Faults:

Complained when I first picked up the car from the dealer - "large crease" on the back driver's quarter panel, was told it was a feature! Got much worse about a month later, the car had to be fixed and re-sprayed.

Paint flaking from my back bumper.

Cylinder head gasket was blown after 7,000 miles.

New brake discs and pads had to be fitted, the pedal was vibrating.

New front headlamp, steaming up.

Constantly cutting out when idle, especially at traffic lights.

Was promised a 3 year warranty for my trouble, but have now been told I will not receive this because I am still unhappy that my car is still cutting out, as they cannot find the fault.

And now last week (21/10/2001) my car lost its power steering, lights and heaters, nearly wrote it off over a roundabout and was told it had a faulty ignition switch, and had to pay £70.50 for the car to be uplifted to the garage.

I think this is now a case for my lawyer.

Can anyone please tell me if they know why the car keeps cutting out, so I can get it fixed by someone who knows what the are doing?

linda.mcrobie@compaq.com

General Comments:

Dealers need to take a crash course in customer care and satisfaction. They treat you like a dummy.

Faults:

Near-side inner wheel arch cover fell off.

General Comments:

A great small fun car! Very quick compared to others in its field.

Comfort is lacking and the driver position is a bit strange if you are over 5 feet 9 inches tall.

Great for the city for darting between traffic and good for parking. Not bad boot space also, and have managed to get 4 sets of golf clubs in the back.

Wish I had gone for the air con option.

Interior finish could be more sporty as it looks like a bottom of the range interior and not a sports hatch interior.

Very good at speed and handles really well.

Not that good on petrol if it's been thrashed a bit.

Brakes on my one seem to be a bit dodgy, but they are still stopping me OK!

Faults:

Car wouldn't start the day I picked it up from tje dealer. Apparently a short circuit was draining the battery. Got car started, drove it tje next morning same story/back to Citroen for 2 days. No courtesy car.

In and out of Citroen, 14 times. Car kept stalling when cold, car wouldn't restart when hot.

CD player broke.

Wheel arch liner fell off.

Electric mirror broke.

Rattled, squeaked, shook.

Tyres worn unevenly.

Misfired, flat spots throughout the rev range. Engine smoked on gear changes.

Timing belt snapped at 13,000, engine rebuild required, off road for 4 weeks.

Then the passenger airbag went off for NO reason, lucky no-one was in the passenger seat.

General Comments:

Complete disaster, bordering on dangerous shed. Citroen dealers are hopeless. Wished I'd never got rid of my last car.

Performance vastly overstated by Citroen, car would be out performed and out-handled by an XR2, Golf GTi, even a 216 Rover.