Citroen C3

After owning my little Citroen C3 for just over 6 years, the time has come to accept that this relationship has run its course and move on to better things. So I have finally part-exchanged my C3 and, hopefully, bid farewell to endless visits to the garage and constant repair bills! Like most relationships, this started so well. It was love at first sight when I set eyes on the C3, which was a relatively new model when I bought mine back in November ...
...were looked at by a Citroen garage a few months' back and they run a diagnostic check on the car (for which I had to pay another bill for) only for it to come back clear and the mechanic just said 'it could be anything or nothing.' He claimed to have cleaned some pipe or other which he felt should resolve the problem but within the space of a fortnight the same warning lights were flashing up left, right and centre again! Their only real recommendation ...

jo-1976 10.07.2009 (18.11.2009) · Read full review
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...we ended up at the citroen garage. It was one of the regular cashback offer times (usually in time, and as often as a DFS sale). In short, we were getting more car, higher spec, larger engine and paying less. THE POSTIVES. Looks- We loved the look of the car. Some see it as 'cute', some love the 'bubble' shape, some people hate it. Fuel economy- I never got out my calculator to work out the MPG but we did not seem to fill up any more regularly ...
...dealer (Stoke-on-Trent). Also, contacts with Citroen UK were as fruitless as they ket passing us back to the dealer. The dealer said that if we had a problem we needed to go to citroen UK. *FIRST* - The car locked us in on two occasions. On the first occasion we had to get out "American cop" style (through the windows). I felt like sliding across the bonnet afterwards. The problem righted itself overnight. We phoned the dealer next day. Said that ...

LetzSea 28.02.2006 · Read full review
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...sent me to evans halshaw citroen a couple of miles up the road. I left my car with them for a diagnostic check and was told they would contact me later in the day. I recieved a call later that day to tell me the manifold pressure sensore had gone and that they had ordered the part and would be ready the next day, i got a call at 3pm the next day saying my car had been fixed so me and my partner got a lift to pick the car up. When we got there citroen ...
...petrol. We went back into citroen very angry they told us they would look at it straight away 1hr later they told us they were checking if the new part had been put in right and would be back to us in 15 min, another hr later they returned to sat that they put it back on the diangnostic and it was still coming up with the same problem even though everything looked ok so they would be keeping the car to run more checks. We had to fight for over an ...

natielou 31.03.2009 (07.04.2009) · Read full review
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I always approach the rental desk of my chosen holiday car hire company with a degree of disinterest bordering on resignation. After all, one of those brand-spanking new cars outside is never going to be turned over to me is it? I’ll probably get the two-year-old Anonymous-mobile that I’ve driven a hundred times before. Not this year. Turning up at the Budget desk at Faro airport was a refreshing experience – well, the one hour wait wasn’t, but ...
...Villas’ days in these parts. I also seemed to be the only one in the queue without golf clubs! So I’d paid my £259 for two weeks (ouch!), got my paperwork filled in and been handed some keys. The double chevrons gave away the manufacturer, i.e. Citroën, but I guess I just thought I’d be getting a basic Saxo, the ‘outgoing’ model. Judging by the amount of luggage some golfing people were expecting to stuff in, maybe that should be a Paxo – stuff ...

BNibbles 21.08.2003 (24.08.2003) · Read full review
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...i looked at was a Citroen C3 1.4 HDi SX SensoDrive 2004 this comes with some little extras. Paddle shift (for that split second you can feel like a F1 Racer) Climate control Chilled glovebox SensoDrive - I dont know the fall sicence around it but if you have look at the citroen website it explain all in all flashie lights. basicly is added to allow "clutchless gear changes", which is what the F1 Paddles around the steering wheel for, so you never ...
...full control at all time of the steering wheel. but if that aint your thing then you can still use the gear stick..as you pay more for a car with sensodrive....youd waste your money not using the paddles. Neutral and reverse selected using the gearlever. and if that wasnt enough you can channge the car to change gears for you just pushing a button.... Driving. Started First time good plus...flicked it into first didnt seem to notice any major problems ...

xplosiv3 17.03.2008 · Read full review
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My wife and I purchased a second hand, 52 plate, Citreon C3 Exclusive 2 years ago, and have had nothing but problems with it since its arrival. Firstly the car was damaged in the showroom, and had to be repaired - this was done eventually. Then the electrical faults started Any time a passenger sat on the front passenger seat the airbag warning light would show on the dashboard, and an audible warning would sound. It was returned to the garage, ...
...This was the story over and over again. Eventually new connections were placed on the wiring looms, and the wires were tensioned - no difference. The wires were replaced - no difference. In fact the car is still doing this today. The big question is do the airbags still work if the computer thinks that there is a fault? The dealers say yes, but as they don't know what the fault is I find this difficult to believe. Driving along a main road at 60 ...

DavenAilsa 10.12.2006 · Read full review
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...up in a metallic blue Citroen C3 desire, I changed my standpoint in an instant. This car looked better than 90% of cars out on the road, and I have no idea why. That said, however, I see C3's all over the place in truly ghastly colours. My advice? Don't choose a colour such as grey or green, choose blue - and if you can afford that bit extra, deep blue metallic paint is the best option you can choose. --Interior As for the interior of our C3, ...
...it'll differ from most others but some of the standards still apply. The interior holds a bit too much plastic for some people's liking, and objects such as the dashboard and internal door handles are very much plastic and that isn't the most attractive thing I can brag about. However there is no creaking of parts and every seal and hinge is very tidy, compensating fully for the minor shortfalls. Now for passenger space. The front seats are endowed ...

