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How reliable is YOUR XM???| citroenxm |
Posted: November 23, 2012 02:53 pm
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Andre's Mate  Group: Members Posts: 2058 Member No.: 257 Joined: October 10, 2005  |
Well.. For those people who THINK the XM is unreliable, well Ive just read a shock report in the Telegraph Online..
When your stuck at home, house bound you'll do anything to pass the time, anyway, I have the motoring section of the Telegraph book marked because some rather interesting stories DO turn up, not least this one. They have got the top 10 LEAST Reliable cars.. the list is shocking.. The MORE Points they have the worse they are.. 10. Citroen XM with 438 points 09. Land Rover RANGE Rover. 2002 on with 442 points 08. Porsche 911 2001 to 06 with 442 points 07. Bentley Continental GT 2003 on. with 490 points 06. Audi A6 Allroad 2000 - 2005 with 502 points 05. Mercedez CL 2000 - 2007 with 512 points 04. Mercedez V Class (Van) 1996 - 2004 with 547 points 03 Mercedez SL convertible 2002 with 555 points 02. BMW M5 2004 to 2011 with 717 points and the shock top spot for least reliable car goes to.. 01. Audi RS6 2002 - 2011 with 1,282 points Sooo whos laughing now! The XM is the most reliable least reliable car!! Funny thing is most of the list is german, which the press would have has the best metal in the world..... Whos laughing now! -------------------- 1993 K Reg 3.0 V6 12 Valve Auto (Green) LPG S1.5 SORNd
1990 H reg 3.0 V6 24 valve Manual. Grey S1 SORNd 1991 H reg 2.1 SED td Manual, Maroon. SORNd 1992 K reg 2.1 SD Manual. Getting ready to sell on 1998 V reg Xantia HDi Exclusive Silver Location: YOU'LL NEVER FIND ME!! |
 
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| xmexclusive |
Posted: November 23, 2012 04:24 pm
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Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 2877 Member No.: 144 Joined: April 06, 2005 |
Hi Paul
Factor in the fact that the XM is on average 10 years older than all the worse cars on the list then it is doing very well. The average age of the rest is about 7 or 8 years old against 18 for the XM's. John -------------------- An interest in 2.5TD's.
Location: Hampshire, U.K. |
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| citroenxm |
Posted: November 23, 2012 04:27 pm
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Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 2058 Member No.: 257 Joined: October 10, 2005 |
Hi John,
Precesely - my thoughts exactly, most who own any of the others wouldn't even consider an XM ... -------------------- 1993 K Reg 3.0 V6 12 Valve Auto (Green) LPG S1.5 SORNd
1990 H reg 3.0 V6 24 valve Manual. Grey S1 SORNd 1991 H reg 2.1 SED td Manual, Maroon. SORNd 1992 K reg 2.1 SD Manual. Getting ready to sell on 1998 V reg Xantia HDi Exclusive Silver Location: YOU'LL NEVER FIND ME!! |
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| CitroJim |
Posted: November 23, 2012 04:49 pm
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 Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 56 Member No.: 1465 Joined: January 19, 2009 |
Well that's not bad then. There was I thinking the XM was the least reliable. Good to see it's only just made the top ten
 Interesting that the top 8 are all Jerrymobiles and that we're all led to believe they're the most reliable of the lot... Umm, well... -------------------- Jim
'96 Xantia Activa '97 XM ES9 V6 '98 Xantia V6 S2 Love is.... An XM! |
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| Peter.N. |
Posted: November 23, 2012 08:01 pm
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 Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 3414 Member No.: 78 Joined: August 31, 2004 |
Once I got to understand the XM and was able to maintain it properly mine were utterly reliable. I did one or two trips to the far North of Scotland each year and just got in and drove without any preparation except routine servicing.
The last actual breakdown I had must have been at least 10 years ago and that was only because the o/s drive shaft centre bearing had disintegrated and the shaft slid out of the diff - if I had known at the time I could have slid it back in again and driven home. The green one that came to a sad end was completely reliable for 70,000 miles after I fitted a head gasket. I did have a few problems in the early days but they were largely down to my ignorance. Peter -------------------- Used to have:
'96 'N' 2.1 td VSX manual estate White RP6695. '01 'Y' 406 GXL Hdi 110 manual estate silver '01 C5 estate 2.0. Hdi 110hp manual Located in Charmouth, Dorset. U.K. Blower transistors MJ 11015 |
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| nightmare |
Posted: December 04, 2012 06:04 pm
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Member No.: 1849 Joined: January 24, 2012 |
I've only had two actual breakdowns in mine that stopped me from using it in over four years and over 40,000 miles.
1, Auxillary belt tensioner broke 2, electrical fault caused by FUSES being used in place of SHUNT'S(took a while to sort that one out!) So I would say that they are a very reliable car (especially for it's age. 1995 reg and 187,236 miles) P.S. Thats jinxed it now  This post has been edited by nightmare on December 04, 2012 06:06 pm -------------------- XM 2.5TD Exclusive "N" Reg Emerald green RP 6679 (Resting)
Xantia 1.9td SX "L" Reg Emerald green RP 6099 (R.I.P.) Buckie Scotland |
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| Zaphod |
Posted: December 07, 2012 12:10 pm
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 369 Member No.: 368 Joined: May 08, 2006 |
No suprise at all I have been saying for years that german cars are utter overated junk!
-------------------- Of all the things I have lost I think I miss my mind the most
Half of all 1994 S2 2.0 TCT Exclusive Manuals remaining, where is the other one? 1992 Range Rover V8 Vogue SE LPG 1985 Golf GTI 8v 1975 MG Midget 1959 Austin Healey Sprite |
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