2002 Peugeot 307 SW SE from UK and Ireland - Comments

Hi Corey.

The brakes locked on? Does this mean they came on of their own accord or you were braking and they didn't release?

I am only a driver of a pug 1.6hdi 05. I believe the diagnostic plug is below the centre console, the rubber mat in front of the gear stick, below what used to be the ash tray, is removable.

Bruce.

My 307 is right hand drive, and the diagnostic plug is behind a recess near the driver's door towards the bottom of the dash. Pull it out and the plug is there.

My boyfriend got a 2nd hand 307 in June last year. After 3 weeks of having it, I was driving down the motorway and it stopped dead in the middle of the road. I had my 3 kids in the car. The police had to shut the road as car was in dangerous location for the tow truck to collect.

Took it to the garage; it had new fly wheel and clutch for £1600, and since then has had never ending faults. We can drive the car for about 6 weeks, then a new problem will arise.

In October, went to the car, started fine, drove 100 yards down road and it lost power. Wouldn't go over 1000rpm, and it died. Called out Green Flag again, towed it to a garage; high pressure diesel pump, £400 a pop had gone.

Electrical anti pollution light is constantly on. And then again in December had to have a 2nd high pressure pump as it had gone again. Now the anti pollution light is on again.

If anybody knows what the hell is going on with these bloody cars, let me know. I would never ever buy a 307 again.

I am so in shock that everyone is having the exact same problems and listening to the same excuses from the garages that they have never heard of anti pollution fault before.

My year warranty is up in a week. Two weeks after I bought the car the anti-pollution fault appeared... also been getting petrol fumes into the car the whole year. Anyone else got this??? It has been at the garage 4 times and still not fixed... mechanic took it out for test drive and described the smell as nauseating... which it is... and still not fixed.

Then today anti pollution fault appeared... along with catalytic converter... and lost power in a multistory in between floors on a very steep incline... nearly had heart failure... queue of cars behind me!!

Will never buy a Peugeot again... I only wish I had read this site before I bought it!!! DO NOT BUY A PEUGEOT.

HI TO ALL YOU PUG OWNERS. I have recently purchased a 2004 307 and having same problem with anti pollution light on and engine management on dash. I have taken this to a local garage and it has come up on diagnostics machine as bank 2, which may mean nothing if you know nothing at all about cars, but he has told me it may be a sensor which is called a lambda sensor at a cost of around £70. At the moment being out of work I cannot afford one, maybe this would cure the problem for all you guys, hope this info has been of some help.

MY PROBLEM is how do you depress the rear brake caliper piston in order to change pads and discs? I have changed many pads and discs on all makes of cars, but never experienced this before. Any info or advice on this would be very much appreciated.

HAPPY MOTORING

STEVE.

Hi all.

I have a 2004 307. Common that my car also has the same "antipollution fault" light appeared. Sometimes does but sometimes not. Seemed not any garage can help, and neither SD. Yesterday, another light appeared - "TA + gasoline logo" light displayed. Can anyone there tell me what's the exact problem?

Shame that this is the first and last Peugeot in my life.

Hiya all. My 307 is using mega amounts of brake fluid at the moment. Any body else having this problem? I can't find a leak anywhere; how confusing!!!

Citroen Xsara 2.0 stationwagon.

Drove to the wash, came out - 1 minute after I had catalytic converter fault and engine mobiliser fault.

Hi to all fellow PUG owners.

I bought a 2001 307 XSi 11 months ago from a used car garage, and although strange things happened, I still remain mobile, (but not sure for how much longer).

The first issue was, yes you've guessed it "ANTIPOLLUTION FAULT" 2 days after we got it home, I returned it to the garage and they cleared the fault and sent me on my merry way.

Then followed 6 months of lovely trouble free motoring. Then all of a sudden the ABS light came on and the brakes started vibrating, like one of the discs had broke in half.

All the main dealer could say after a 30 minute drive linked up to their diagnostics computer was "your rear passenger wheel is running 1 to 2 rev's slower than the rest, so keep driving it until you find it gets worse then come back. WASTE OF MY TIME AND MY MONEY.

Next came the LARGE RED STOP sign within 2 minutes of being on the road. All these errors are particularly scary for my wife who travels 30+ miles to work and back every day.

Also on several occasions like most others, the car has lost all power, which again is very scary when my wife has been on the M1. Most recently the clutch has started feeling very strange, like its resting on a cheese grater-er.

My final statement is this, to all our fellow PUG owners out their, don't lose hope, keep your chin up and do the right thing and sell the B***dy things. They (Peugeot's) will continue to have these problems whilst mugs like us keep spending our hard earned cash on them.

