BOUGHT BRAND NEW CALEDONIA NEWPORT IN MARCH 2006. UPON COLLECTION SEAT LUMBAR BROKE, SPOILER SURFACE BUBBLED, REAR WIPER ARM BROKEN. CAR THEN BROKE DOWN WITHIN 32 MILES, LOUD BANG , STEAM, POWER STEERING FAILURE, FLUID ALL OVER THE ROAD. LET DOWN BY CITROEN ASSIST, CAR REPAIRED THE NEXT DAY. HAVING MORE PROBLEMS STEERING SHAKE ENGINE OIL RUNNING DOWN ON TO FRONT WHEELS, BLUE SMOKE FROM EXHAUST. IN AND OUT OF GARAGE, EVENTUALLY TAKEN IN, ENGINE STRIPPED DOWN BASICALLY A REBUILD. TOLD DEALER I AM NOT HAPPY HAVING NEW ENGINE STRIPPED DOWN. WEEKS LATER NO PARTS HAD ARRIVED ANYWAY. BIG ARGUMENT WITH GARAGE OWNER. I REJECTED VEHICLE, DEALER REFUSED TO ACCEPT MY REFUSAL. HAD TO INVOLVE TRADING STANDARDS. PHONED CITROEN CUSTOMER SERVICES THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED AT ALL, SAYING THE PROBLEM LAY FIRMLY WITH THE DEALERSHIP. EVENTUALLY THIS CAR WAS REJECTED. UNWISELY I PUT DOWN ANOTHER £1,000 AND TOOK OWNERSHIP OF A DIESEL VERSION OF THE SAME MODEL. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER THIS DEVELOPED A FAULT AND THEY NOR CITROEN COULD FIX IT. WEEKS LATER I ALSO HAD TO REJECT THIS VEHICLE. MORE ARGUMENTS. THE GARAGE EVENTUALLY OFFERED ME £1,000 LESS THAN I PAID. THE TWO CARS BETWEEN THEM HAD FAULTS FOR 80% OF THE TIME AND WERE OFF THE ROAD FOR 60% OF THE TIME. I HAVE SINCE BOUGHT A MAZDA 3, MUCH BETTER BUILD QUALITY ETC ETC. THESE WERE SOLD AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE A VERY GOOD PRICE, JUDGING BY THE NUMBER OF FAULTS MAYBE THEY WERE SECONDS, I HAVE SINCE READ THAT THIS DOES GO ON.
Replaced a 2.0hdi Picasso with a 1.6Hdi C4 and the C4 is 10x better in performance, this is probably due to it being a 16 valve as opposed to the 2.0hdi. The build quality seems much better in the C4 and the MPG beats the 2.0hdi by approx 8 mpg without trying. On a 100% motorway trip sticking to the speed limit it returns 60mpg+ Within the first 12 months I've had the rear shock absorbers replaced, a new heat shield (covers the turbo), part of an engine mounting & a flexi part of the exhaust. This hasn't dampened my enthusiasm. Citroen fall down (as usual) with the supply of replacement parts
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