Citroen C5 woes

geordiepaul2001

Hi all,

I bought a 09 plate Citroen C5 2.0 litre diesel in September last year.
All was fine until around two month ago when both of the front window regulators started grinding, the drivers side has now given up all together.
In this excessively hot weather I tried the aircon and thought it should be alot cooler, one trip to the garage later and I have been told I have a leak in the system and it can't be topped up.

These aren't my main concerns.
I have previously had the anti-pollution fault where the car goes into limp mode and I have managed to clear this by going on the motorway for several miles at 70mph in a low gear.
The worst came yesterday when at a roundabout a warning came on the screen regarding the oil pressure and the car died.
I restarted it and all was fine, however another 30 mile on it did the same again - both times when pulling away at a roundabout.

What could this fault be? and is it easily rectified?

I hope this all makes sense and isn't too long winded.

Paul

colino

Your main concern is either getting live data or temporarily getting an analogue pressure gauge on the oil pressure take off. Hopefully it is just a duff sensor, but that in tandem with your other faults point to a high miler. (They were very popular as taxis up here).

geordiepaul2001

I should add that it has 58000 mile on the clock.
14,500 per year average.

custardy

geordiepaul2001 wrote: »

Hi all,

I bought a 09 plate Citroen C5 2.0 litre diesel in September last year.
All was fine until around two month ago when both of the front window regulators started grinding, the drivers side has now given up all together.
In this excessively hot weather I tried the aircon and thought it should be alot cooler, one trip to the garage later and I have been told I have a leak in the system and it can't be topped up.

These aren't my main concerns.
I have previously had the anti-pollution fault where the car goes into limp mode and I have managed to clear this by going on the motorway for several miles at 70mph in a low gear.
The worst came yesterday when at a roundabout a warning came on the screen regarding the oil pressure and the car died.
I restarted it and all was fine, however another 30 mile on it did the same again - both times when pulling away at a roundabout.

What could this fault be? and is it easily rectified?

I hope this all makes sense and isn't too long winded.

Paul

Im guessing by your post you dont use the AC much?
As said,you need to get the oil issue checked if its actual pressure or a faulty sensor

facade

Is the oil upto the correct level?
When you pull away it sloshes to the back of the sump, and if the level is low the oil pressure will drop.......

forgotmyname

No mention of actually checking the oil level?

When was the oil changed last?

GAZ237

geordiepaul2001 wrote: »

Hi all,

I bought a 09 plate Citroen C5 2.0 litre diesel in September last year.

What could this fault be? and is it easily rectified?

Paul

The fault is, You bought a French car which was more than 1 year old.

No its not rectifiable, Your expectations are to high.

geordiepaul2001

About three hours after it initially happened I checked the oil and the level was fine. I also got under the car and checked for signs of oil leaks, again everything seemed to be fine.

CKhalvashi

geordiepaul2001 wrote: »

About three hours after it initially happened I checked the oil and the level was fine. I also got under the car and checked for signs of oil leaks, again everything seemed to be fine.

This is why I'd never drive anything French.

One of our drivers has an '07' Laguna, and I will ask for the name of the system he uses when I see him (which won't be until towards the end of next month). It's picked up numerous faults that not even Renault's systems could pick up, so for the sake of around £20, it's worth a go.

CK

albionrovers

My old Megane kept going into limp mode, Renault couldn't fix it, they had it in on average 3 times a week under warranty. It went into limp mode the day after I sold it but I hung up on the caller, private sale.

OddballJamie

albionrovers wrote: »

My old Megane kept going into limp mode, Renault couldn't fix it, they had it in on average 3 times a week under warranty. It went into limp mode the day after I sold it but I hung up on the caller, private sale.

Nice. I would've taken you to small claims if I had been the buyer.