C8 Cambelt

[Guest THE BUS DRIVER]

Hi posted about this last night but cant seem to see it today(could it be the gin)?

I have a 2005 C8 46k on the clock full service history,one owner.It is now at the garage dead as a dodo due to cambelt failure.

Local garage has quoted £2500 for job but says that this should never have happened ,they suggest contacting Citroen .

Any advice?c8 cambelt

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We had a similar problem when we were on the motorway on May 31 and our cam belt snapped at 68,000 miles, again, well before the recommended change. Our car has been regularly serviced by Citroen dealership.

 

When we contacted Citroen UK, they said that they would only consider any payment towards repairs if we had it towed to a Citroen dealership, and no contamination showed on the broken belt. This of course was after they had taken the engine out at a huge Citroen dealership cost!

 

The dealership were really helpful and said said the last time this happened, Citroen paid £2500 and the customer £4500. We are considering having ours repaired at an independent garage, with an engine out of a C8 write-off. We still don't know the overall cost of this.

 

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