I have a 20 HDi Desire Berlingo which I have owned from new in 2005. It's just reached 85000 miles and is still going strongly - most of the time. About 6 months ago I was driving home from work (Bolton to Manchester) and when I got onto the motorway I had no power. Foot to the floor the revs stuck at 2000 and I couldn't get any speed up beyong 40-50 mph. I managed to get home and the next day the car was fine.
Skip forward to about three weeks ago and the same thing happened only this time there was a beep and the yellow engine warning light came on. I took it to Citroen in Sale who had it for 2 days... and were none the wiser. The fault was easy to spot - the turbo wasn't working. Finding out why has been a mystery. Everything mechanical checked out fine and the electronics of the car are reporting no faults, even when it is faulting!
After two days of checking and testing the car had stopped faulting and so was given back to me with a "bring it back when it goes wrong again" message.
Well it was fine until a week ago when it faulted again for a drive back from Preston but again cured itself once the engine had been switched off and then on again.
Today it failed yet again and this time seems to have stuck. I've been to Bolton and back and switched off and on a few times but the turbo (I guess) is still not working. The engine warning light is back on again as well. Bizarrely it seems to have a little more power than previously as eventually it will sluggishly drag iteself to 65mph in 5th but the revs are still holding around 2000 max.
Note that the fault seems to occur from starting off - I have never been on the motorway at speed and then lost power. I've been able to feel it pulling away from a standing start though it is less noticeable below 30 mph.
I'm going back to Citroen tomorrow but would be really grateful for any suggestions or similar experiences. I know sadly little about modern cars but don't fancy taking it back again and again to Citroen paying a diagnostic fee and getting nowhere. Likewise I don't want to pay £500 for a new engine management computer only to find it doesn't cure the fault. So please... any help gratefully received!
Skip forward to about three weeks ago and the same thing happened only this time there was a beep and the yellow engine warning light came on. I took it to Citroen in Sale who had it for 2 days... and were none the wiser. The fault was easy to spot - the turbo wasn't working. Finding out why has been a mystery. Everything mechanical checked out fine and the electronics of the car are reporting no faults, even when it is faulting!
After two days of checking and testing the car had stopped faulting and so was given back to me with a "bring it back when it goes wrong again" message.
Well it was fine until a week ago when it faulted again for a drive back from Preston but again cured itself once the engine had been switched off and then on again.
Today it failed yet again and this time seems to have stuck. I've been to Bolton and back and switched off and on a few times but the turbo (I guess) is still not working. The engine warning light is back on again as well. Bizarrely it seems to have a little more power than previously as eventually it will sluggishly drag iteself to 65mph in 5th but the revs are still holding around 2000 max.
Note that the fault seems to occur from starting off - I have never been on the motorway at speed and then lost power. I've been able to feel it pulling away from a standing start though it is less noticeable below 30 mph.
I'm going back to Citroen tomorrow but would be really grateful for any suggestions or similar experiences. I know sadly little about modern cars but don't fancy taking it back again and again to Citroen paying a diagnostic fee and getting nowhere. Likewise I don't want to pay £500 for a new engine management computer only to find it doesn't cure the fault. So please... any help gratefully received!