Citroen C5 SX 2.2 HDi Review

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Citroen C5 SX 2.2 HDi
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chris the mechanic's review of Citroen C5 SX 2.2 HDi

“these cars citroen c5,s have a built in electrical...”

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written by chris the mechanic on 25/01/2011

these cars citroen c5,s have a built in electrical fault which citroen will not admit to,i have been fixing cars since i was 14,i am now 65,previously i had owned 5 xm.s plus jags,yank cars,everything automotive,but this french rubbish,is in a class of its own,yes there are a few good reports,owners with low mileage,once they go over 40.000 different story,if all the blogs and complaints and horror stories i have read and gathered arent enough to take these people to court,these cars made edsels look reliable by comparison.they cant be fixed,even by the main dealer,even giving them untold amounts of money cant guarantee a cure,even the main dealers admit this in unguarded moments,i am not going to go into the problems i encountered,its the same as everybody else,except i had some great knowledgable engineers to help me,snap on diagnostics,hours and hours of attempying to solve insolvable problems,i am finally admitting defeat and scrapping a very clean rust free car with new tyres new alt new battery,timing belt done new brakes all round,etc etc because it is suffering from the equivelant of electrical alseimers,you all know the symtoms,wont start,lights come on,exterior interior,engine imobilyser fault,anti pollution,stop light on,CRAWL MODE kicks in when it feels like it,no acceloration,bloody dangerous when it happens, etc etc,yes i have changed the eloi fluid,yes i have put two new deisel filters in yes i have put it into citroen who diagnosed bsi failure diagnosis charge 42 pounds and want 600 pounds to do it no guarantee of a fix by the way,yes i did take the bsi out sent it to bsi reman 54 pounds diagnosis,,nothing wrong with it,so where do you go from there,annswer,scrap yard,cut your losses and go and buy a nissan or a honda,something that starts when you need it,anything but FRENCH.also i know they are a great comfortable ride but its when they go wrong your nightmare will begin,dont just take what could be a biased individual view,go on cit c5 faults,that should convince anyone,,thank you..

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