lenny_peters76
C8 Rough Running Jerking Acceleration
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A 2009 Citroen C8 with 101,584 km is experiencing rough running, stalling at idle, and jerking during acceleration, accompanied by a check engine light. The suspected cause is a faulty ignition coil, possibly due to a defective cable or spark plug. After consulting with others who had similar issues, it was confirmed that the problem was indeed a defective ignition coil on cylinder 3, which was resolved by replacing the coil.
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lenny_peters76 (community.author)
Good shout on the spark plugs, I'll check those. Yeah, I'm going to hook it up to a code reader tomorrow. When you had the issue, what code did you get?
sophiebrown7
If I remember correctly, the error code indicated a misfire on one of the cylinders. I'm pretty sure it was a defective ignition coil in the end. I recommend you to get your C8 checked by a mechanic. In my case the repair cost was around 95€.
lenny_peters76 (community.author)
Thanks a lot for the info! I took it to a local shop and, yup, it was the ignition coil on cylinder 3. New coil fitted and she's running smooth as butter now. Really appreciate the help!
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sophiebrown7
Sounds familiar. I had similar symptoms in my C8. Rough running, stalling… the whole nine yards. Before throwing parts at it, did you check the spark plugs? Also, have you had the vehicle diagnostics ran to pull the error code? That check engine light should be telling you something.