Just Bought A Citroen C4 Hatchback 5 Door '05 Plate.

[borklazer]

First off, I have little to no mechanical knowledge apart from knowing how to change a tyre....However!! I have Just bought a citroen c4 05 plate. Great car, drives lovely, 5 doors which is a godsend! Massive amount of room internally and it even has AC!! it's an SX 1.4 petrol for those interested.

Basically I have a few (what I imagine to be small) problems with it. 

Seems like my air conditioning isn't cold? Is this just a simple case of regassing it?

My front windows passenger side and drivers side buttons are a bit....temperemental if you will....sometimes the front drivers side will go down when pushing the up button? Anyone know anything of this? 

the car has done 85k on the clock, has had no cambelt change and there is a slight oil leak in it, can't tell where it is coming from but if I go underneath the car there is a lot of oil and grime on the underneath of it, every time I've checked the oil since i've last bought it it's not changed and has remained the same level so I assume it's not a massive leak? don't have the money right now in regards to changing the cambelt but am looking at getting it done in the next couple of months which I will cover 2k miles at most, would anybody suggest changing it sooner or should this be okay for now?

The front brakes are squeaky, have been for the last 1.5 weeks in which i've owned it, they're very responsive and sharp but are squeaky, any idea how I can stop the squeaking? 

The boot is very intermittent, sometimes it will open sometimes it won't, have put freeing fluid in it and it opened and closed about 25 times in a row after testing it over and over, when I got home about 20 minutes later I was about to show my family it's been fixed and it stopped opening again, it doesn't make the electronic clicking noise to open it just makes no noise and doesn't open, is this a problem with the boot mech or something else? 

Lastly but definitely not least, a very small issue BUT those damn cupholders are ridiculously shallow!!! The amount of times i've had a drink fall out of them is beyond me, any fixes or cupholder mods if you will to sort this issue out? 

Also I don't think this is anything at-all but whenver I dip the clutch and am about the change gear the gear stick moves slightly, it's barely ANYTHING, i just feel it move about a millimetre it's that small, but i've only ever had one car before so I have nothing to judge it on, is this anything to be concerned of? 

Sorry for all the questions, just guess i'm a bit concerned and want to make sure my new car is in top shape as it's a beautiful car! http://c4owners.org/images/emotes/sebe/smile.gif

[coastline taxis]

Air con = sounds like a simple regas should fix it.

Switches = Welcome to the world of citroen switches. There a very common fault and its either dealers/scrappy or ebay for replacements.

Timing belt = VERY IMPORTANT get it done as soon as you can as they go by mileage and time. And the consequences are  very expensive.

Front brakes = the squeal is caused by brake dust of cheap pads. Jet wash the brakes of and it will disappear for a couple of weeks.

Boot switch = the micro switch is broke see answer 2.

Gear lever = Have a word with yourself 1mm. Nothing to worry about at all

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Overall it not a mega list off faults and nothing to worry about except the timing belt. Mileage wise its ok but time wise its not, Also replace the water pump/guides/tensioner when doing timing belt.

[borklazer]

Thanks for the reply! Short, simple and easy to understand!! Will take all of this info in and do what I can with it, read into the microswitch a bit aswell and it doesn't seem too bad of a fix, hopefully I can sort that one out myself! 

[coastline taxis]

Make the timing belt your number 1 priority. If u do a search on the forum im sure theres a fix for the micro switch