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I am in a strange situation. My Citroen C4 Grand Picasso is in good shape, no problems and we are very satisfied with it. However Citroen are trying to have it scrapped, saying it was one of 841 vehicles flooded in Italy in 2009 which they then scrapped. Apart from the obvious fact that the car is in one piece, subsequent examinations have shown Citroen’s accusations to be untrue. Unfortunately the authorities here in Slovak, probably because of the large PSA factory here, have accepted Citroen’s accusations as fact and are trying to force my car off the road.
Background
Friday 6 February 2009
The town of Livorno was hit by a violent storm which caused flooding of up to
40cm which drained away within a few hours.

Citroen and Peugeot claim that 841 vehicles stored in Livorno were so badly flood damaged that they were later scrapped. 40cm (or less) of fresh water should not damage a car enough to write it off, especially as the flood water receded quickly after the storm. Citroen transport the vehicles from Italy, to
France and send them to a company Coram Auto S.p.A.S. (Coram Careco) with the stated intention of scrapping them. As evidence of scrapping, Coram returned VIN plates and sent photos of cut outs from car frames with VIN numbers. Citroen mentioned that they had also been issued with a certificate to this effect,
although to date we have not seen any such certificate. Citroen say that Coram was responsible for the manner in which the vehicles were to be scrapped / recycled, they gave no instructions.
http://www.telecom.gov.sk/index/index.php?ids=101613

April 2009
Citroen Slovakia supplied a Slovak firm, Epitex, 54 sets of VIN numbers for cars, including our VIN number, which they say they had already scrapped. The police check these when registering a car imported from an EU country.

Our car has been STKed (MOTed) and we is fine. Other people affected here is Slovakia have comprehensive test reports from experts stating clearly that their car had never been flooded.

Citroen deny any responsibility for this situation and have offered no compensation and even refuse to discuss a trade-in or carrying out a comprehensive check to see if the car was flooded with the aim of allowing us to use it if it is successful.

There are 841 cars like this around Europe. This mainly affects Citroen and Peugeot cars from early 2009 (although some of the cars that they had were from 2007 and they hadn’t been able to sell them before this ‘insurance claim’). If you are thinking about buying a second-hand Citroen, think again.
Once again the full list of VINs are available here (the text is in Slovak but scroll down for the VINS. Please contact me if you have an affected vehicle.