1999 Peugeot 106 GTi from UK and Ireland - Comments

I have had my Pug 106GTI for about 2 weeks, at first everything was OK, but after 7 or 8 days things began to go wrong for me!

I found out my car had been in a front end bump, nothing major and has been repaired correctly.

I need my Alternator replacing, as it will not charge up correctly resulting in me loosing the Power steering.

The Drive shafts ceil needs replacing.

The Ball joint has split.

And either my Exhaust (which is blowing from the Cat) OR the Head Gasket is broken as the car blows out white smoke. The car is not loosing water so I think the Exhaust might be the problem.

The Alarm goes of on its own (sensor to sensitive)

The Engine smells slightly damp when warm; I believe the previous owner had not driven the car a great deal basically leaving it standing! So I think the car just needs to dry out?

Apart from the problems the car has been superb, but then again I don't really see all the faults as a problem because when I have had them repaired they are less likely to go again, leaving me some soft of satisfaction.

My previous car Swift GTI was worse in respect to reliability, and performance as my 106 GTI would leave it standing all day long and I know this as my mate as got a Swift GTI, also I have managed to beat my mates Clio 16V, Saxo VTR/VTS, but with the VTS it can get a little tricky, if both car are standard like mine is the Pug should win.

I had some trouble with a VTS, but it had been Modified (ECU re-map, Rev Limiters had been removed, Filter, Exhaust - Standard Mods) I admit the car beat me, but not by a great deal, but it was fun at the time. I have also been destroyed by a 175Bhp MK2 Astra GTE.

At the moment my car is slightly underpowered, but when it as been repaired it should be as good as new.

General comment - I love this car and I would recommend anybody to buy one, once the teething problems have been sorted you have a perfect machine.

On this car the white smoke is more than likely a blowing head gasket. If you are lucky it may just be condensation. On my 1998 model (at 17000 miles!) it went without noticeably losing any water. Turned the key one day and nothing happened - turned out the engine was full of water that had leaked in!

Whilst it's undeniably a great car, I'm not really sure how valid modifying one of these is. Why spend the money on souping up an already souped up shopping trolley with iffy French build quality when you can eventually put it toward a better car? At the end of the day you'll still be in a 106, no matter how much you spend.

Why tune this car up even more when you can put the money towards a new car, simple nothing around the same price or even a lot more expensive will touch it for out right pace and handling. This is a great little car and love seeing peoples faces drop, in there much more expensive cars, when I blast right past them.

I've had my 106 GTI for nearly 2 years now and I still love it to bits! Having started out with two 205 GTI's (both were 1.6's) I can safely say that its the best Peugeot GTI ever made! My friend had a 306 GTI fitted with a superchip, sports air filter and a full system exhaust and it could never match my 106 off the lights, but it would falter on the motorway (damn that 6th gear!). My only concern is that now I'm getting some problems. It may be major so if anyone could help it would be nice. When the engine is not warmed up fully and I put my foot down a little my friend informed me that some smoke comes out the exhaust. Not a lot, but it is concerning me! Plus I've got a whining noise coming from the P/Steering pump! Is this a common fault? But hey its still a smashing little car!

Hi, I have a saxo VTS (which is the same engine as your 106 gti) and I am also having similar white smoke problems. If you find out before me will you let me know?

Just having bought my first 106 gti I'm very happy with it's performance even compared to that of my old xr2. Alright it's maybe not quite in the same league, but still a nice little car. As with most cars white smoke like this is often just a slightly worn engine that burns a small amount of oil. as long as it is topped up every now and again it should be fine. the other option is often new piston rings, or on older cars rocker assembly replacement. (Not an option on the 106)

I purchased my 106 gti about 7 yrs ago now with 40 thousand on the clock I've had most things that can go wrong repaired. Timing belt jumped 4 teeth bending every valve and costing me £1000 repair bill. Cat broke up needed replacing at£180.This car has been molycoddled serviced regularly including new timing belts. My alarm/immobiliser has now packed up. My local garage advised me to disconnect it, but I would like the problem solving. They said it would cost hundreds of pounds to repair. The symptoms are if the car is armed with the ignition key, it keeps going off with in a few minutes of arming it. I now have to manually lock it with the key. If it is left and not used it takes ages to get it started. I had to put a new battery on because of this. It appears to me that the imobeliser is not tripping out when coming to start the car. If any one has any ideas on how to solve this please let me know its driving me mad.I've been told it will be the alarm ecu. If so can I fit a second hand one?Will the car need re programing. Any advice will be grate fully appreciated... Regards Johnny.

All 106 GTi's eventually have problems with the alarm. My sensors were rubbish and the alarm was constantly going off, you can stop the sensors by holding in the button by the ignition for a few seconds until the red alarm light comes on. then lock it with the remote and the alarm will still go off if the door opens. as far as the alarm ecu goes, don't bother, just get a clifford! much more reliable and secure, will only cost a fraction that it would if peugeot repaired the standard alarm. hope this helps.

Cheers pal will try this and hopefully my alarm problem will be solved regards Johnny.

I have just got my 106 gti, and again I am having problems with the alarm, it has only started going off since I washed the car and water dripped from the drivers side sensor. so maybe its the seals around the windscreen that is letting water affect the alarms not the sensor itself. can I just ask, what mileage are you lot getting to a full tank?

The 106 in GTI form is absolutely awesome for the price it costs, but they have so many problems it almost outweighs the good points. Mine has the ability to embarrass much more expensive machinery, but only when its on the road which isn't as much as id like it to be. I'm off to find a good price on a used gearbox after mine give up just after 70,000 miles.

MY power steering works sometimes then cuts off a don't no what the problem is, i sometimes hear a whining sound before the power steering comes back on, it works some days, but not others, it's a pug 106 gti p-reg does anyone no what the problem could be?is it a bad connection or the relay or is the pump on its way out?

I have a 106 GTi 1998, but I've blown the engine. I also have a 52 plate engine, so I'm gonna swap all the sensors and the ignition pack from the 1998 to the 52 plate. Do you think that there will be a problem?

Also I got a series 2 Rallye gear box. Are the drive shafts the same as a GTi shafts, as I snapped the Rallye one?

ive had a 106 gti for a year now and the power steering has totally gone before it went id hear a slight whining noise and the lights would flicker as in darker then back to normal any ideas anyone am i goin to need a new pump or could it be electrical thanks.

Hi there, I've a 106 gti and the heads cracked.I've heard the VTS engine is the same. any 1 put this head on a 106?

I have a 106 Gti 1998, The cam belt went and shattered all the valves and one went through a piston. Changed the engine for one out of a VTS with 55k on it (Compared to the 92k that was on the old one). The engine is practically the same apart from the later one that had a few extra environmentally friendly bits added.

The worst thing to look out for is the MAP sensors. They tend to break regularly and this causes massive problems.

Great car but always expect repair bills as it is a Peugeot!!