1986 Citroen BX RD 1.7

Faults:

Normal replacement parts.

General Comments:

This car covered 280,000 miles, no work was done on the engine. It never broke down, it never failed to start.

The car was serviced by myself.

I only sold it because my wife refused to drive it, because it was starting to look very sorry for itself.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 18th September, 1999

1986 Citroen BX 19RD 1.9 diesel

Faults:

Many suspension problems from 60,000 miles onward, dead battery at 83,000. Interior disintegrated around 50,000 miles. Rear screen demister failed at 20,000. Back brakes keep seizing.

General Comments:

A good car let down by bad build quality. Engine is superb - no problems at all and quite fast once it picks up speed. Designed for motorway rather than city driving. Non-assisted steering heavy, mk.1 interior great design, but seat covers have disintegrated, and the car in general looks tatty for its mileage (88,000 miles).

Major suspension problems, spheres replaced every year for the past three years, now need replacing again. Ride wonderful when suspension works, but very bumpy when it goes wrong.

Citroen dealers hopeless, even when the car was new. Have tried eight of them since the car was bought, all are totally incompetent.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 10th November, 1998