Citroen DS3 Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss Problems

Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss Problems and faults
Car judders / shakes and engine stop light comes on

When i start the car, first of all a message comes on saying ( Engine fault, Repair needed) then if i drive off after a few minutes another message comes on saying (Stop , Low oil pressure ) then the car judders to a halt.

2015 Citroen DS3 DS3
Posted: Mar 12, 2024
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Intermittent Noise When First Turning Over and Changing Gears

So I had a knock in May, since then my car has been making an intermittent noise when first turning over or changing gears/being in too low a gear. I had all my belts changed before the accident and had them checked over however, the noise ...

2014 Citroen DS3 1.6 EHDI
Posted: Aug 15, 2023
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DS3 Sport 2012 faults.

Last 6 months on starting engine fault light come on. A few seconds later fan comes on. turn off motor , fan still running and will only turn off by disconnecting battery or letting the motor run until warmed up . It also has a french cough...

2012 Citroen DS3 turbo
Posted: Nov 4, 2022
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2017 citroen ds ds3 convertible

Engine management light came on and warning message states that there is a engine fault have repaired immediately Smell of strong ammonia from engine air vents and exhaust system Baills of white smoke from exhaust pipe Its 1.6 diesel eng...

2017 Citroen DS3 Dsds3
Posted: Oct 3, 2022
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Temperature sensor

I need to replace the temperature cooling sensor I've stripped down the right hand side but i can still not find whee it goes or find where it is located. Can anyone help please

2013 Citroen DS3 16 tph
Posted: Aug 31, 2022
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Intimitent sensors and actuators

Engine light came on said sensors were intimitent, changed them. Then said actuators were intimitent, changed them. Engine management light is back on for same reason? Could it be an electrical fault?

2015 Citroen DS3 1.2
Posted: Jul 2, 2022
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Limp mode won’t go faster than 50mph..

Went into limp mode when driving. Unsure what has happened. Reset codes using OBD machine and has now gone back to normal. A few codes showed up, sensors ect.

2013 Citroen DS3 1.6 THP 16V 155 DSport Red 3dr
Posted: Jun 5, 2022
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Engine smokes but then wont start

the engine starts runs slite hesitation smokes when reved stop it then wont start like its out of fuel

2062 Citroen DS3 16hdi
Posted: Nov 13, 2021
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STOP TEMP FAULT

We are having exactly the same problem. Our DS3 has been back to the garage several times to with no avail & several hundreds of pounds lighter in our pockets. I've once again had to ring the garage this morning after it was supposedly "fix...

2012 Citroen DS3 auto
Posted: Sep 23, 2021
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After a short run the engine wont start for 20 to 30 minutes.

Engine refuses to start after a short journey. Diagnostic code shows P0341 and refers to " Camshaft Angle Sensor" The car is Diesel and when trying to start it seems to be starved of fuel. There are no engine management lights on when engin...

2013 Citroen DS3 1.6
Posted: Aug 17, 2021
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Engine cutting out, idling rough, cruise control inactive, stop start inactive

A broad list of problems to try to pin down, but they do seem to all happen around the same time. This problem intermittently comes, gets progressively worse over the course of weeks, gets really truly bad, and then from time to time goes c...

2013 Citroen DS3 D-sport E-HDI 1.6
Posted: May 27, 2021
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Fan running

On monday eve it smelt strongly of petrol but soon went ,i noticed once going into 3rd a slight shudder.tues Thurs was fine. Thursday drove to work fine after work Engine light on Fan running as soon as it starts. (Been told it went into li...

2016 Citroen DS3 Performance
Posted: May 15, 2021
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Power steering fault and car not starting

I have had the same problems as below with the radio cutting out and restarting with the clock resetting each time however yesterday morning my car wouldn't start and have had to jump start 3 times in the last 2 days and tonight it popped u...

2015 Citroen DS3 1.2
Posted: Oct 30, 2020
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