I have just bought a used 2003 Citroen C3 1.6 Manual amp; Automatic Petrol. The car is in good condition and the engine is superb. The transmission is great. But there s clicking sound noise whenever the gear is changed to or from Reverse R . 3. Posted May 23, 2008. Ballykine43 said: car is a 2003 C3 1.4 SX PETROL Manual. Problem. Difficult gearchange, esp three to four, and also engaging reverse. Not stiff, no rasping, just as if there was not enough travel in the mechanism to allow the gears to engage. There is no adjustment possible. I changed the transmission filter. and transmission oil the other day and it did not want to shift into higher gear. I normally pull over at 190 and let cool down but it is getting up to 190 way faster now. I have blown out the coolant line also. I do not want to tear my transmission oil up. Any suggestions. Sloppy Gear lever. I have fixed my problem. The cause was a lot of wear in the link between the selector rod and gear lever. There are no plastic or other bushes here, just a welded 'turned' rod on the selector rod and the 'hole' for the rod to pass through on the end of the gear lever. this welded rod has a nut and washer which secures the two. SOURCE: Hi ive got a citroen dispatch van 1.6 hdi 07 you surprise me,these vehicles are bullet proof under normal circumstances and yes the syncros can wear out like any make of vehicle ,but this old grandad who passed his test in a viva with no syncro on first gear ,and passed his hgv on a vehicle with no syncros at all was taught to drive in a different era and rule one was neutral and The interiors of the eC3 are identical to the regular C3, barring a few EV-specific changes. For starters, you don’t get the manual gear lever, but instead, there’s the transmission mode selector. The design is the same as the C5 Aircross facelift and it’s very convenient to use. Next up, you have two pedals instead of three. Make: Citroen Model: C3 Engine size/Type: 1.4 Petrol Manual Year: 2005 Mileage: 107k So I had just parked the car and wanted to slightly correct my parking by going into reverse. So I pressed the clutch pedal and put the shifter into reverse, then it sounded like something had slipped(Not 100% sure, can't remember the exact moment) and all of a Citroen, Toyota and Peugeot Clutch Issues. Over the last few years we’ve had numerous Citroen C1, Toyota Aygo and Peugeot 107 models come into our clutch repair shop with a similar clutch fault. If you are experiencing any troubles with your car, be sure to first contact a local garage to get the issue checked out, if the problem you are Wfy0ib.