Faults:

The only problems I have had with the car has been faulty HT leads and dirty plugs which can expected for a 13 year old car.

The little Citroen can be a trouble to start in the morning when it's cold because it's fuelled by a carb not an injector.

General Comments:

I have recently bought this gem of a car for £400 and found it to be a very comfortable and economic drive, great handling and sporty looks makes this a real head turner, a real pocket rocket shoots up to 60 in 8.5 seconds which is amazing seeing it's only a 1.4.

Great on country roads through the twisties the only main concern is the brakes, they don't stop you! break well in advance other than that it's a lovely hot hatch to drive.

Faults:

Head gasket blew when 6 months old, but Citroen paid.

General Comments:

Just after a year it was involved it a rear crash, the car behind was written off, the ax just sufferred from boot floor rippling. The police said well done AX, seats were excellent against injury.

In 12 years it has been excellent know to us as the "scared rabbit" because of its excellent turning at speed.

Faults:

The most common thing to go wrong with my AX has to be the constant velocity boot (CVBoot) which causes a terrible knocking sound when you turn a corner. that is about every 1000 miles now.

Seats have started to become lose in their fixings to the floor.

General Comments:

This car is still very reliable and it won't let you down. The car is very easy to park, and all around visibility is very good.

Although my AX is a 1.0 liter she is still very fast, but they cannot hold their speed or go any faster at around 80mph because of the limited 4 gears.

I am very impressed with the Citroen AX and I would not say no to having another. The AX is not a bad looking car at all. very tidy and tough looking.

Faults:

I was given the car with an engine overheating fault, and no cabin heating.

Drivers seat was creaking and broken (no longer attached to the floor).

No dash/instrument/heater control lights.

Manual choke cable was missing.

General Comments:

I spent a day sorting out the coolant problems - the radiator was badly silted, and after reverse flushing, I kept getting airlocks in the system. Eventually bled it all, and have had no such problems since.

I took out the drivers seat, and it was welded by a local independent garage for a tenner.

The dash lights were a pain - not enough room to get your hands in to do the work, and a lot of car to take to pieces.

Choke cable was a 15 minute job, the parts were cheap, and delivered next day direct from the main dealer.

For such a small (950cc) engine, the car was surprisingly lively. Top gear allowed sensible motorway cruising speeds, without an enormous excess of noise, and only slight reduction of speed on the hills, though I never had more than 2 people in the car at any one time except around town - I dread to think what it would be like fully loaded!

The basic interior (this is the bottom end model) was actually very comfortable - the seats have no tilt adjustment at all, but were comfortable even on quite long runs.

I was also impressed by the fact that despite having owned a number of small runaround cars over the last few years, the AX was the ONLY one that would take all three of my under fives in the back, in their car seats. The Polo MK II is about 2 inches too narrow - in the AX they all just fitted in - a major bonus, as this car delivered 40mpg around town, and 50 on a long run.