death to peugoet

Think the 307 was last or very near last in the reliability surveys out this year but that's hardly a surprise with them spontaneously combusting among other things since they were introduced. I drove one when they first came out and god it must have had the worst gearbox I've ever experienced, sadly it didn't go up in flames so I had to drive it on the way back from meeting also :(. A chap in work also had a rather nice blue looking one but even though it was brand new he got rid of it rather sharply and got a seat instead, must have had the poug for less than 3 months I reckon.
 
its quite funny because i had a 306 for 18 months and never had any problem. My mate then bought a 307 HDI and hes had no real problems with that either.
 
I’ve had 3 Fords, 2 Nissans 1 Honda and “ONE” and my only “ONE” pug 306 and it was a gawd awful car. The build quality was atrocious, the cabin rattled like a babies rattle and it would burn oil for no reason at all. For a fairly new ish car at the time, I was very shocked at just how bad it was. I could only stand driving the sodding thing for 3 months and then I just had to get shut of it.

I sensed trouble further down the line, so not to be saddled with any huge repair bills I got rid and took the hit with the massive devalue of the car, and knocked down a few years to buy another Ford. To this day, I think it was the smartest move I ever did was to get rid of the albatross lemon 306. The Ford Mondeo gave me years of trouble free motoring despite being three years older then the pug, until I bought a Honda, and NOW that IS a good car.

I can only echo this, do not buy a pug car. Nearly all French cars are pap, and many of them are pig ugly as well. It’s a shame Renault got their grubby mitts on Nissan, as I now avoid most Nissan cars as well. With exception to the R34 and 350Z, which I can’t afford anyhow.. LOL
 
God these posts really get my back up.
Guess what - you name any make/model and you'll find enough people who have had nothing but problems with them.
Yes that's right - even your precious Focus & Modeo's have issues you know.

I've got absolutely no problem with people coming onto a forum and voicing their opinion on a car they have owned.
However when the thread then fills up with hearsay and "I read somewhere" posts, non-owners telling us how terrible something is...
I'm now well into my third year of trouble free 307 ownership.
The car has been an absolute job to drive and it has never had a single thing go wrong with it.
Sure there was a safety recall on it - this issue was dealt with in a professional manner and fixed within a day.

The 307 was European car of the year in 2002 and has been adopted by numerous police forces around the country.
No that isn't purely on cost - if the vehicles were not reliable then they wouldn't be purchased.
Has anybody stopped to think that:

A. People only ever post when they are having problems. People don't post when all is well, so of course you are going to hear about issues with a make/model?
B. There are physically more 307's out there to go wrong than some of the lesser known makes/models?
The 307 is constantly in the top 10 selling cars in the UK meaning they are shifting a hell of a lot of them. Not bad considering (in the words of many non-owners) they are all rubbish, crap etc.

Now I'm sorry I didn't buy a Ford - I decided to look and drive numerous vehicles before I bought my 307.
It was a combination of looks, performance and price that actually made me go for it in the end.
I also purchased knowing full well about it's "reputation" out there.
However as this reputation has been made from a load of non-owners I decided to go ahead anyway and am more than pleased I did.

I'm sorry to hear about the OP problems, there is nothing more frustrating than a faulty car (thankfully all of my three brand new purchases in my life have all been trouble free).
But at the same time no matter what you'd bought you unfortunately take a risk.
You could have bought something entirely different and not had a single problem with it - it wouldn't have taken too long to find an owner who had the same level of issues that you've just had with your current vehicle.
 
Ive got a 106GTi, do around 30/40k a year and had it over 2 years now. In that time the clutch went at 50ish'k and the ABS pump died.
The ABS pump cost £20 from ebay, and the clutch I done myself.
Not too bad imo.

I work in the car parts trade, driveshafts are a common French part (not just peugeot, renault and citroen go through them fairly often too) although VW's seem to go through them quite often too.
 
My personal experience isn't good either. I've had three cars, first was a Fiat Punto M-reg with 40k on the clock, which was great as a first motor but the exhaust fell off one fateful day..

Second was a Peugeot 306, which was a year old when I bought it. After about eight months the gearbox went and I was told it would cost 1600 to fix it! I complained and Peugeot paid half, but I was still very disappointed - unlike some other posters, I think it was a great car to drive and the suspension was so much better over speed bumps than the Punto.

