Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs

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MattBLancs wrote: 06 Sep 2026, 17:42 Obviously there's only really one sensible answer for tip runs!
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What's that Mr Tip Man, this is my little estate car, no need to book in!
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Hmmm, the red 308 has given me the silent treatment again today!
No sound from radio or parking sensors :(
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Please figure out how you've done it, I might try it on my wife
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MattBLancs wrote: 07 Sep 2026, 18:25 Hmmm, the red 308 has given me the silent treatment again today!
No sound from radio or parking sensors :(
Did it rain before you used the car ?
Husky. :? Thinking outside of the box is better than sitting in a dark one.
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Huskyxantia wrote: 07 Sep 2026, 19:13
MattBLancs wrote: 07 Sep 2026, 18:25 Hmmm, the red 308 has given me the silent treatment again today!
No sound from radio or parking sensors :(
Did it rain before you used the car ?
Well, before, during and after! :rofl2:
It was unde cover (2 storey work car park) all day but silent on the way home again this evening.

It's getting a thorough rinse at the moment! :)
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Ive known someone who had problems with similar and when he checked the internal fuse box water was getting in
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Huskyxantia wrote: 07 Sep 2026, 21:02 Ive known someone who had problems with similar and when he checked the internal fuse box water was getting in
I'll have to have a look, the scuttle drains were fairly silted up (now cleared out) when I had the arch liners out during the clutch change.
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Logged in twice to post this, when I had my c3 Picasso i kept hearing a sloshing water noise I then took the wiper scuttle off and saw 2 fish ponds due to the drain holes been so blocked up , and they were just staring the make there way into soaking the car foot wells , one was directly above the fuse box and heater ducts.
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It used to hit a fuse , then take out my instrument cluster and so on , till it fix the cause then after all was ok
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MattBLancs wrote: 06 Sep 2026, 17:42 What's that Mr Tip Man, this is my little estate car, no need to book in!
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I thought it was a hearse 😳
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MattBLancs wrote: 07 Sep 2026, 18:25 Hmmm, the red 308 has given me the silent treatment again today!
My 307 started working yesterday afternoon. Well, it started giving me some sounds. And it connected to a radio in-car transmitter ‘thingy’ that itself connects to a Bluetooth device which allows you to stream your device. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about.

I don’t know if what I did made it work or if it decided that it was time to start working again or what happened. I pressed and held the source button on the end of the audio control stalk. I’m not sure how long I held it in, but I didn’t think I was going to break anything by holding it that long. And suddenly the CD that was in the unit began playing!

I pressed the source button again and it went to the radio. It began making noises that were supposed to be music, but were anything but … . (I might be getting old). I played with the preset buttons because I know that I had set one of those as the frequency to connect to the plug in ‘thingy’, and I connected my iPad to the ‘thingy’ via Bluetooth and suddenly I was streaming my iPad to the car audio system! Yippee!

But like I said, I don’t know if it was that I pressed and held the source button, or if it just decided to work, or what, but it now works as well as it could.

I still can’t pair it directly to my devices, but even that seems a bit closer than before.

I tried posting an update on my previous thread about some progress, and I asked for some feedback, but there was no response. Should I start a new thread with this new information, or what do people suggest I do? I’m still a beginner on this forum, so I don’t really know what the expectations are. Please let me know what you think.
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My 308 now and again will throw up only during diagnostic session that the cd changer isn't communicating with the head unit , funny that as it hasn't got a changer and never did .
Husky. :? Thinking outside of the box is better than sitting in a dark one.
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