Citroen C5 reliability (post 04)

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With our changing motoring requirements, our 3 series in going, to be replaced by something substantially more economical, i.e. diesel.

I'd just about settled on an S60 D5, but then had a check on Warranty Directs reliability index, i.e. here:
http://www.reliabilityindex.co.uk/

According to them the Volvo is very similar to the Mondeo, E46 etc. I couldn't resist having a hunt around for some other motors. The C class is a bit worse, the 156 is terrible, Octavia a bit better and the Accord was looking rather good.
Just for a laugh this morning, had a scan at the French cars. Sure enough the 407 and Laguna are bad news. Then by chance I checked the new style Citroen C5, which amazingly can out as slightly better than the Accord.
To say the least, I was rather surprised.

Anyone know any more about them?
 
I test drove two of these, both under 12 months old. Both developed faults on the test drive. It was a real shame as they are very comfortable to drive and great value.
 
unmistakeably german :p

i take it you mean the C5 II? the one out in 2008?

generally well recieved, the usual citroen stuff... very smooth ride, great choice of engines, inside, lots of gismos and room etc. however its greatest attribute, looks. its a great looker over the usual competition.

i would love a 3.0 HDI V6 to waft around in :cool:
 
I had a 2003 2.2 HDi and never had any problems with it. The 2004 facelift removed a lot of the minor problems that afflicted earlier cars like noisy rear suspension.

The interiors are not terribly well built in places.

If you actually mean the current model they are better put together, are smoother and quieter but you need a big engine because they are very heavy and that hits the fuel economy as well.
 
I found it interesting that Warranty Direct actually distinguish between the pre and post facelift version.
For all that they're still not that cheap s/h and the electrical gremlins don't sound fun.

Talking of gremlins, does anyone else remember the scene on the aeroplane of the gremlin ripping the engine the pieces in the 1983 film Twilight Zone (Outer Limits)? Simply awesome.
 
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[TW]Fox;16128450 said:
Because he wants to save money not spend it on replacement engine parts.
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To be fair, engine parts are the one thing I've not had to spend money on.

Everything else on the other hand...
 
I owned a 2001 C5 2.0 HDI ...errr 7 years ago or so now (can't believe it's been so long!) ...it was economical and comfortable enough, build quality was awful though, it rattled like hell after about 8 months (only kept it 11) and the rear suspension clunking used to drive me nuts (there wasn't anything they could do to fix it it seemed).

The face-lifted model has a much better interior and a rear suspension that does not clunk all the damn time and the new model, the current one, is a totally different car, it's many orders of magnitude nicer.
 
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Moeks said:
The face-lifted model has a much better interior and a rear suspension that does not clunk all the damn time and the new model, the current one, is a totally different car, it's many orders of magnitude nicer.
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I have a strange perverse attraction to the new shape in sport touring form.

If only they weren't FWD and came with a decent engine.
 
Suzuki are really that reliable, wow never really noticed. Didn't think the Seat brand would be more reliable than Audi or even BMW either.
 
With regards to Audi and Seat's reative reliability, I should think if anything Seat will be very similar or better than Audi, since they share a lot of the same technology only Seats are by and large less complex than their Audi brethren.
 
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