Remote Steering Stalk

[Guest madwoman]

Hi All

 

Am at my wits end hope someone can help.

I have a c3 late 2003 model. It has a remote steering stalk that was fine until the cd stopped working and I had to replce the radio. The cost of a replacement the same as the factory fitted model made me laugh out loud and no one seemed to know what they were talking about so I looked for an alternative. I found a clarion model that was ok and the adapter leads for it to work with the remote stalk (I checked this with clarion whom citroen use or used to anyway) and fitted it. It worked for a very short time and then ceased to work. I took it back to my garage who told me the comms unit was faulty but the local dealer refused to sell one to the to fit as they said it would need reprogramming??? I purchased a new one from my local citroen dealer and they fitted it but said no reprogramming was needed and they didn't know where I had got my info from when i said the local dealer they denied all knowledge of ever speaking to my local garage. When I left the local dealer after they fitted it, it was working. Now however it isn't (only took 1 hour to stop working) I contacted them but they said that because they didn't diagnose the problem only fit the part I had asked them to there was no comeback on them at all. :rolleyes:

HELP! This car has cost me a fortune so far and I don't know what to do next. :)

Any advice welcome.

[techbod]

this is the sort of thing that give Citroen garages a bad name, since they fitted it you would think it was a warranty issue because it might be the radio is faulty so ask them to replace it if they want to play hard ball your in a better position than them and it wont go down well if you go to trading standards

[kfk]

Can i assume that the clarion radio fitted to the vehicle isnt the same as the unit originally fitted by the manufacturer.....and isnt fitted to any citroen/peugeot as original equipment?

 

Whats the chances of pluging the original faulty unit in to see if the stalk works?

[Guest madwoman]

Can i assume that the clarion radio fitted to the vehicle isnt the same as the unit originally fitted by the manufacturer.....and isnt fitted to any citroen/peugeot as original equipment?

 

Whats the chances of pluging the original faulty unit in to see if the stalk works?

 

Hi

 

No it's not the same as the origional and we don't have it anymore we did think of buying one secong hand and just putting it in and like you say trying the stalk then but they are selling in excess of £100 second hand and we have already spent a fortune.