New owner

[PennyTheC3Picasso]

I have just taken ownership of beautiful 2016 Citroen C3 Picasso 1.6 blue hdi. It’s the platinum spec with 62k on the clock and a great service history, including recently replaced catalytic converter, dpf, ad blue tank and we have had the timing belt done as part of the sale. Very excited to get some use out of this car and glad to see there is a good forum here. Do you have any advice for a new owner? Such as other components to monitor at this age/mileage…

[mickthemaverick]

Hello and

You have my deepest sympathy! (only joking for the benefit of some other members!) The best way to find out what is what is to browse the forum from the 'Home' link under the main banner above which takes you to the Board Index, select a forum eg. 'Citroen' or 'Off Topic Chat Lounge' and then use the search facilty to enter 'C3 Picasso' or 'Blue Hdi' or similar terms and you will find a wealth of good and bad information around the forum. Enjoy!

[BarneyRubble]

Congratulations on your new car, very nice indeed. Panoramic roof on a day like today would be really nice. Mine looks exactly the same but has a normal roof and no LEDs. All in all, nice car and, properly maintained, will run for a very long time. I will say that as a first time owner of a Citroen C3 Picasso, I found mine to be pretty solid all round, reasonably easy to maintain and a good all rounder, great accessories and features too. Where the car is most comfortable is cruising at 70 in 5th which it will do forever because the gears are very long imo. I imagine driving to the south of France with this would be doddle!

[CitroJim]

Welcome to C3 Picasso ownership I drive an almost identically specc'd model and apart from consuming a few bulbs and now needing an aircon regas, it's been as good as gold

I call it my 'posh van'... A role it carries off very well in its ability to carry bikes, running kit and grandchildren around. My elder granddaughter loves it as she, as long as one half of the back seat is folded down, can get into the car via the tailgate and walk around to her car seat. These days her little sister often scuppers that. It's amazing just what the load bay will swallow then the back seats are folded down...

As fully tested by my grandchildren, the interior trim is proving to be remarkably resilient!

The C3P is in no way a 'looker' or a 'driver's car' but it more than makes up for it in being a superb utility vehicle

[admiral51]

They are a good car and it looks like all the boxes have been ticked.
As i am what most people will say being polite " a grumpy old man " i would just check that both the DPF and the AdBlue tank have been replaced. On a personal view point i would like to have a copy of when and where included in the service history.
Hope you have a good few years of enjoying what is a good car.

Colin

[Richard_C]

Sister in law had 2, sequentially, very good and sensible car even though her first one was bright cat-sick green. I don't recall anything going wrong. She found it easy to take her bike to places with the seats down.

There was a big recall on C3s and derivatives like the DS3. As far as I know the C3 Picasso wasn't affected and yours is fine, but if you want to be sure just put your VIN into the Citroen website:

https://www.citroen.co.uk/owners/safety ... check.html