Faults:

Rear brakes stuck on; found to be shoes had come apart from friction material.

Radiator went just before I got it.

Ignition barrel collapsed (when I was in 250 miles away from home). Peugeot were very helpful and I managed to change the barrel myself. The barrel cost £100.

General Comments:

I love the engine, noisy when cold, but very lively once the turbos wound up.

It can cruise at 80/90mph with ease and will carry on to do around 115-120mph.

Its excellent on fuel - I got 52.5 to a gallon driving from Ipswich to Bristol - cruising at 85 and driving round the city centre all week.

The seats have worn, although some high mileage examples are starting to wear a bit.

It can beat 1.6 petrol cars and some 1.8's with not too much difficulty, and can embarrass some larger 2.0 cars. It also have the upper hand on most other 1.9 turbo diesels due to being a light car.

I'm 18 and insurance is £1200 with 0 years no claims bonus. Which is reasonable believe it or not!

Faults:

Right front door started to rumble while opening - fixing the problem was cheap, mechanics only had a problem with electricity for windows - it did not work because the door-speakers were not fixed in.

At 119.000km the car needed completely new brakes. That was not so cheap...

At 120.000km the cooling liquid started to leak. Some hose had a hole. Fixing that was cheap.

General Comments:

The car has low gas consumption (6,8 L/100km), comfty interior, decent exterior.

Steering wheel looks like somebody drove a million kilometers with this car already. I noticed that this is a 'normal' thing with peugeot's.

Faults:

Rear main oil seal only $33.00 +$850.00 to fit!

Rhf sway bar link rod + front control arms $ 550.00 oh yer new clutch kit $640.00.

And petrol cap spring went to.

All disc rotors and pads $1000.

General Comments:

I think the 306 s16 is a great car.

Fast enough flys through roundabouts pulls the girls too.

Sounds good with a big pipe.

Seats are great mate!

Black is best too.

Faults:

The central locking was so unreliable I disconnected it.

Radio cassette sometimes wouldn't switch on so I replaced it.

Various electrical indicators such as warning lights and the temp gauge are unreliable.

Drive shaft gaiter split leading to the need to replace the drive shaft.

Matrix heater failed.

Brake pipe rusted through causing a leak.

Leaks due to the metal above the windscreen rusting through where water collects.

A few glow plugs went when I renewed the battery which led to difficulty starting. However the plugs had done 70000 to be fair.

General Comments:

This car has given me good value motoring with high mpg, cheap insurance, reasonably priced parts & servicing.

The 306's Achilles heel seems to be the electrics. If you're thinking of buying one I would check radio, locking etc. carefully.

If you have central locking problems it may be due to several wires between the body and the door breaking, presumably due to copper fatigue caused by constant door opening & closing.

The matrix heater was fixed using a copper coloured powder you add to the cooling system, a sort of powdered Radweld. I was skeptical, but it worked and saved the drawn out process of changing the heater.