Electric mirror thermometer.
Rear boot lock (multiple times).
Radiator corroded through.
Internal matrix currently weeping.
Front VSX suspension solenoid failed (nice hard ride when this happened)
The most hungry car for tyres I've owned.
Sun roof letting in water as Citroen in their wisdom assumed that cars are never parked pointing up hill (the drain for the sun roof is only at the front!)
Rear suspension cylinder leak requiring a replacement.
Central locking mechanism in the driver's door replaced.
Hissing of the steering when turning the corner was initially annoying.
Again, parking the car with it's nose uphill results in the tailgate storing up any recent rain and then carefully channeling this into the hatchback boot space when opened.
The rear seatbelt disappeared into the seat when trying to fasten them.. and is the main reason the wife won't let me buy another one!
Some days I feel like I'm driving a bouncy.
Thankfully I took out a warranty that paid for most of the problems.
Having owned 37 cars over the past twenty odd years I place my 1995 Xantia Diesel as the joint second best car I have owned, the best being a Volvo 440 (owned for two years). I have owned the Xantia for almost five years and apart from the usual electrical bits and pieces failing I cannot not really fault it, at present it is on 199,000 miles and still completes the daily commute of 60 miles. Yes it is an acquired taste, but a nice taste I feel let down by rather uncomfortable front seats. Still no sign of rust after 10 years of living outside thanks to the galvanised body and no rips in the driver's seat either. Economy is good too around 52 mpg with a mixture of motorway and town use. Overall I cannot complain about the service this car has given, along with cheap insurance costs compared to British cars, I hope to buy one the last HDI models when this one expires, and that may even knock the Volvo off the top spot.
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