Citroën Xsara Picasso (2000 - 2010) 1.6 HDi LX (92bhp) 5d Owner Review
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In their own words
Where to start, the gearbox is not great, you have an idea where the gears are, kind of like driving a bedford van from the 70's type gear box. The seats are ok for long journeys, and its economical. The digital speedo took a bit to get used to, now the bulbs are failing, its hard to read. Some days the car will unlock all the doors when you go to the car, other days it will leave one of them locked, usually the passenger side. Other days it may not lock all the doors with you go to lock it, so security isn't one of its strong points. If you have a puncture, the jack is located in the spare wheel under the car. If the bolt hasn't seized and you can drop the spare wheel, you will need the jack to lift the car to get the spare wheel out. However as the jack is located in the spare wheel, that is not always easy! The handbrake and rear callipers have had to be replaced, the sills are starting to go, it rattles, smokes, knocks, and as i've just had a phone call from the other half, it has now gone into limp home mode and the engine management light is on. The only thing missing from the car is a white surrender flag! Would not buy another french car
How reliable do you find the car?
It's french, even the local garage doesn't like the thing!Does the car do everything you expected it to do?
It was bought for the girlfriend as it was cheap and the previous car died and was not an economical repair, that was french too!About their car
- Fuel type Diesel
- When purchased July 2015
- Condition when bought Used
- Current Mileage 94,000 miles
- Average MPG 50 mpg
