dflflack Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 (edited) I have a 2010 C5 3.0 V6 HDI. Its an excellent car but does have a few last minute design faults. When one of my daylight running lights blew i thought it would be a simple bulb change but not so! It turns out that the Halogen bulb part number 6216F6 costs £38 and the lamp is only accesible when the front bumper is removed, cost approx £100 citroen labour charge! Citroen Uk (keeping up thir usual standards) could offer no technical advice nor did the parent company in France so here is some advice from me in collaboration with my excellent local independant garage (French Carnection of Rayleigh, Essex). Firstly the 6216F6 'bulb' actually consits of two parts that can be separated, the holder and a G4 (two prong) halogen capsule. The halogen capsule does not have a long service life so would need replacing with the bumper off at regular intervals. Solution - Replace the Halogen capsule with a G4 LED bulb that has a service life of 15-25 years (I purchased two at a cost of £8 from dealextreme.com). The halogen capsule simply pulls out of the holder and the LED bulbs can be pushed into the socket to replace them. The end result is a much more efficient stylish Daylight running light that will probably never need replacing again and the cost £70 labour and £8 for the bulbs against a citroen dealer price of £100 and £76 for two bulbs that would need replacing several times during the cars lifetime. You would think that Citroen themselves would make the change to at least in part compensate for a ridiculous design fault but no they probably see this item as a cash generator! Edited January 21, 2014 by dflflack
paul.h Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Thankyou for this useful post. Since you have also copied it to an existing topic on the DRL under the Problems and Fixes - C5 subforum, I have locked this topic and can anyone add any replies to the other post. http://www.citroen-owners-club.co.uk/citroen/topic/20984-daytime-running-lights-bulb-replacement-and-led-option/?do=findComment&comment=76329
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