mdon Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 Hi, I have just bought a Xantia 2.0 HDi on a 200 X plate just for slogging back and forwards to work as the wife won't let me use hers! The car is in brilliant condition considering the age and only has 78,000miles on the clock. I have owned a C5 in the past which was a brilliant car which is why I decided to buy it's older brother. The only problem I have is that the break pedal only moves about 1cm!? the breaks work fine enough and stop in next to no time at all but is this normal that the break pedal is slightly stiff and doesn't really move? It has also just had a MOT 2 weeks ago which is passed with no advisories on the breaks at all so I asume it's safe. Also am I right in thinking that the timing belt needs changed at 75,000 miles? the car has done 79,000 so I'm going to get it done anyway for peace of mind. cheers Mike. Quote
Randombloke Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 The only problem I have is that the break pedal only moves about 1cm!? the breaks work fine enough and stop in next to no time at all but is this normal that the break pedal is slightly stiff and doesn't really move? It has also just had a MOT 2 weeks ago which is passed with no advisories on the breaks at all so I assume it's safe. The Xantia and XM AFAIK were the last Citroens with the Citroen braking system that just measures the force you apply. The pedal hardly moves but that is not issue once you are used to it. It's normal. I prefer it to the very spongy, over servo'ed feeling you get from the Peugeot system that has now been placed on all the new hydraulically suspended Citroens. Quote
mdon Posted February 6, 2011 Author Posted February 6, 2011 The Xantia and XM AFAIK were the last Citroens with the Citroen braking system that just measures the force you apply. The pedal hardly moves but that is not issue once you are used to it. It's normal. I prefer it to the very spongy, over servo'ed feeling you get from the Peugeot system that has now been placed on all the new hydraulically suspended Citroens. Ah superb, cheers for that. my dad used to have an old BX about 15 years ago and he said his breaks were like that but I didn't believe him :) Quote
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