Hi All
First time Citroen owner (though we have an '05 307 Peugeot) and first time poster here.
My car purchased around 5 mnths ago had 112, now 120,000 kms for under 4k. Seemed great at the time!
I seem to be making progress with the squealing brakes, have replaced the collapsed roof lining, fixed the crazed stereo (circuit board cleaning spray in the 'control stick' switches did the trick), and solved the air-con mystery for now.. but still have transmission trouble.
Previously I was getting the Auto transmission Fault error resulting in the 3rd gear Limp Mode. Had it diagnosed and gearbox solenoids replaced ($900+) with the later model replacements. Went well for around 1000km, but has begun to fault again - on going uphill and/or when hot and under load. Does not always register as a fault, sometimes chugs rythmically or searches erratically when going uphill. Can complete smaller journeys on level roads without trouble, though often revs a bit high then clunks into gear when changing from 1st to 2nd under acceleration - not too dramatic but not very nice either.
I haven't been back out to the mechanics to get the computer diagnostics done again, it's an hr each way each time before I even book it in...
Should I start by
• buying a diagnostic reader?
• attempting to fill or change the fluid?
• arrange or attempt to change the Pressure Switch?
Common sense suggests the fluid should have been changed, it did smell burnt when I first ran into trouble as above. I'd like to do this myself if someone wouldn't mind dumbing down the instructions for me
cheers!
Toby
First time Citroen owner (though we have an '05 307 Peugeot) and first time poster here.
My car purchased around 5 mnths ago had 112, now 120,000 kms for under 4k. Seemed great at the time!
I seem to be making progress with the squealing brakes, have replaced the collapsed roof lining, fixed the crazed stereo (circuit board cleaning spray in the 'control stick' switches did the trick), and solved the air-con mystery for now.. but still have transmission trouble.
Previously I was getting the Auto transmission Fault error resulting in the 3rd gear Limp Mode. Had it diagnosed and gearbox solenoids replaced ($900+) with the later model replacements. Went well for around 1000km, but has begun to fault again - on going uphill and/or when hot and under load. Does not always register as a fault, sometimes chugs rythmically or searches erratically when going uphill. Can complete smaller journeys on level roads without trouble, though often revs a bit high then clunks into gear when changing from 1st to 2nd under acceleration - not too dramatic but not very nice either.
I haven't been back out to the mechanics to get the computer diagnostics done again, it's an hr each way each time before I even book it in...
Should I start by
• buying a diagnostic reader?
• attempting to fill or change the fluid?
• arrange or attempt to change the Pressure Switch?
Common sense suggests the fluid should have been changed, it did smell burnt when I first ran into trouble as above. I'd like to do this myself if someone wouldn't mind dumbing down the instructions for me
cheers!
Toby