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Lack of steering wheel adjustment on Citroen C5 X?

I test drove the new Citroen C5 X the other week and it was everything I'd hoped it would be. However, I am perplexed on why a car with its prestige aspirations does not have steering wheel reach adjustment, only rake. I am tall and always need the driver's seat at its furthest position but the test model had the electric seats and I guess all the motors limited the seat's travel and I wasn't left noticeably reaching for the wheel. But, I also sat in a version without electric seats and the seat travel was so much greater that my arms were ramrod straight just to touch the steering wheel. My feet reached the pedals just fine and were exactly as I expected a car this length to be. Is this some cost-cutting exercise or a more technical or safety reason for not adding telescopic steering adjustment?

Asked on 25 August 2022 by Jeremy Maynard

Answered by Lawrence Allan
Are you sure the car you drove didn't have a problem, or you tried to adjust it correctly? A colleague and I have both driven the C5 X and our examples both had telescopic/reach adjustment on them. We'd be double checking with the dealer as we see no reason why it shouldn't be fitted to customer cars.
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