Mat07

Hello again, Just an update. I've just phoned my local Citroen dealer: This part is not stocked in the UK, has to be ordered from France, advanced payment, £102, plus fitting... I'll think about it. A bit expensive...

Thank you very much paul.h and Johndouglas for your very thorough replies! And apologies for forgetting to mention my car year model. Yes, it is indeed that 2005 i had mentioned before. I'll try to find this part next. Thanks again, Mat07

Hello all, I need to know the name of a car part please. A few months ago, manoeuvring in a car park, I didn't notice a curb on the passenger side and it scraped my car just below the column between the front and back doors, and it loosened a kind of sound barrier? sheet, looks like made of some kind of re-enforced "cardboard" (not really, of course, but it does look like it), made of some fibrous material. Anyway, it can't be repaired, or stuck back up, and as it was hanging it had to come down, and cabin noise did increase. I was now trying to search for this part online, first trying to find out its proper name, but I can't make Google understand what I mean, Does anybody know what is the name of this part please? Thanks, Mat07

Hello all, I need a little help here please, I couldn't find anchor points for an ISOFIX "top tether" in my C5 2005 hatchback (UK). Are they hidden somehow, or older C5s really don't have them?? Could they be fit by a Citroen dealer perhaps? But would it be really safe? And worth it?? Or would I have to buy a newer car? It would be a lot of hassle, and expense. Any advice will be appreciated, Cheers, Matt

I see. Thanks again coastline taxis.

Thank you madmadmax, that is very useful. And really surprising. I remember my father in the 1970s talking about progressive power steering in American cars. I had no idea in this day and age cars would still fail to have it. Specially a car that is supposed to have 5 stars NCAP. A non-progressive steering, or "un-variable" in Citroen's language, is much less safe on higher speeds, even dangerous. I guess Citroen just plays by NCAP's rules to get their 5 stars, and save money in everything else... Shameful really. Some accidents may have happened already because of it, or even many accidents, who knows? Fatalities? Again, who knows?

The garage i use is supposed to be a Citroen specialist, buy i don't know if they have this equipment. I'll try to ask. I won't try to do the job myself, but very good of you for spreading the word on this huge and surely fatal risk!

ok, thanks coastline taxis.

That is very interesting too. Thanks coastline taxis. I'll ask my garage to check that. Would a problem in that area have a code as well, if plugged?

Wow, thank you paul.h! But I'll need time to understand all that! Don't worry i won't try to fix that myself. I'm just a car user. I may print your reply and take it to our local garage, along with all the other useful posts here.

Thanks madmadmax, Last 8 numbers: 76713342 I think it equally light in both directions, but i'm not sure. I'll check that next time I'm on a higher speed road. Yes, I'll talk to our local Citroen specialist garage one of these days, to get it plugged. By the way, when a garage plugs a C5, do they have to look for specific codes? Or everything wrong with the car will just pop-up? I'm asking this because last year they did plug it, but because of a different problem (some "Engine Management" fault warning). If the steering had already a problem back then would the steering code be also listed automatically and clearly visible when plugged? Or would the steering code be in some other place/screen or whatever? if you know what i mean. Thanks again, Mat

Hi paul.h, Thanks, 2005, facelift model. Good tyres, Michelin, correct size and pressure, worn evenly, with hands off the car keeps a straight line - as long as the road is absolutely flat, no side-wind, etc. It is just too light, over-assisted at speed. Does anybody know if C5s have PPS at all?

Parkesie, these are all fine. The steering is not loose, it doesn't have a play. It is just too light, over-assisted, because this assistance doesn't decrease at higher speeds, as it is supposed to do with a Progressive Power Steering ( "PPS" ) system. I'm starting to wonder if C5s do have PPS at all. I had assumed that all cars had it, for the past 10, if not 20 years. Perhaps not??

Hello all, I think C5s are supposed to have Progressive Power Steering ( "PPS" ), getting progressively firmer on higher speeds, but I think my C5 is not doing that, or not enough anyway. It remains very light, even at 70mph. Yesterday on a double lane A road with just a slightly uneven surface it required constant concentration and effort to keep it on a straight line - very stressful, and even dangerous, IMPO. I had to reduce the speed and travel at between 60 and 65mph. And even on good motorways I would prtefer a firmer steering at higher speeds. Googling about it today I couldn't find any info on C5s. On a American forum, someone mentioned that his Lexus PPS's "Vehicle-speed-sensing" could be malfunctioning, something to do with a "solenoid"? That poster wrote: "I really don't like this. You could sneeze hard and crash this sucker!" Well put! Is the Progressive Power Steering on C5s adjustable? Tunable? Thanks in advance for any help, Mat