM gauge looks like this:

2002 C5 with the original fit radio unit. Works fine for 10-15 minutes after starting up, following which the reception will gradually worsen and fade to nothing. CD player works perfectly. This problem seems to have occurred quite suddenly. Thanks in advance for any help!

Just got the xantia back from garage today after investigating the clutch leak (found to be some sort if anti corrosion coating) and also MOT, following advisories:
N/S and O/S front suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement
N/S track rod end ball joint has slight play

N/S and O/S rear upper sub-frame rubber...

Hi,
Just spotted a brownish stain on mat directly under clutch pedal almost a weak smell of varnish and a tad sticky, If that's the LHM, some things wrong as I only had it flushed and replaced 11 months ago with total lhm and covered about 4000 miles.
Hope this isn't an expensive repair, just paid insurance and tax is next with MOT and service...

Hi, my mrs has just bought a v reg xsara and within hours it seems to be running hot and when you turn the heater on and select window demist a red warning light appears near the temp gauge and the engine makes a click and engine noise changes

Hello all, :)

I've owned this C5 2.0 VTR HDI (2003) 68kmiles for 8 years. It is slowly getting more and more difficult to start from cold. When the engine has been run, if only for a few mins, it will re-start easily. The original Varta battery has been replaced with a Japanese 'calcium' battery of upgraded capacity. The main thing is that the...

my 2001 c5 kept ejecting cds and wouldnt play them so i took the radio to bits and noticed one of the wires on the circuit board inside the radio was broken off,so i went to the scrapyard and got another radio thought i plug it in and try it works great except for the beeping i know each radio is coded to the car so i was wondering if i swapped...

Hi,
I have a 2005 Citroen c8 with 86000 miles which has started to misfire upon initial start up, however, after about a minute or so it clears and runs fine.
no fault codes are displayed.
I have had it identified to No 1 injector, as when running lumpy and that injector is disconnected there is no alteration to its running behaviour.
The options...

My beloved xsara 2.0 hdi is in need of a new bsi. She's done over 300,000 miles and is starting to be a bit like Trigger's brush with all the bits I've replaced over the years. Citroen aren't going to be able to deliver a bsi for ages so I've been talked into buying a replacement. I fancy a new shape C5.
I have a 55 mile each way commute, so a...

hi all,when i was driving my car this morning to work this message came up and the engine management light came on.
i only collected the car yesterday as it was getting a new air condenser and re-gassed, so within the space of traveling 30 miles it made the light come on so its back at the garage now what could possibly be the problem. could it be...

Having a small issue with the near side wiper arm which I think needs adjustment. I realised this when hearing a knock when the wipers were on and found out that the wiper was overshooting and hitting the right column. Tried to remove and reposition but it seems you need a special tool to do that?

hi all .. just when I need the car this week to help me move house, it wont start.,.,

came home from a 2000 mile trip to France yesterday,, car faultless as ever, except yesterday morning took about 50 turns before she started,., temp about 5C, not felt since 6 months ago.,,

this morning outside home nothing at all.. about 5C again I guess..,,...

Hi all,I'm having a complete nightmare of a time diagnosing a fault on my parents 1400 LX (petrol). I brought this car for them as a run around as their previous Xsara was written off when a council truck backed into it at speed! Their previous model was a 1.9D on a 98 R reg,and I might add that it was the most reliable and rott free car they have...

I replaced a front abs sensor which gave zero resistance, with a new one supposedly matched for the car, and noticed this new one has a resistance which is slightly higher at 1135 ohms than the usual quoted 1080 ohms.

:?: Do you know, Is this discrepancy likely to pass the static abs ECU checks, or adversely affect them? (I haven't got her...