2002 Citroen Xsara LX review from UK and Ireland
"Could have done with a bit more build quality, comfortable, but sluggish"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
Right wing mirror's mechanism was broken on delivery. (Quality check??)
This was replaced after 1st service.
After 2 weeks the central locking opened and closed by itself whilst driving.
After 7 months the car was recalled to change faulty fuel gauge. This caused the interior of the car to smell of diesel for about 2 months afterwards. I wrote a complaints letter to Citroen in Slough.
Several months after fuel gauge was changed I had to take car back as they had not calibrated the gauge properly (taken to different dealer).
General comments?
The car is sluggish for a 2L injection motor, or this because it's a diesel?
Interior is comfortable.
Only a small thing, but I like to see the time on the digital display which disappears when the temperature drops below 4 Degrees. Surely they could show the time and the temp separately?
It went for it's service at 35K and I was charged about £240.00 for basically an oil-change and they told me to bring it back for it's 37,500 service... I don't think so!
At 39,000 I haven't had any major problems.. but there again I should hope not!
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| Model Year | 2002 |
| First year of ownership | 2002 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2006 |
| Engine and transmission | 2.0 HDI Manual |
| Performance marks | 6/10 |
| Reliability marks | 7/10 |
| Comfort marks | 7/10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 4/10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 5/10 |
| Distance when acquired | 0 miles |
| Most recent distance | 39000 miles |
| Previous car | Nissan Sentra |
| Date of Entry | 21st February, 2006 |