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Hi Dave ... Yes I read somewhere re; this clicking , but I can't hear them . They do turn up on ebay at times , remember 6590F6 is exactly the same as 6590A5 ( the Citroen number ) the only difference is the citroen one is black . Peugeot 6590F6 is supplied in grey primer. PS the ones I bought on ebay were new .

I think they'll only be available from the Citroen dealer , I bought a new one for my previous C5 and got it at the dealer , not too expensive if I remember and it just kind of pushes in !! Hope it fixes the clonk ..let me know .. Jack.

Hi Steve. The rubber that you say is perished , is this the brown dome shaped bump stop , or the black convoluted suspension piston boot . If it's the suspension boot you'll have a fluid leak and this needs to be fixed ASAP ( it shouldn't have passed an MOT with this rubber burst ) . If it's the "bump stop" ( that's what it's called ) it's cheap and easy to replace ...that's the good news , the bad news is I suspect that after replacing the bump stop you'll still have the clonking noise . It's probably rear arm bearings ( which are not so easy for the DIY man with a normal tool kit to replace ) a dealer will charge around £400 to replace the bearings , a good indy will be £100 cheaper . Anyway if it's the bump stop that's missing replace that first, and if it's quiet great . If not suspect bearings. PS: My last C5 a 2001 model , banged at the back at times and I lived with it for the 3 years I owned it ( it never affected it's MOT )They tell me the early models were more proned to noises at the rear. Hope this helps .. Jack.

I bought a 54 C5 facelited exclusive three months ago . Been real pleased with it .Only a couple of slight electric niggles .The heater had a habit of setting to Min when the car was stopped , but that seems to have cured itself . The other has been parking sensors , they're notorious apparantly for giving up due to water damage . As I didn't pay much for the car , I decided to give it a treat and take it to Arnold Clark citroen to get its sensor/s fixed BIG MISTAKE !!! They charged me 120 for the diagnostic , and 72 for two sensors , and 50 to fit them . Then guess what ?? Driving away from the said dealer BEEP "parking sensor fault" was the message on the screen . I drove straight back and entered into a debate with them about the situation and the bill ,which is still ongoing. I've since found an independent Citroen garage now , when I was in for a small service he read the codes and said the the only fault was parking sensors x 2 and told me the positions , he didn't charge me for the info' . The sensors are £70 from the dealer so I wasn't interested to start with , but I started searching on the int' and found one Citroen part No; 6590A5 which I bid for and got for £5 , and two 6590F6 Peugeot part No ( exactly the same but in grey primer ) for £ 24 . They are dead easy to fit ,all the rear ones can be accessed with no need to remove the bumper ,just removing the the soft rubber under tray . The two inner front ones just pull out on their own housing .The two outer front would need the bumper removed , but hardly a massive job . Moral of the story , steer clear of dealers , and shop around for parts ...I really should have taken my own advice to start with !!! Boy I really love my C5 though , makes the Volvo S60 I had look bad . I paid more money for the Volvo , had lots of expensive issues with it .The Citroen is a much nicer drive !!! Jack.