cam belt c5 hdi

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Sat 9 Apr 2005 21:49
cam belt c5 hdi - mpm
Has any 1 experienced a broken cam belt on the above at 78k miles, blowing the engine massive repair job service hand book states on this model change at 100k, citroen denies all responsibilty.......thinking of going to small claims court ...
any advise?
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Sat 9 Apr 2005 22:51
cam belt c5 hdi - bikemade3
Not personally, but if it was a car i had bought either from new or secondhand and had Citroen FSH, serviced when due, and Citroen were denying all responsibility i'ld get a engineers report done send it to the dealership manager ( recorded delivery) with a soliciters letter demanding action be taken. If not then SCC route to recover cost.

Early 1990's i bought a 2ndhand Ford Orion with 56K from local Ford dealers with 3 months warranty. 1 Week before then end of the 3 month period it lost reverse and fifth selections in the box. Dealership took it back in to diagnose and found collapsed bearings at both ends of the shaft."Well then", i said "get it repaired", "can't do that sir Fair wear and tear", not covered by the warranty so unless you authorise us to proceed or pay for the work to strip the gearbox then it's staying with us.

Paid about £50 IIRC for soliciters letter threatening this and that and sent it recorded delivery.

Suddenly this was not a FWAT issue and it would be repaired FOC.

Small Claims Court recovered the cost of the soliciter. Funnily enough i've never been back to them and about 5/6 years ago they were no longer a Ford dealership.Garages like that deserve to go out of business and i have no sympathy for anyone made redundant as a result.
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Sun 10 Apr 2005 20:29
cam belt c5 hdi - mpm
many thanks for the advise :-)
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Mon 11 Apr 2005 21:19
cam belt c5 hdi - Bromptonaut
Belt itself gone or is it rubber/metal pulley delaminating?

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Wed 13 Apr 2005 19:27
cam belt c5 hdi - mpm
cam belt ......as far as we know (according to the garage)
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