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Hi everyone. This is going to be a long one but I want to try and give as much information as I can. I am really needing some advice.
Ive been having issues with my much loved 2010 DS3 THP 1.6.
Approx 3 weeks ago my car misfired then started limping and said ‘anti pollution system faulty’. (I believe my car has been misfiring before this time but the local garage (HiQ) kept saying it’s fine or they could find nothing wrong)
Anyway, it started limping. The AA came and said cylinder 3 misfire. Fault cleared and it stopped limping and he told me to drive straight to garage. I took it to a different garage that had been recommended to me by a friend that isn’t a chain.
They changed spark plugs then swapped around the coil cooling packs to find the fault, it seems to be intermittent. When you turn the car off it goes. And he didn’t feel the packs are the issue. He was leaning towards a computer issue, or possibly injectors. But he was sure it’s the computer playing up. In the end he sent my car to citroen for a recall part which was the turbo cooling pump I believe. And asked them about the issues I’m having. They pretty much refused to help unless they were doing the work and would only do the recall but doubted it would fix it.
A few days later Citroen called me told me the recall work was complete and this had fixed the issue I was having and the car is running great, to my surprise. I asked have they test driven it and they assured me they had. So I went there all happy to collect my car.
‘After driving for approx 15-20 minutes heading straight to my job from citroen, I was on a dual carriageway going around 60 then big chug and ‘antibpollution system faulty’ and limp mode. Furious. Pulled over, turned car off. Turn car on, limp mode gone, but engine light on. Spoke to my garage who said he spoke to a guy about my my car and he still thinks it’s a software issue and recommended going back to citroen as they have fancier diagnostics and may find the electrical fault quicker.
Citroen had my car a couple of days then called to say it was cooling pack one but they recommended changing them all. So that’s what they did. A few days later (today) they say my car is fixed and ready to go. They said it’s had 2 extended test drives and assured me there is no misfire and the car is good to go. So i picked it up. I took it on a test drive instead of home. Sitting at lights it trembles, just like it’s shaking the whole time. On acceleration on motorway i put my foot down and rather than quickly speeding up it will do a couple of chugs then begin to accelerate. Is that not a misfire? But no limp or fault showing.
Im still unsure if the cooling packs are/we’re the whole issue? Could it be more computery? I have to go away in the car at the beginning of March and I really don’t need to it dying/limping on the motorway and not sure if I should trust it?
Has anyone experienced issues like this? As I’m not sure what to do next as I know nothing about engines. I’m concerned about throwing money I don’t have at an issue that isn’t getting solved. Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated!
Ive been having issues with my much loved 2010 DS3 THP 1.6.
Approx 3 weeks ago my car misfired then started limping and said ‘anti pollution system faulty’. (I believe my car has been misfiring before this time but the local garage (HiQ) kept saying it’s fine or they could find nothing wrong)
Anyway, it started limping. The AA came and said cylinder 3 misfire. Fault cleared and it stopped limping and he told me to drive straight to garage. I took it to a different garage that had been recommended to me by a friend that isn’t a chain.
They changed spark plugs then swapped around the coil cooling packs to find the fault, it seems to be intermittent. When you turn the car off it goes. And he didn’t feel the packs are the issue. He was leaning towards a computer issue, or possibly injectors. But he was sure it’s the computer playing up. In the end he sent my car to citroen for a recall part which was the turbo cooling pump I believe. And asked them about the issues I’m having. They pretty much refused to help unless they were doing the work and would only do the recall but doubted it would fix it.
A few days later Citroen called me told me the recall work was complete and this had fixed the issue I was having and the car is running great, to my surprise. I asked have they test driven it and they assured me they had. So I went there all happy to collect my car.
‘After driving for approx 15-20 minutes heading straight to my job from citroen, I was on a dual carriageway going around 60 then big chug and ‘antibpollution system faulty’ and limp mode. Furious. Pulled over, turned car off. Turn car on, limp mode gone, but engine light on. Spoke to my garage who said he spoke to a guy about my my car and he still thinks it’s a software issue and recommended going back to citroen as they have fancier diagnostics and may find the electrical fault quicker.
Citroen had my car a couple of days then called to say it was cooling pack one but they recommended changing them all. So that’s what they did. A few days later (today) they say my car is fixed and ready to go. They said it’s had 2 extended test drives and assured me there is no misfire and the car is good to go. So i picked it up. I took it on a test drive instead of home. Sitting at lights it trembles, just like it’s shaking the whole time. On acceleration on motorway i put my foot down and rather than quickly speeding up it will do a couple of chugs then begin to accelerate. Is that not a misfire? But no limp or fault showing.
Im still unsure if the cooling packs are/we’re the whole issue? Could it be more computery? I have to go away in the car at the beginning of March and I really don’t need to it dying/limping on the motorway and not sure if I should trust it?
Has anyone experienced issues like this? As I’m not sure what to do next as I know nothing about engines. I’m concerned about throwing money I don’t have at an issue that isn’t getting solved. Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated!
You have been a massive help!
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