2003 Peugeot 307 1.4HDI XS Premium review from Portugal
"Beautiful and modern peace of technology"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
Under Warranty:
- 3 replacements of the command levers module.
- oil level measurement sporadic failure. After several trials, dealer was unable to solve the issue!
- horn sporadic failure. The root cause is a contact failure of a wire mass terminal under the driver airbag. Everyone can easily remove the airbag and solve it in 20'.
- 2 Peugeot recals: 1 for software ugrade and an other for fuel valve support replacement. No failure experienced.
- stabilizer bar was touching the car body in tight cornering making an annoying noise.
General comments?
Even admitting I had and know about several quality problems with the 307, I must admit I love the car and I would buy it again.
The car is comfortable. Ergonomics is OK, good construction, fantastic design. The automatic AC works perfect, I never needed to make manual compensations.
The 1.4HDI unit is not enough to make it faster, but I knew what I was getting. Very good price for what you can get from this car (in Portuguese market...).
This car is really a high tech machine: the small 1.4 is a good peace of engineering, the multiplexing makes it one of the most technological cars in the market.
Excluding the minor problems I had in the very beginning, I never needed to waste not even 1€ in repairs.
The 307 is a very cheap car to maintain, spares are cheap and maintenance periods large.
Now with 58000km, I still have tyres and brake pads for more than 30.000km.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Yes |
| Year of manufacture | 2003 |
| First year of ownership | 2003 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2005 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.4 HDI Manual |
| Performance marks | 5 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 5 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 8 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 7 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 8 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 0 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 58000 kilometres |
| Previous car | Peugeot 306 |
| Date of Entry | 21st October, 2005 |