Very strange car fault - Citroen C2 - fuse box? BSI? BSM? Please help

[DPG]

Sadly this sort of fault can be incredibly difficult to find, even by decent diagnostic places.

Someone I knew a few years ago had a Vauxhall Astra which started having electrical problems from when it was nearly new. After many trips to the dealers, and much work having been done (including replacing a lot of the wiring), they scrapped it and supplied an alternative car.

I do hope you can get it sorted though. It's one of those where at some point you may have to cut you losses though.

 

[agi1190]

So - I have my car back, nothing fixed. The mechanic said that car was starting every day when it was round his garage, and he said there isn't much he can do without going to Citroen for proper scanning and fault finding, which they charge a fortune for, not worth for such an old (and cheap) car. Probably going to sell it for parts, which will see me end up with £400 for it (tops), while in April I've paid for the vehicle £1700. Either I've been terribly unlucky with the car or the fault was masked by the seller back in April, I'm glad to see it go as I honestly hate it now.

 

[agi1190]

At least the mechanic didn't charge me anything as he couldn't fix it over the last week.

 

[DPG]

Yes it seems like it's time to cut your losses I think.

 

[ruston]

The auto electrician is correct about the codes. There are some codes that only the manufactures and approved dealers have access to. It is expensive to have them scanned.
Just maybe to take the sting out of it a bit, I doubt that the seller would of been able to mask that fault if a trained auto electrician could not find it.

 

[Ziggie]

Perhaps the man has fixed it and you will be ok

 

[Griff0n]

Did you find out the cause of the electrical problem? I have a C2 with similar symptoms (electrics are dead most of the time but will sometimes come to life and work perfectly). Seems like a bad contact but earths are all OK. I'm starting to suspect its a faulty BSI relay.