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- Andy Watkinson's review
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| Performance | 7.4/10  |
|---|---|
| Practicality | 9/10 |
| Reliability | 5.3/10  |
| Value for Money | 6.6/10 |
| Overall rating | 6.3/10 |
By Andy Watkinson
on 31st Aug 2005
| Year Manufactured | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Length of ownership | 2.5 years |
| Doors | 5 |
| Performance | 9/10 |
| Practicality | 10/10 |
| Reliability | 7/10 |
| Value for money | 9/10 |
| Overall value | 9/10 |
 Andy Watkinson's recommendation | |
Excellent motorway cruising, good level of equipment, huge interior, fast, comfortable.
Poor dipped beam, erratic electrics.
I work for a Company in the North who purchased 3 low mileage 2001 reg
Citroen C5's for our sales team. I inherited one of the cars and have ran it for the last couple of years. I would never have chosen a Citroen myself but have been pleasantly surprised by the reliability and quality of this car for the money.
There has been only one real persistant problem which all 3 cars suffered from but may be explained. Every 3 - 4 months the cars would start up in economy mode and then you would get in one morning and the battery would be completely dead. Once jump started again, the battery would be like brand new for another few months?
After taking it to Citroen they blamed the post fitted sat nav system but all the C5's suffered from over eager suspension:- if left on an incline or with the wheels turned, the suspension would just keep pumping itself up and down even when the car was locked. a simple solution to this was to select the intermediate suspension setting before you left the car.
The only other problem really to date was a split turbo pipe which incidentally went on all 3 cars within a few thousand miles of each other.
Sods law of course: So impressed was I that when it came to choosing my next car I stuck with the facelift c5 exclusive with all the options fitted and have not been dissapointed up to now, however: I purchased my old c5 off the company for my wife, we have only had it 2 minutes and have had to replace the main alternator pulley wheel and it's going into citroen tomorrow for a diagnostics to find a problem with it cutting out constantly.
I guess it is on 135k but it's still v annoying considering all the time I had it.
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