Interior Centre Dash Air Vent

[Robiero]

Hello chaps and chapesses

I just wondered if anyone had any issues with the centre air vents on the DS3? Today I went out for a run and when i went to turn the centre right vent heating off the button that directs the air flow clipped into the fixing bracket came off. Now this button/knob and its 'clasps' are all intact which is lucky I suppose. What is not so lucky is the bracket and the air vent directional panels (the internal bits that point the air) seem a bit pushed back a little so I cannot get the button/knob in for it to click back in place. This added to the directional panels are all pointing in different directions makes it pretty difficult to do anything. There's little room for maneuver so at the moment i'm thinking a pair of pliers maybe able to pull it outwards whilst I click the bit back in?

Has anyone else had this problem? Are these vents easy to remove as a last option or will it be a matter of taking the dash off to get to the little buggers to somehow re assemble it? I could take it down to the citroen garage but feel they may rip me off there. I could do without disassembling my car tbh, but it is going to drive me mad if I leave it like it is.

I know this description of the issue isn't exactly clear so i'll post some pictures of whats going on when its daylight tomorrow.

Any advice would be mucho appreciated. I've had a quick search but couldn't find a similar thread so apologies if there's already a solution out there!

[Den]

surely its covered under warranty. i had 3 vents replaced under warranty on my bmw the other day with no issues.

[WTF]

Not heard of this before, but I'd pop it back to your Dealer, as Den said, it will be under warranty. They replaced my seat belt swiftly when it jammed.

[Robiero]

Took my car to the dealer today and waited an hour only to tell me they would have to take it in and take the dash off next Monday. As the the RHS vent is broken the left has to come out too as its a double unit. Which involves whipping the dash off. All covered under the warranty though which is nice. Good times!

[Bigfeet]

That good news, my guess would be that this is a warranty issue. Usual though I must say as I've not heard of any others, keep us posted.

[Robiero]

Had it replaced today. The dealer had it done in under an hour of receiving the car. Impressive. The whole vent unit that has been put in seems a lot more robust now. I don't know whether my old one was just a duff one, or they have changed the unit. Who knows. Anyway its fixed :cool:

On a side note my dad was eying up the DS3R in the showroom. Said he's very interested in it and asked them for numbers etc. I wouldn't bloody care as he's only just got a Skoda Fabia VRS Estate. I think every time he gets in mine though he falls in love with it a little more. I will be annoyed as it'll make mine look inferior. The git.

[westfadave]

For information for others I have just noticed that I have a similar issue with the left centre air vent. As the car is being returned next week on lease I intend to leave it. Car is 2 year old so I would expect this to be covered under warranty.

[gatesy0093]

Mine's just broke today :/ RHS vent, one of the inside fins has actually snapped off and is stuck inside the vent and the one next to it has came loose My car has ran out of its 3 year warranty this month but would I ring my local Citroen dealership or through the garage i bought it off as they gave me 3 month warranty when i bought it?