Head Gasket blow up after 1 year from new, brake pedal sticks, took dealer 5 attempts to resolve the problem. Door hinge broke, resulting in door not staying open. Loose wiring resulting in several failures to start (all at really important times (ie Trying to catch a ferry in France to return home)).
Very poor service from the dealer!
The only good thing about this car is that it is a diesel and very cheap to run, but then there are a lot of other better diesel cars!
I have had a similar experience with the 1.4 petrol version. Needed a new head gasket at 20K miles, and am still getting oil leaking into the water. Front brakes bind and overheat due to rust on the calipers preventing them from sliding properly - why? They are bound to experience wet and salt.
I have just recently bought a 1.4 slalom, it has had several owners, done just over 78,000 miles, N reg, and I have no complaints about it at all. The engine sounds great, there are no faults or leaks. I have no negative issues with this petrol hatchback as of yet. :-)
I recently bought a 1.4 petrol version of the 306 Slalom, and it is fantastic. 100% total reliability in starting and running, excellent fuel consumption, and the best thing I can say is the corner hugging capabilities of this car. 100% confidence in cornering where it feels it will stick to the corners at good speed. No complaints about this car whatsoever.
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I have just bought a 1996 1.9D slalom and it has been absolutely brilliant. For its year it is very good condition, everything is 100% percent functional and fuel consumption is brilliant. Highly underestimated.
1996 306 1.9d slalom
Excellent cheap car, 50mpg, but lacks in power for overtaking with it having no turbo.
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