2002 Peugeot 307 SW review from France

From the start the GPS navigation system has not been able to recognize the supplied navigation CD. The local Peugeot garage has had a new one on order for 2 months.

From the second day, the multi-function display has only ever started correctly one time in three starts. The other two thirds of the time the screen shows the Peugeot logo for five minutes, then switches itself off. The little orange light above the SOS button on the telematics unit remains illuminated. When this happens, the main "luxury" electrics (radio, CD-changer, clock, telephone, outside temperature, warning messages, and presumably the GPS if that had worked in the first place (!) etc) do not work. The garage have failed to diagnose this problem despite numerous attempts. I think they now want to replace the unit. I recently found that pressing the "Dark" button for seven seconds causes the unit to reinitialize and then restart properly - so the fault is now less annoying than it was.

The first time I received a call on the internal phone, the telematics unit reinitialized itself and the call was lost. However it has worked once or twice since.

The automatic window-shut facility failed - on a very wet night and I didn't notice!

The central locking system failed once.

Sometimes the automatic headlight fails to realize that it's time to switch off.

One of the occasional seats delivered with the car would not hold its upright position.

The windscreen washers froze at -4C and did not thaw until the second day of above freezing temperatures.

Like other reviews that I have seen, the car, as a means of transport, is a good car - it drives well, is safe, is stable, and is reasonably comfortable.

But, as with others, I find the electrics (or, more accurately in my case, the electronics) to be frustratingly poor.

The after-sales service seems incompetent. No "GPS specialist" that I have spoken to has the faintest idea what is going on.

The car is not as roomy as I hoped, but still roomy enough for my mix of children.

The seat configuration possibilities are impressive. The seats are much easier to remove/install than in my previous MPV, an 806, and have sliding adjustments, that the 806 did not have.