Does anyone here drive a Citroen Berlingo with the 8" touch screen?

[HappyHippyDad]

I have just bought a new fancy van as the old renault trafic had done 213,000 miles and needed a rest.

The new van is a 1.5L Citroen Berlingo (2022) blue hdi. LWB. It is the driver pro trim.

I am really struggling to understand the vast majority of the controls and it would be good to ask someone a few questions. Does anyone have one a fairly new one which would have the same controls and touchscreen?

Firstly, I cant even change the flashing time on the touchscreen!! I have to sit in the van with the engine running in order to play with the controls, otherwise all the screens go blank after 5 minutes as it's in energy saving mode which I have no ideas how to switch off, or even if you can switch it off.

As you can tell, I am losing the plot. My old van was simple and I should have kept it simple!

The manual is not very good. I can only find it online rather than in a paper copy and it just isn't clear how you get from one step to the next.

 

[nicebutdim]

Buy a walkman.

Happy to be of assistance

 

[westward10]

Not sure anyone will admit to driving a Berlingo least admit to it being a fancy van.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Buy a walkman.

Happy to be of assistance

Cheeky xxxxxx!

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Not sure anyone will admit to driving a Berlingo least admit to it being a fancy van.

You make a couple of genuinely fair points

 

[westward10]

My father in law has some kind of Korean thing and twice a year I sit there for 10 minutes remembering how to change the time. Have you tried YouTube because I am sure some nerd has posted this I have done this a couple of times with mine and family cars.

 

[nicebutdim]

No idea why, but my car doesn't automatically adjust the clock with time changes - possibly because I never listen to the radio.

It can take me anywhere from a few days to several months to get around to figuring this out each time.

 

[Penguin]

I have just bought a new fancy van as the old renault trafic had done 213,000 miles and needed a rest.

The new van is a 1.5L Citroen Berlingo (2022) blue hdi. LWB. It is the driver pro trim.

I am really struggling to understand the vast majority of the controls and it would be good to ask someone a few questions. Does anyone have one a fairly new one which would have the same controls and touchscreen?

Firstly, I cant even change the flashing time on the touchscreen!! I have to sit in the van with the engine running in order to play with the controls, otherwise all the screens go blank after 5 minutes as it's in energy saving mode which I have no ideas how to switch off, or even if you can switch it off.

As you can tell, I am losing the plot. My old van was simple and I should have kept it simple!

The manual is not very good. I can only find it online rather than in a paper copy and it just isn't clear how you get from one step to the next.

I know what your going through. I had programming issues.! (Which I put down to OLD GIT syndrome).

My easy answer/resolve was to give the issue to my 22year old apprentice, who contacted Citroen, and had it all set up within his lunch break.

(he does come in handy sometimes).

 

[mainline]

I have just bought a new fancy van as the old renault trafic had done 213,000 miles and needed a rest.

The new van is a 1.5L Citroen Berlingo (2022) blue hdi. LWB. It is the driver pro trim.

I am really struggling to understand the vast majority of the controls and it would be good to ask someone a few questions. Does anyone have one a fairly new one which would have the same controls and touchscreen?

Firstly, I cant even change the flashing time on the touchscreen!! I have to sit in the van with the engine running in order to play with the controls, otherwise all the screens go blank after 5 minutes as it's in energy saving mode which I have no ideas how to switch off, or even if you can switch it off.

As you can tell, I am losing the plot. My old van was simple and I should have kept it simple!

The manual is not very good. I can only find it online rather than in a paper copy and it just isn't clear how you get from one step to the next.

 

[littlespark]

I’ve had two berlingos, but not as new as that. Didn’t have a problem.


Is the clock set done with stalks on steering column for the clock on instrument panel and automatically updates the screen?

 

[nicebutdim]

I’ve had two berlingos, but not as new as that. Didn’t have a problem.

Bedford CF vans were also trouble free where infotainment systems are concerned.

 

[westward10]

No idea why, but my car doesn't automatically adjust the clock with time changes - possibly because I never listen to the radio.

It can take me anywhere from a few days to several months to get around to figuring this out each time.

I have had a new Caddy and have a Fiesta ST3, a couple of years old and neither change the clock automatically.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

My father in law has some kind of Korean thing and twice a year I sit there for 10 minutes remembering how to change the time. Have you tried YouTube because I am sure some nerd has posted this I have done this a couple of times with mine and family cars.

Westward, you do realise that the vast majority on here probably class you as a nerd.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

I found that one. I press settings and a completely different screen comes up on mine. Appreciate the time taken to look and post link though.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Westward, you do realise that the vast majority on here probably class you as a nerd.

The worrying thing is, that will probably please you

 

[nicebutdim]

I found that one. I press settings and a completely different screen comes up on mine. Appreciate the time taken to look and post link though.

French motor manufacturers used to be renowned for inconsistency with parts.

You could have three different clutches or ball joints fitted to the same vehicle spec from the same year of manufacture.