However, my current car for the last four years has been a Y-reg focus with 3k from new, and I've barely had any problems at all. It's sailed it's servicing and MOT's.. I will be sad to part with it, great car all told.

You will always get lemons with any make, but personally I would never buy another Peugeot again after my experience and subsequently having such a positive experience with another brand.
 
Tafkap said:
My personal experience isn't good either. I've had three cars, first was a Fiat Punto M-reg with 40k on the clock, which was great as a first motor but the exhaust fell off one fateful day..

Second was a Peugeot 306, which was a year old when I bought it. After about eight months the gearbox went and I was told it would cost 1600 to fix it! I complained and Peugeot paid half, but I was still very disappointed - unlike some other posters, I think it was a great car to drive and the suspension was so much better over speed bumps than the Punto.

However, my current car for the last four years has been a Y-reg focus with 3k from new, and I've barely had any problems at all. It's sailed it's servicing and MOT's.. I will be sad to part with it, great car all told.

You will always get lemons with any make, but personally I would never buy another Peugeot again after my experience and subsequently having such a positive experience with another brand.
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wasnt it under warranty?
 
The 307 and 206 are well deserving of the reputation as the worst cars on sale in Britain.

My friend has had a 2005 206 Auto from new. It's now done 8k miles and has had 2 new gearboxes, the entire instrument binnacle replaced, and the interior is falling to pieces. She wouldn't have minded if the dealers had been prompt and courteous but they werent. Trying to fob her off at every oppotunity with things like "The loud bang when the auto box shifts from 2nd to 3rd is normal" and "No you can't have an automatic courtesy car but you can have this manual one" (she only has an auto license).

She's still got a problem with the brakes squealing like mad and the PAS pump intermittantly refusing to work.

I will never, EVER buy a french car.
 
The interior on my 306 was by far the worse I’ve even had. The door panels were actually popping off on both sides, and the dash creaking was atrocious. The seats cracked, and the temperature gauge on mine always said it was -32c. It is by fair the worst interior I’d ever had in any car I’d ever owned.

After just a few months, I was glad to see the back of it, and the Mondeo proved to be a very reliable and well built car. I’m a past owner of a 306, and I’m allowed to moan about it, as it was a very poor car. I’ve since vowed to never buy a French car again as well.
 
Jamoor, I remember I was just a few weeks over the warranty period - sod's law!
Don't quote me, but at the time the 306 only had a year warranty and it was changed to two or three soon afterwards.

I could actually argue the 306 was the best driver's car I've experienced (having had plenty of hire cars), but such a shame about the reliability issues.
 
You buy a French car, you expect it to break.

Much as if you buy an Italian car, you should expect it to turn into a pile of iron oxide as soon as it's off the forecourt.

And if you buy a Japanese car, it will have a dull interior and and be generally uninspiring.

*n
 
Peugeots have great mechanicals and used to have great chassis' they also used to look pretty damn good on the outside, ever since they dumped the external design tems and let their froggy crackhead internal designers desighn the crap on the roads today, the mpv esq 206 and 307.

All my 306 diesls were spot on, yes they had minor eleccy gremlins and you could dent the door with a hard stare,but they werent half good to drive and the engines were peachy, just look at 205 gti, that car alone suggests they once had half a clue in car design.

But then i had a 307 hire car a while back and tbh the interior was better than the equivalent focus,astra imo loads of pockets and space and excellent visibility, chassis was utter trip tho.
 
Further to my earlier post:

If you buy a British car, you should expect that it has been put together by a trade unionist who refused to connect the brakes because he only had two biscuits with his morning cuppa rather than three.

*n
 
never had any problems (major ones) with my 206, gearbox, engine etc is fine

dunno how tinders can call it MPVesque though :confused:

plastics are pretty bad as is the driving position but its not bad for a first car

might also help if the OP learns how to spell peugeot too
 
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FWIW, I once had an F reg 309, it was crap to drive, but, nothing broke in the 6 months I ran it, and I only paid £125 for it - about 5 years back! it was also very good on fuel.

Changed it for an Escort TD that was considerably more thirsty! :rolleyes:

Can't say I'm drawn to another Peugeot.
 
Smiley Man said:
never had any problems (major ones) with my 206, gearbox, engine etc is fine

dunno how tinders can call it MPVesque though :confused:

plastics are pretty bad as is the driving position but its not bad for a first car

might also help if the OP learns how to spell peugeot too
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The driving position is too high, it deffo looks like a mini mpv!
 
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