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Originally posted by ZACK View PostWeird Driving Position Maybe ?Originally posted by Clairt83 View PostDunno, probably me somehow, but never had this problem before, been driving the same for 12 years and this is my sixth car, the 1st with this problem.DS3 Racing, also available in White!!!
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Originally posted by Arlow View PostWhen I first got mine I noticed that my left foot was rubbing when pressing down on the clutch pedal, after a while I must have subconsciously adjusted my foot position as I don't do it anymore. I've never noticed this in my previous cars, maybe Citroen have made the distance between the clutch pedal & the footrest smaller than other manufacturers, could be something to do with the right hand drive version.
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Originally posted by Regan21 View PostWot about wearing slippers Paul.
Got to be honest, don't expect any joy from Citroen. And the Citroen dealership has done nothing to change my opinion of their poor customer service. To me, the french car dealerships have a lot to learn when it comes to helping customers.
I know that if I had discovered a hole in my carpet on my Toyota Yaris, I would not be still waiting nearly 6 weeks later for a phone call, they would have bent over backwards to help me.Last edited by pauljack; 09-05-2012, 18:59.
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I checked the position of my foot this morning when i pressed the clutch and with my work shoes it dosent even rub against the carpet, so im going to try my other foot wear too to see if they rub the carpet. Anyway Steve (husband) is going to get me some carpet from work so i can patch it, they use to make carpets for Citroen but that was a few years ago, he had a word with his mate in production yesterday and he said it sound like the same cheap fibre they make for the mini lol. So now i have found that out i dont klnow which is worse having a hole in the carpet or patching it up with Mini carpet lol
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Originally posted by pauljack View PostWent to car a few days ago and happened to notice a hole the size of a lemon (any small fruit will do!) next to the clutch
pedal. It is obviously from my foot brushing against it with changing gear? The thing is, in all my years of driving and owning cars with varing mileages I have never come across bald carpet in the footwell? Well, not on a 10 month old 20k mileage car in any case. Went to the dealership today and she took pics for warrenty claim but said it would prob be wear and tear and if they did put new carpet down it would probably just do it again! - Ah ok then! I know lets not bother then shall we? Lets leave it and make it look like a banger with 120k on the clock!
Poor standard of carpet by the looks of it! Anyone else had issues with wearing carpet? - sounds like a bizarre question to ask I know lol [ATTACH=CONFIG]3212[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]3213[/ATTACH]sigpic
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It's the switch from Left hand drive to Right. Citroen don't seem to change anything in their cars when making them for our market..hence the really crap space in the glove compartment. If you were driving a Left hand version the space around the clutch would be a lot greater and so no problems with the carpet. Still, it's pretty crap quality for what is supposed to be a premium car! Can't remember ever having this problem in 32 years of driving and I will be keeping a beady eye on our carpet once the car arrives in August. Have to say though, I wear very light shoes most of the time so I don't anticipate any problems, also never rubbed up against the carpet during the test drive. It's something we particularly checked for.
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Originally posted by AJ07 View PostJust hoovered out my DS3 this evening and noticed I too have a a bald patch in the carpet in exactly the same place about the size of a 20p piece and this is after just 3 months of ownership
well i heard nothing back from Citroen so just putting it down to shite carpet, the dealer is pants too for not getting back about it!
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Im taking the car in on Sat for a check and the alloys looking at and i am going to mention the carpet. The husband is coming with me as backup (who works in the industry that supplys carpets to car manufacturers and knows his stuff) I will let you know how i get on. Doubt owt will get done about it tho.
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my hole is pretty big, to be honest im not going to try and get it fixed as it will probably happen again. The room down there simply is not big enough. Its still the best clutch and gearbox ive ever used (although ive driven some crap). I guess its like trying to stop the front bumper from getting stone chips, its just inevitable.
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Originally posted by Bensds3 View Postmy hole is pretty big, to be honest im not going to try and get it fixed as it will probably happen again. The room down there simply is not big enough. Its still the best clutch and gearbox ive ever used (although ive driven some crap). I guess its like trying to stop the front bumper from getting stone chips, its just inevitable.sigpic
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Dont even need to bend down that far to see it just open the door and look down you can see it. The point is the DS range is suppose to be a Premium range but the carpet is where they have really cut costs. All im going to ask is if they will fix for free as its not fit for purpose as carpets are tested for wear and tear etc so should last a bit longer than it has.
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