Perhaps the same applies to infotainment system firmware?

 

[Moley]

Bedford CF vans were also trouble free where infotainment systems are concerned.

I've got (most) of a CF happily rusting away on my drive. 1984 CF 'facelift' model. I found the infotainment system really awkward, mainly because I couldn't find one

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Got my 15 year old son to sit in the van with me.

Literally 15 seconds later he got into the time and date settings and put it all correctly.

I also couldn't work out how to get the sat nav working. I thought it was something to do with a subscription payment for the 'connect nav' thing etc etc, complicated! 5 seconds later he has pressed one button (the sat nav button) and then programmes in our route.

I am feeling old!
I am having a beer.

 

[nicebutdim]

I also couldn't work out how to get the sat nav working. I thought it was something to do with a subscription payment for the 'connect nav' thing etc etc, complicated! 5 seconds later he has pressed one button (the sat nav button) and then programmes in our route.

I guess there's a certain logic in that.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

I guess there's a certain logic in that.

Yep, I deliberately wrote that to show you how silly I was. It was a little compass sign that I was too scared to press, thinking the van may blow up.

 

[Moley]

too scared to press, thinking the van may blow up.

It's a Berlingo. There's still time

 

[HappyHippyDad]

I'm not telling anyone when I buy another new van in 10 years.

 

[mainline]

I'm not telling anyone when I buy another new van in 10 years.

Years or months

 

[timhoward]

Years or months

If it’s a diesel Berlingo then then engine will likely be running (obviously with the engine management light on) on the day it is scrapped.
It will be bodywork, electrics, or a hopelessly inaccessible broken part that will eventually kill it.

 

[Penguin]

Great answer. But I still thing that giving the programming issue to one of my 22year old apprentices is just as good.

 

[Penguin]

Years or months

What COLOUR is it????

If that helps ? LoL

 

[Yozza19]

I have just bought a new fancy van as the old renault trafic had done 213,000 miles and needed a rest.

The new van is a 1.5L Citroen Berlingo (2022) blue hdi. LWB. It is the driver pro trim.

I am really struggling to understand the vast majority of the controls and it would be good to ask someone a few questions. Does anyone have one a fairly new one which would have the same controls and touchscreen?

Firstly, I cant even change the flashing time on the touchscreen!! I have to sit in the van with the engine running in order to play with the controls, otherwise all the screens go blank after 5 minutes as it's in energy saving mode which I have no ideas how to switch off, or even if you can switch it off.

As you can tell, I am losing the plot. My old van was simple and I should have kept it simple!

The manual is not very good. I can only find it online rather than in a paper copy and it just isn't clear how you get from one step to the next.

Make sure you constantly cheak the ouil and service 6 months

Real bad engine and oil burners.

 

[nicebutdim]

Oddly enough the few guys I know who drive older Berlingos never seem to have any problems.

 

[Yozza19]

Oddly enough the few guys I know who drive older Berlingos never seem to have any problems.

1.4 and 1.6 were superb vans newer 1.5 is awful we’ve had 3 fully serviced 69 plates suffer engine failure less than 60k on each

 

[Penguin]

I have just bought a new fancy van as the old renault trafic had done 213,000 miles and needed a rest.

The new van is a 1.5L Citroen Berlingo (2022) blue hdi. LWB. It is the driver pro trim.

I am really struggling to understand the vast majority of the controls and it would be good to ask someone a few questions. Does anyone have one a fairly new one which would have the same controls and touchscreen?

Firstly, I cant even change the flashing time on the touchscreen!! I have to sit in the van with the engine running in order to play with the controls, otherwise all the screens go blank after 5 minutes as it's in energy saving mode which I have no ideas how to switch off, or even if you can switch it off.

As you can tell, I am losing the plot. My old van was simple and I should have kept it simple!

The manual is not very good. I can only find it online rather than in a paper copy and it just isn't clear how you get from one step to the next.

Is the New Van ‘ULEZ’ & fitted with an ‘AIR FRESHENER’ hanging from the rear view mirror.??
As his could effect your electronics.!


(Thankyou for making my day.!
I’ll stop now).

 

[Penguin]

Make sure you constantly cheak the ouil and service 6 months

Real bad engine and oil burners.

Also ‘Timing Belt/Strap thing’
I lost 2x Citroen Berlingo’s…

First one, was taking the trade sellers word that it had been changed and done.

The Second, letting an apprentice take the vehicle home at night and use for the weekend..! Wrong Move (without tracker).

 

[littlespark]

My first berlingo died of a snapped handbrake cable…. Rolled downhill into a parked lorry trailer.

Sold the second one back to the garage I bought it from after getting the VW T5 tranny I’ve got now.

I thought they were good little vans… but the near-horizontal cup holders were a strange design choice…. The ones just below the air vents.

 

[mainline]

Oddly enough the few guys I know who drive older Berlingos never seem to have any problems.

Are you sure they still actually drive and did you look for the Flintstone holes in the footwell