Post by jimconnachan on Jun 15, 2009 16:55:04 GMT
Ant,
Just a short note to let you know that we had a broken front offside suspension spring whilst in Belgium. The Citroen garage said that there was a bad batch of these produced and that ours was one of them.(we have an Outlook based on the 2.0 HDI engine). We had to go to France,very gently, as the delivery time in Benelux was 3 weeks. New springs were fitted at a Renault garage ,recommended by the insurance,in Gravelines. The same problem exists in other Citroen models and in the Renault Twingo.
(The Citroen garage said that the spring only broke while the vehicle was stationary and this was the case with us.)
Another problem,which may be of interest to other Outlook owners,was we had two severed wires(earth and neutral) in the connector plug on the side of the van. It took me some time to diagnose this as we got a connection at some campsites and not at others. I had to dismantle the plug
and try to pull enough cable through to reconnect the wires. Romahome didn't leave much spare cable to do this and it took some time to pull the wire through.
I hope this will help van owners who may have similar problems in the future.
Jim Connachan
Just a short note to let you know that we had a broken front offside suspension spring whilst in Belgium. The Citroen garage said that there was a bad batch of these produced and that ours was one of them.(we have an Outlook based on the 2.0 HDI engine). We had to go to France,very gently, as the delivery time in Benelux was 3 weeks. New springs were fitted at a Renault garage ,recommended by the insurance,in Gravelines. The same problem exists in other Citroen models and in the Renault Twingo.
(The Citroen garage said that the spring only broke while the vehicle was stationary and this was the case with us.)
Another problem,which may be of interest to other Outlook owners,was we had two severed wires(earth and neutral) in the connector plug on the side of the van. It took me some time to diagnose this as we got a connection at some campsites and not at others. I had to dismantle the plug
and try to pull enough cable through to reconnect the wires. Romahome didn't leave much spare cable to do this and it took some time to pull the wire through.I hope this will help van owners who may have similar problems in the future.
Jim Connachan