2005 Citroen C4 SX from UK and Ireland - Comments

Delighted with the car although the general build quality not as good as the Accord. Drives well. 43.6 to the gallon even though I spend a lot of time stuck in traffic. Hadnles well - spirited acceleration. Lots of gadgets, but not as much as VTs. Glove box jammed after a couple of days - Citroen still have not got the parts, otherwise no grumbles.

My fathers glove-box in his C4 was stuck closed the day after purchase, and my coin holder opens on its own and stays stuck open for a few days then before I can take it in to the dealer, it closes OK, build quality seems a bit loose, but the C3 build quality seems much hardier and stronger, does anyone know if these cars are manufactured at the same place?

I love the car, but my glove-box is stuck too. After reading a couple of comments about the glove-box being stuck and non-regular parts being on back order, I might google a solution instead >:-)

Your saying the C3 feels better put together than a C4...are you a little crazy? :D.

Drove one recently, it was so cheap feeling, horrible hard cheap plastics, not the nice soft materials in the C4.

And if your little pockets get stuck open, just basically yank on them, and pull them out and put them back in. Yhere will be a small roll of metal which you clip into the back of the drawer, then align it on all the runners. Should fix any problems like that. I know because I had a little too much change in mine - managed to fall down the back and stop the drawer from closing. Just pull it out. Never know, might be a similar thing happened to yours. And then the coin has moved over the few days.

My glove box got stuck, but it was because one of the hinges had come out slightly due to me slamming it. Basically my own fault not that of the cars I should have been a little more gentle.

But after wiggling it about a bit I eventually got it open again it did feel like it was gonna break, but it didn't not bothered me since though.

And the little Coin drawers getting stuck just pull them out just a case of pulling them forward then making sure no coins have got stuck behind it and are working there way loose that's why mine could not close. Then just put the metal spring back on the draw and line it back up and close it again will take a bit of pressure to close though. hope it will help some of you though.

And for an owners forum for help with anything for the car with a couple techs that visit and help out. Many of us owners have found it very useful.

http://citroenpicasso.org.uk/citroen/

Re comment on 8 June: My C4 seems to be a much better car now that I have driven it for many more miles since 14 Mar, and the little bugs have been ironed out by the dealer. The car is now faultless, and seems to run better the more I drive it, and to be fair I agree with you now that it is better built than the C3. Thankyou for the tip on my jammed coin pocket, there was a coin stuck down there!!,

The C3 is a good functional car for getting round town, but the C4 is a must have for long distance travelling.

Glad it helped you out. I just realised both of those posts before that were mine, but oh well.

Get over to the forums people, we usually get to know about a few things quite soon, and we have a good tech that can give us advice etc, might help some of you with warranty issues etc.

Sign up, what you got to lose, and I know I should not really be putting other sites up, but oh well it's useful for fellow owners to speak to other owners, as we usually know more about the car and the fixes than the dealers do.

http://citroenpicasso.org.uk/citroen/

I had recently decided to buy a C4 SX. Visited many showrooms and looked at them all in envy till I noticed on the used C4's that the drivers seat on one of the SX models was fraying - in one case an unbelievable amount. I pointed this out to a salesman who said someone must have had something in there pockets to cause this, but after that, first thing I looked for on every SX was the drivers seat and could not believe it!! almost every one was the same or showing signs of wear. This was just cars I looked at in my area and wondered how many of you out there have noticed the same fault. This put me off buying a SX and I am now awaiting delivery of a VTR plus. I think the car is stunning and the level of equipment cannot be beaten for price by Ford and Vauxhall. I was going to buy a Astra till I drove it, it was so boring, not that good looking(5 door), then I saw the C4 and what it had to offer. Can't wait for it to arrive.