UrkiE-UK 23.01.2005 · Read full review
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This is a good car. I've had mine since March this year. The boot is big enough to take a double buggy and a weeks worth of shopping. If you have young kiddies the seperate buttons on the dashboard for the central locking and child lock mean that if someone opens the door from outside and then closes it the child lock is still engaged even when the central locking is disengaged. If you have experience with other cars you will know what a useful safety ...
...together it can be a pain checking to see if you have engaged the child lock by double clicking the central locking button. In this car there is no danger of accidently pressing three times and disengaging all the locks. If like my mum you like the bubble car look, you can't get more bubble car than this. The extra headroom is a godsend for the extra tall, whilst the ability to adjust the two front seats to three hight settings independent of each ...

yaseen1 23.11.2003 · Read full review
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...pretty good. I think Citroen have found a clever niche in the market... This car isn't for the Fiesta or the Corsa driver as all C3s are 5 door, so you will never find a boy racer in one. I think this car is for the likes of me...or maybe yourself which have moved on from that phase. However, the car does look good and the radio is loud, so when you find yourself on your own you can take down the "Baby on Board" sign, put the babyseat in the boot ...
...Perhaps the overall build quality isn't as good as the Fiesta or Corsa...but you will probably pay at least a grand less for a C3 better equiped with the deals that Citroen have. As far as bangs for your bucks goes.....this car is value for money. ...

wug291 21.10.2005 · Read full review
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...on but drives normally. Citroen UK just do not know how to diagnose this. They read the error codes, and say "looks like the coil" or "looks like the spark plugs" or "looks like a wiring problem" or "change the accelerator pedal and see if that fixes it". The fault goes away for a few days, then sure as eggs, its back with the SAME symptoms. The parts replaced have had no impact on the problem. Of course, Citroens strategy is to replace something ...
...a bill. They clearly do not have a clue how to troubleshoot problems like this. I doubt that they will ever fix this (well, till even the wheel nuts have been replaced), so I'm starting legal action I know one thing - I'll never EVER buy a citroen, even if they give them away with sugar puffs! ...

johncorne2 20.09.2008 · Read full review
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I can't fault the dealer with the buying and ordering of this car, they were professional, polite and no hassle. Now to the car itself. I test drove it, and loved it, the slightly higher positioning is nice, but not too imposing to be a big MPV. I collected it (brand new) and it was back with the dealer within a month. Nothing major, just niglging little complaints that you don't expect on a brand new car. First up, the engine kept cutting out... ...
...give it a nudge to get some more speed and the dashboard lights all come on. The engine has cut out, and you are cruising along at 40mph and trying to restart it (this is an ongoing intermittent fault, that is still not resolved after 18 months, despite numerous returns to the dealer for engine software updates). Next the interior. It all started with the rear passenger window dropping an inch or so whenever the passenger door was shut too hard. ...

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...of a car in my Citroen C3 1.1i petrol which had less than 6000 miles on the clock and was only £5500. After test driving fords and rovers the C3 was a breath of fresh air, you didn't feel like you were about to fall apart, or that you were driving a cardboard box, it felt like a well made, if cheaply made car, that would be easy for me to learn to drive in. Was it ever, 3 and a half months later, I passed first time with 2 minor faults, but less ...
...--Looks-- I have to say that in my previous experience of the C3, I thought it was a bit of a weird old persons car, like an old honda Civic. In fact I actually turned my nose up at some C3's whilst we were looking at cars, but the one I eventually bought was in the classiest red I've seen on a car (bar a ferrari) which totally transform the looks, the car does come in a load of questionable colours, but if you get a good one, then you're set. ...

mooth696 12.09.2006 · Read full review
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...for a review of the Citroen C3 before buying one, well done! I only wish I'd done the same before handing over over £8,000 of my hard-earned cash. My model was bought in August 2006 from Sportif Citroen in Aylesbury. Driving off the forecourt, everything seemed to be perfect, but only two weeks in the problems began. First of all, there was the squeaking stereo - the service department couldn't hear the squeaking, so it fell to me to locate to ...
...will not be buying a Citroen again. Update: 2 Years On I have given up reporting faults to Citroen as they always say "nothing wrong with it". My driver's side electric window is intermittent, still have the flickering centre display, endless rattles, rear windows winding themselves down. I daren't use the wash/wipe if the outside temperature is too low for fear of blowing fuses. It's very clear that any corner that could be cut building this car ...

brentj 09.02.2007 (22.05.2008) · Read full review
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...November and bought my new Citroen C3 in December '05. After 3 months of driving it, I absolutely still love it ! I chose artic silver coloured one and got £1000 cash back as part of the Happy Deals that were then available. I chose the C3 as, for a smaller car it represents excellent value for money. It seems to be a complete package. The standard C3 has a 1.2 engine but I opted for the extra power of a 1.4 which added a bit to the price. I feel ...
...and doesn't labour. The best features of this car are: It is fitted with a Radio and CD Player, with a very convenient audio control stick on the right hand side under the indicator stick. The speed display is digital so you are always aware at what speed you are travelling. This fits in nicely with the modern trim interior. It is a small car and so easy to maneouvre and get into parking spaces, though at the same time the inside is deceptively ...

emmajack 04.03.2006 · Read full review
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...take my broken car to a good Citroen garage! Not helpful when you have a new car which does not work. Having said all of this it is good on petrol and looks quite nice. Like I said before, test drive it first, it's a bit like marmite! ...

ewaller 06.05.2009 · Read full review
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