Mat Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 My dads last car had leather after he got it the words never again came into mind the number of times i got in to drive it during summer and the bloody thing was red hot. then in the winter its frigging freezing no thanks will take cloth myself. Even though leather is nice its just when its hot its awful and when its cold its awful as well. Also, not good when the other half is vegetarian Quote
pork_pie Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 "Also, not good when the other half is vegetarian" Hope your car has air con. :D Quote
Mat Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 Hope your car has air con. :) Yep. Manual aircon, not climate control (save a bit of petrol :D ) Quote
C4VTS Posted July 2, 2006 Author Posted July 2, 2006 Why don't you have the car as It Is and return It when the part arrives, the only problem there, I see, I suppose It's the wrong time of the year to have hot air coming from the heater. The car is not taxed yet, and I can only get to the dealer at weekends due to the distance. Also decided that the weather is very hot this week, so would prefer to have working climate control. Maybe I will get it next week. I think the leather seats are more comfortable than the cloth seated cars I have tried, and seem to offer better support. Quote
Ciaran2903 Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 The cloth "sport" seats in my VTR are Fu**ing Brilliant! I adore them! Quote
barns Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 Not a fan of full leather,messing about with feed and all that stuff but don't mind half leather stops the cold feel and less chance of scratching...... Quote
wozza Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 The cloth "sport" seats in my VTR are Fu**ing Brilliant! I adore them! like mine as well even better because you cant get my pattern no more. mine are the black / orange ones. Quote
Mike5483 Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 The cloth "sport" seats in my VTR are Fu**ing Brilliant! I adore them! like mine as well even better because you cant get my pattern no more. mine are the black / orange ones. I got those seats, they look excellent and are really comfy. Why cant you get them anymore??? Quote
wozza Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 They got rid of our pattern now only get 1 choice on the VTR+ now adn thats black / grey 3d cloth not the blue and orange we also got to pick between. Just got rid of some of the choices probably just to make it cheaper to produce but i love the look of the orange ones. Quote
Stuey Posted July 4, 2006 Posted July 4, 2006 back on a parts paking ages to arrive...when mine went in for the airbag recall (3 months ago I seem to recall) I gave them a list of random stuff to sort one of them was to fox the black plastic trim that goes on the side of the windscreen, they sorted by sticking it back down and it has been fine ever since, I got a letter yestersday saying that the new one was sitting at Citroen waiting to be fitted...3 month turnaround on a part, not bad eh?? I also got the same letter telling me that the brake calipers had arrived 3 weeks after they had fitted them...hello left hand i'm right hand... Quote
wozza Posted July 4, 2006 Posted July 4, 2006 Least you have your calipers i have been waiting since mine went in for them. Said they would ring me to tell me still waiting on my call. Quote
Stuey Posted July 4, 2006 Posted July 4, 2006 the ones on my car where allocated to someone else's :P that will teach him for not turning up... Quote
Welshguy Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 lol just pray he hasn't put a curse on your brakes! Quote
daveash Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Had exactly the same problem on my new vtr+ Garage said it would entail taking out the dash ( two days work ) they ordered the part ( took 1 week ) and fitted it within the two days.Said the had not done the job before so i was a bit concerned, anyway the did a cracking job!! couldnt tell they had removed the dash, climate has been fine ever since.Apparently they have to re gas the system after fitting the new unit,heres hoping this is a complete cure. Quote
C4VTS Posted July 6, 2006 Author Posted July 6, 2006 The new modified heater box for my car arrived earlier this week, and the fitting of it was completed this afternoon. I will pick the car up on saturday. It does seem to be a common fault, as more people are now reporting this climate control issue on here. Quote
wozza Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Yeah so far mines been alright thankfully i did have an instance a couple months ago where it would do the problem described but it lasted 3 days and then it went away. So never thought anything of it and it works now but its making me think it might die in the future with so many peoples going...I seriously hope not though! Quote
Stuey Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 on a climate control note, I have just recived my copy of Evo and they have a VTS as a long term test car and the climate control has packed up on theirs too, only blows hot air...looks like its not just an isolated incident... Quote
C4VTS Posted July 8, 2006 Author Posted July 8, 2006 Well, I now have my C4VTS at last, and the climate is working good now :) The car drives very well, and there is no rattles or creaks from having the new heater box fitted, so it is a job well done. :lol: Quote
Dave133 Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 ......had to join in on this one,have been reading posts for some time .The dreded climate control ....yes mine failed as well (reported May)could not turn off the heat on drivers side and its been a bit hot of late with cabin temp of +40c the car has been undrivable.Four visits a total of 12 days and the heater now can be turned off, cool!well no because the air con does not blow cold now mmmmmm regass degass regass nope the whole lot has to come back out,this as well as a 4 day recall to fix rear brake pipes 1 day for air bag reprogram 1 day abs recall .So if you have this done check that the air con can blow ice cold .Am I still pleased with the C4 well this is now in the balance.........C4 VTR+(5 Door Artic Silver)05 17.000 miles. Quote
C4VTS Posted July 27, 2006 Author Posted July 27, 2006 I would expect a few more C4's will have climate control heater problems after all this hot weather. Maybe they break after the winter, as most people would not use the aircon as much, and have the heater on all the time, which could get stuck in heat mode for the following summer. Quote
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