Front suspension won't go down

[Ian46s]

Hi all I'm new hear I've got a Citroen c5 estate 2009 20lhdi went in for mot had to have wishbone bushes done and cv boots got it back and now the front suspension won't go up or down the back will drop but front won't its back in the garage but he is scratching his head is there any ideas of wat is wrong or I can do thank you

[myglaren]

Welcome to the FCF!
Have them check the height corrector and linkages on the anti roll bar.
I imagine they have disturbed something there, either disconnected the 'dog bone' link, distorted or loosened the clamp on the anti roll bar or disconnected the plug on the height corrector itself.

Make sure they are very careful when working on it as the car can drop very rapidly when it is fiddled with.

[Stickyfinger]

Sounds like they lifted it without setting the suspension height correctly......I hope they have not over pressurised the LDS tank or damaged the strut seals !

[GiveMeABreak]

That was going to be my next thoughts as well!

@Ian46s: I suggest you get yourself some of these and have a read through this post:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=62058

If the garage is not familiar with these cars and the precautions they need to take, then they shouldn't be working on them. I would suggest that as a result of the height correction being out of kilter, that you take it to Citroen and get the other garage to pay for the height correction work to be undertaken. They will have to run a diagnostic on the height control sensors, then undertake the height measurement calculation and procedures and then adjust the sensor clamps and / or fine tune the reference heights with Diagbox.

[Ian46s]

He said that he had the suspension rite up before he jacked it up i won't be able to find out now until Monday when he is back from his holiday now he's had the car for a month now was just supposed to go in for mot but I knew myself that it needed wishbone bushes and the cv boots before it went