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SAXO
Will not rev up properly & vehicle speed severely affected. The saxo is known for its catalyst problems, the lambda sensor is usually the first part to go when this happens the cat gets soaked with fuel and causes it to become brittle until it eventually breaks up and blocks the exhaust solid - restricting the flow of gas and causes a severe loss of power and top speed, usually restricts the car to a max speed of 30 - 50 mph. in this case the cat and lambda sensor should be replaced together to avoid damaging the new catalyst.
wisted spine from offset driving position and big feet can hit more than one pedal at the same time. 3-speed 1.6 automatic replaced by 3-speed 1.4 auto. Can suffer mechanical problems and unsympathetic dealers. Only two stars in Euro NCAP crash tests. ECU problems begining to be reported. Reports of symptoms of premature bore wear on 1.5 really due to oil misting as a result of overfilling. Should not be filled with more than 3.5 litres of oil which reads to 2/3 full on the dipstick. Saxo VTS can suffer same problem of water ingress to gearbox after driving through floodwater as Xantia and Synergie. Some VTRs are fitted with alloy wheels with no hole in the centre which makes balancing them difficult and expensive. S and T platers 14th from bottom in 2001 Top Gear / J.D. Power Customer Satisfaction Survey. In June 2001 Citroen was rated by Motor Warranty Direct as Britain 's 3rd worst out of 22 marques for warranty claims 16th from bottom for reliabilty in Auto Express 2002 reader survey of 100 models. Citroens generally had average warranty repair costs in 2003 Warranty Direct Reliability index (index 99.84 v/s lowest 31.93). 10th from bottom out of 137 models in 2003 Top Gear survey. Came 14th from bottom in 2005 JD Power/What Car Survey of 23,000 cars reg Sep 2002 to Aug 2003 with satisfaction score of 74.1%
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