Best of luck for the future and GET RID!!!

Hmmmm, the anti pollution light is back, and unblock diesel filter warning on my 307SW 03 85000 miles. Managed to drive it 85-95 mph for an hour last night, just over 3100 revs, scary hearing all the brake lock up faults. I'd be finished at that speed in the rain.

Where is the reservoir for the cleaning fluid, and would adding an additive like STP injector cleaner screw things up completely?

I absolutely agree with all of these comments listed. I purchased the 2002 1.6 307 in December 2008 and I have had never ending problems with it since.

* Catalytic converter fault - the warning light and message comes on, and the car's power drops dramatically and feels like it is going to cut out. The only way to continue driving is to turn the car off and on again.

* Power cut out - during driving the car, several times the car completely turns off electronically including the radio, lights etc. When it eventually turns itself back on again, the power windows do not work properly. I am terrified that this will happen on a hill.

* The floor carpet at the front constantly detaches from the car trim, I have had to repair this several times.

* The clips from the handles on the doors are always falling off. Peugeot charges $80 AUD per clip as a replacement.

* There is a leak somewhere in the back of the car, every few months the section where the spare tyre sits is full of water and has to be drained.

* The back door hinges always get stuck and become extremely hard to open.

* There are so many rattles and noises with the car.

Overall, I am so disappointed and frustrated with this car. I will never buy a Peugeot again, I am trying to sell it ASAP.

Hi All.

Glad to read these comments about the anti-pollution device. I have a 406 2.0 03 plate. When it first happened, I took it to Peugeot and they claimed they had never heard about it. They checked it and said they could see nothing wrong with it as the fault had cleared.

My observations are as follows:

It only happens to me when there are cold conditions. Occasionally it can can happen when the outside temperature is above 3degrees and damp, but normally just whenever the outside temperature is below 3 degrees. However, it does not necessarily always do it maybe 25%-35% of the time.

Once the warning engine anti pollution light is inoperative comes up and the light flashes, you can't drive the car so I have to stop. If you wait a minute or two and restart the car, it often fixes itself sort off, i.e. the warning changes to engine anti pollution light is defective and warning light remains on, but stops flashing. With my car I can drive when the light is on, but not when flashing. It does not seem to damage the car. If the outside air is very cold, say -3, then just turning the engine off and restarting the car is not sufficient. What I do then is restart the car, but do not drive and leave it to run with accelerator pressed down for about 10 minutes at about 1500-2000 revs, and once the car is "warmed up" I turn off for a minute and try again, and I repeat this until the warning light stops flashing and remains on.

I have found that once the car has had a good run for an hour or two, the light will disappear when you turn off the car and restart it. Sometimes this isn't the case, and left overnight the car will sought itself out. What I mean is that sometimes it seems to take 24 hours for the light to go off.

I am now cautious when starting the car in cold weather. I avoid setting off into areas where there are lots of other traffic and nowhere to pull over in case the fault happens. Not the best situation I know.

What is annoying is that Peugeot seem to feign ignorance about this problem, as though I am the only one to ever had the problem. My guess is they know it's a design fault and therefore it can't be fixed. I am going to phone several dealers and ask them if they know exactly what this fault is and can they repair it. I will re post here if there is an answer.

Hi,

My PUG 307 2.0 HDI GLX TURBO DIESEL has the ESR/ASP not functioning signal all the time.

It also has the ANTI POLLUTION FAULT WARNING SIGN, which comes on within seconds of starting the engine, and the car goes into Limp mode.

The particle filer has been replaced and refilled, which did not solve the problem.

The ABS wiring has been checked three times.

Its been in the garage four times, and every time they simply re-generate the computer and it works for a day, and then goes back to its old problems.

Go for a blast is the usual piece of advice garages offer!

Back to a petrol car for me when I can find some mug to buy mine!

Hello everyone.

People should think carefully before they buy a Peugeot! It's clear they have messed up their ECU, or various sensors.. as well as most other things.

We should bring it to their attention and sort it out, rather than leaving other people to waste their money.

I have a 207 2.0 petrol. Right brake light went, got it replaced, however it needed a whole new unit of some sort.. The stealers.. I mean dealers charged over £200 for this part.

Now few months on, the car is chucking out the famous 'catalytic converter fault'. Please can someone advise what is the best way to go about fixing this problem? That car is only 4 bloody years old!!!

To repair do I take it to the dealers or...? Bearing in mind the car is out of warranty. Also, is the car safe to drive with this error?