2002 Citroen C5 Exclusive from UK and Ireland - Comments

I have just bought a 2001 C5 HPi Exclusive. I have had it just over 24 hours when it broke down in a petrol station, the antipollution fault came up and the car would not start. From reading all your comments it seems a common fault. The dealer balanced the wheels due to vibration which now seems better. Its back with a main dealer under warranty at the moment, but they seem to be struggling to fix it. The mechanic called out verified that there was no fuel getting through so it was recovered. The question now after reading all your comments is do I keep it or hand it back. It's a shame as its only got 34K on the clock, full leather and all the toys. We'll see what the dealer can do.

The above comments on C5s are very interesting. I have a 4 year old C5 petrol, 3l version, and have had problems with burnt-out ignition coils, ongoing wheel imbalance problems (still existing) and now have the external temp sensor reading - -C. I do get various spurious alerts such as One missing tyre pressure sensor, Faulty airbag etc. My inside temperature is haywire at the moment – it is cold when set to 27 degrees and below! and hot when at 28 degrees. I am hoping this won’t be too expensive to fix, as I have just had an 80k service plus radiator change & rear brake cylinder modification etc, costing £1800. Have also had to have a rear door lock changed as it couldn’t be opened.

Lovely car, suspension generally very good although it seems harder than on my old BX. But reliability needs to be improved.

I must be the luckiest guy alive. My 2.2 HDi is now nearly 5 years old and apart from a minor problem with the turbo in the first couple of months have not had anything else go wrong until the last few weeks. Driving home in the rain the driver side window decided to open by itself. I have to inch the window up mm. by mm. to close it otherwise it flies back down again. It now self opens whenever the automatic wipers start. Anyone know of a cure?

It is still the most comfortable car I've owned, laps up motorway miles with ease and cruises up hills as if they are not there. I'd have another one if only they didn't depreciate so much.

My c5 2006 reg continually has the a/p filter light come on,now sick of taking it too the dealer,under warranty at least

Not too mention 2 new batteries under warranty.

Windows continually have a mind of their own, down automatically or going up by 2mm at a time!

And if I have to change a headlamp bulb (only had 9 new ones in 10 months!) the car won't start for 10 minutes after?

Yes, lovely car, Mine is 2001 Exclusive SE 3 litre. Low miles at 40k. Anti pollution warning last summer meant I had to have a coil changed then same warning came up only a few weeks later. This time I told the main dealer to change the remaining five. Also have the wheel pressure sensor missing warning. I have NOT had wheel balance problems. Just been told radiator corroded £320+. and need exhaust censor pipe and rear silencer etc, £1900+. I have a few classic cars and can buy a complete R-R or Bentley system for 1980/1990 cars for that! Anyone any sensible suggestions where to get an affordable exhaust?

Regards, Peter.

I had antipolution fault some time ago. It happend only once, when I changed the fuel station (another supplier). Since that I never change and do not have polution faults.

I have Citroen c5 2.2 hdi exclusive and I have a problem. On the screen appear: Engine immobiliser fault. What is problem and how can I fix it?

Thank You.

Hi, I have a 2002 C5 1.8 petrol.

The back passenger door has locked itself. Does anyone have any ideas on how to open it?

Thanks

Derek.

Hi, I own a second hand C5 2.0 HDi LX.

I love this car, but now the expense seems to be attacking my passion, numerous electrical faults are very off putting.

First one was the car refused to lock which was a problematic drivers side barrel, now the car is back with the dealers with a speedometer problem, rev counter and odometer works, but actual clock fails to read much more than 5 mph when travelling at what can be guessed at the correct speed of the road travelling on, yes the fault occurred whilst driving, with all the speed cameras and safety issue I would be a fool to drive any further than straight to the dealers once the problem was realised. Thought it meant to be a dash issue (£230-£280) turned out to be OK, but the wiring loom appears to be at fault. at £63 an hour I'm not sure if I can afford for the dealership to carry out further diagnostics. For any one else the dealers do a globe test for unusual problems, but the current issue is not showing on the Globe test. I am worried if the expense is really worth it...

Hello everyone, I'm a 2002 2.0LX Estate driver.

My (glass door) boot latch is now shut and will not open. It was one of my favourite features. Have tried to consult the book, owners manual and logical people's brains to solve to no joy just yet! Is there something I am missing? A little hidden catch on the inside? A magic phrase or password?

The second problem is my radio; the CD works fine. However the radio just suddenly loses signal for no reason? Some days it works, and others it cannot find any signal, with or without the RDS on? Very annoying, especially when about to be stuck in traffic and need to know traffic reports!

Might this be a problem with the "Traffic Master" system that's installed?

If any one can help, that would be brilliant?

Sounds fair to me.

I have a Citroen C5 Elegance with colour satnav display; this has failed and my local Citroen dealer tried to charge me £450 to tell me they couldn't pinpoint the problem; could be multimedia ECU, screen, radio sat nav or a combination of all.

Anyone else had this problem, and what is the cure?

I've had the dreaded coil cut-out on my 53 V6 3 litre, losing one cylinder in the rain, I pulled over and turned the engine off for 15 minutes to let the engine heat dry the coils – and then continued my journey – a antipolution fault was reported for about two weeks (no doubt while the unburned fuel contaminating the cats had burned off) it's been okay since.

As for £1000 rear silencers – I bought an after-market Sebring exhaust box for £300 delivered to the UK – Sebring exhausts are quality items and will probably outlast the car! Despite being a “sports” exhaust it's just as quiet as the stock one – the chrome tail pipes look a bit boy racerish, but you can't have everything...

Http://www.sebring-france.com/epages/sebring.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/sebring/Categories/A.

Sebring Part number : 012241-TS4.

Hi,

I'm sitting here with my C5 in Botswana. It is a very beautiful, smoothly running car. But just today I got the message: Engine Immobiliser Fault. How can I fix this problem?

I own C5 2.0 HDi 2003,

i had several problems till now, so I took and fixed it by myself.

Back door couldn`t be locked, fixed this by openinog automatic door locking system, opened it with soldering iron and cleaned the small motor inside, with glass brush. I can exactly explain if anybody is interested.

Next problem was Engine anty pollution system fault, by words from my mechanic problem is in diesel petrol quality, the ecu senses to much sulfur (sulphur) in diesel, so he told me to pump the trotlle 4000rpm in driving and it will clear the sensor and will be OK.

Now have a problem with automatic lights, trying to find how to turn it off.

Next thing is that I can`t find navteq maps for serbia for nav system in car.

Played with display, so it is possible to connect mp4 and watch on central display in car.

Cheers, ninoslav.