By PaulaT318
on 28th May 2005
PaulaT318's Ratings| Year Manufactured | 2004 |
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| Length of ownership | 10 Months |
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| Performance | 6/10  |
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| Practicality | 8/10 |
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| Reliability | 5/10 |
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| Value for money | 7/10 |
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| Overall value | 5/10 |
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 PaulaT318's recommendation |
Good Points
Very spacious, good displays, comfy seats, decent amount of boot room, excellent ride quality, good fuel economy, good driver information, responsive power stering, excellent brakes and road handling.
Bad Points
Rocks about on the road badly when there's a cross wind, electric window buttons should be on the doors and not near the gear stick, annoying 'click' when rear window wipe on intermittent, seats could do with some lumbar support and the front windscreen wipers could do with a variable intermittent wipe.
General Comments
My Citroen C3 car was delivered with paint imperfections that meant three weeks after getting my car - I was supplied with a motorised tin can with washing machine buttons (Nissan Micra!!) whilst they repainted my door! Nice quality control at the Citroen factory! Then after 14000 miles my alternator failed...now at 18000 (10 months old) my power steering has failed! This is a fault Citroen are apparently aware of (the RAC who provide Citroen Assist rescue cover) are certainly aware of it. It seems though Citroen do not deem this to be a dangerous fault... I disagree as mine failed in the middle of a busy roundabout and the momentary loss of control almost caused a nasty collision with a very large truck - an accident that was only avoided by the skilful driving of the truck driver... get your act together Citroen! Also, the dealer who quite happily sold me my car - CD Bramhall in Mansfield - did after my car was towed into the garage by the RAC as a recovery follwoing the alternator incident, leave it sitting there for 2 days before even lifting the bonnet. They then left me for 2 further days without a vehicle as they and Citroen said that the alternator shouldn't fail after such a short period...tell me something I don't know!!! Outstanding customer service.
PaulaT318
on 22nd Jun 2005
martinkaye on 3rd Dec 2006