C3 Exclusive

[Guest marsha]

hello ,ive just signed up and after reading the posts decided to tell you about my c3 exclusive with sensodrive ive had for three months now its an 06 and decided to buy it after seeing my mother inlaws 08 exclusive plus she had just picked up ,and i have to say i love it but it had a intermitant fault with the drivers window it would stop working on the one touch and you had to reset the antipinch each time ,took it into my citroen dealers crayford motors under warrenty and they said they couldnt find the fault ive told them if it happens again i would drive it straight there for them to look at but so far when it has happend ive either not been in the area or its late at night ,then the other night it wouldnt start thought i may have not been in neautral but it was so i checked the dash and it was telling me to put my foot on the brake ,i did and it still wouldnt start ,after kicking the pedal a few times it started ,so booked it in under warrenty again for the next day went and got it out the garage and it started first time so off i went stopped at the shop on the way and again wouldnt start,finaly got it started after 10 mins and parked in their car park in the sales part and went to book it in when i went to move it into a space in the service area it wouldnt start so i left it in the middle of the car park blocking in cars and told them ,they said they would push into the service bays and i went home,i finaly got a call at 5.30 to come and collect my car to be told that ther was nothing wrong with it and no fault codes were showing up ,now my old mans a mechanic and he was there when it wouldnt start and told me to take it citroens ,i dont now if any one else had any experiences like this but i was wondering if they were telling me there was nothing wrong with it because theres only 6months warrenty left and parts are gaurenteed for a year so if it did it again they wouldnt be liable to replace the parts for free any ideas would be helpfull thanks

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I've been watching your post and thought an expert would have answered by now so I'll try myself.

As you say, foot on the brake when starting with a sensodrive should then allow the starter motor to engage and start the engine. Did the starter try and turn over the engine when you did this or not? If it didn't then I would suspect the a switch on the brake pedal needs looking at. Otherwise something else would appear to be amiss. It's a pity that you've had this problem which I'm sure had tarnished your viewpoint on your C3. Mine, touch wood, has been well behaved when starting, only suffering a couple of minor things during my 3yr of ownership.

 

Hope this starts you off on the right track.

 

Regards

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C3 55reg 1.4HDI SX Sensodrive

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The brake light switch/circuit is most likely to be causing this problem....However, i would suggest its worth asking your dealer if they have checked service bulletins for your vehicle as some sensodrives have a problem that the manufacturer recommends a modified harness that connects to the brake switch........just because i have mentioned this doesnt mean that a modified harness will fix it.....as i say only some are affected and your local dealer armed with your chassis number should be able to check if it is relevant to your vehicle.

[Guest marsha]

thanks for the replies ,the starter didnt try to turn just clicked a few times ,but since i got it back with so called nothing wrong with it ,it has been perfect ,to tell the the truth the night i picked it up when they couldnt find anything wrong it felt like it was new but as i said this is the second thing to have gone wrong and been taken back under warrenty only to be told there was nothing wrong i havent changed the way i feel about the c3 , i think they are great but i will be going to another dealer next time it goes wrong.