2000 Citroen Xantia 1.8 benzine from Israel
Summary:
A huge burden
Faults:
Let's see. Everything...
Ever since we received the car as a gift, we've had to take it to get fixed every three months.
The speedometer broke down, there's a terrible leak in the hydraulic oil, the tires tend to burst, the back door doesn't hold up (a terrible safety hazard)...
Only an idiot would buy this car.
General Comments:
The ride is every bumpy, because the car doesn't switch gears in time, and it tends to be in a low gear. Because of this problem, the car accelerates very slowly, especially on the highway, which is a safety hazard. The gear shifting problem also causes the car to eat up a lot of gas (10 km per liter gas).
The visibility is usually very poor, which is another safety hazard.
As for positive things about this car, I can't think of any.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 2nd March, 2011
3rd Jul 2011, 08:47
This review is hard to believe, unless your "gift" is a previously accident-damaged vehicle that should have been written off.
The door problem certainly sounds like that. The tyre problem sounds more like exactly that: a tyre problem, unrelated to the car - unless the frame is so distorted by accident damage that it is wearing and stressing the tyres unduly.
As for visibility, I don't believe that this "review" is genuinely about a Xantia.
Visibility from mine was excellent. I wish I still owned it.
3rd Aug 2011, 17:39
Agree, this is a surprisingly problematic description; the car described must be a complete shed, which has been driven through deep water and then had salt sprayed all over it. There are numerous examples of these vehicles still running without anything like the range of problems highlighted in this review, which is thus somewhat unrepresentative of the breed e.g. I have a '98 HDi, which has 138k miles, which is my daily 50 mile commuting vehicle - very basic, but reliable.
18th Apr 2012, 01:55
If by the "back door" you mean the tailgate, the fault is probably due to worn gas struts. A pair of these costs about GBP 30, and takes about 30 minutes to change. These wear on all cars.
3rd Jul 2011, 05:02
I think you had better tell the history and mileage of your car, because it is not logical that your Xantia is that bad. Maybe it has been used as a submarine before it was given to you.