Citroën C4 Picasso Warning Lights

About the C4 Picasso

The Citroen C4 Picasso was first launched in 2006 and enjoyed a production run that has just ended in 2022. It’s important to get the exact naming correct, however, because the C4 Picasso had a number of different names and badges depending on the exact variant, and the model year in which one was buying it.

The Picasso is a minivan available both in a 5-seater and 7-seater configuration. It was manufactured from 2006 to 2022, but 2018 was an important name-changing year. Before 2018, the 5-seater C4 Picasso was known as the Citroen C4 Picasso, but after 2018 it became the Citroen C4 SpaceTourer. The 7-seater version was called the Grand C4 Picasso, and then the Grand C4 SpaceTourer after 2018.

In all, there were 2 generations, the first running from 2006 to 2013, and the second from 2013 until the conclusion of production in 2022. After initially disappointing Euro NCAP safety testing results in 2006, the C4 Picasso got a retest in 2009, in which it achieved the much-needed 5-star rating. Those results matter a lot for an obvious family car.

Practicality was the first thing people thought of when looking at cars like the C4 Picasso. The second-generation models had 19 cubic feet of cargo space when all the seats were up, and when you laid everything flat --- including the front passenger seat --- the car could comfortably carry objects up to 2.5 meters in length.

In some markets, with the arrival of the Citroen C5 Aircross, the need for a 5-seater C4 Picasso decreased greatly, prompting Citroen to drop the 5-seater configuration in 2019, and cease all production in 2020 in most of its key markets.

The C4 Picasso won over a lot of skeptics who had previously never thought of buying a family minivan before. The particular allure was in the unique front-end design where the daytime running lights were cleverly placed above the regular headlights, which many found a more logical layout, including many prominent reviewers.