2005 Peugeot 307 XSi from UK and Ireland - Comments

New Turbo Charger at 1000 miles.

New engine management system at 2500 miles.

Cruise control fails to cut out when needed to.

Throttle action jerky and unresponsive.

Radio jumps from one station to the next, and apparently if it doesn't like the channel, it switches on the CD changer, which then usually doesn't work after about 5 minutes.

CD changer damages CD's whilst loading them.

New EGR valve fitted.

New CD changer, Sat Nav unit, and display screen fitted.

Fuel consumption has never been better than 32.1 to the gallon, depite the official figures being over 60mpg. I would at least expect 40-45 on a decent run.

Another new engine management system at 8000 miles. Also yet another attempt at fixing all the various electrical problems affecting the CD/Sat Nav/Telematics package, to no avail.

Fuel consumption getting worse, and the performance for a 136HP car is appalling, no power, feels more like a 90hp engine.

Automatic headlight system failed, lights stuck on permanently now.

Rain sensor would not know water if you stuck it in a bucket of the stuff, which means the auto wipers also don't work now.

On occasion, the car simply will not start, like a dead battery, only everything else works, just not the engine/starter. Great for confidence when away from home.

This car is seriously flawed in ALL respects.

Thank God for warranties.

Car is comfortable, which is good whilst you are awaiting the arrival of the AA/RAC tow truck.

Boot is a good size.

Interior trim (Leather) cleans up well.

Sorry to hear about your car, although I'm very glad I've read your review. I am currently driving a 2000 306 Meridian 1.8 which I have had for the past 4 years. Everytime I take the car for a service or pass a 307 XSi I get the wants. I have not had a single problem with my 306 in the 4 years I've had it which is why I am still driving it. I know I have been very lucky with my car. I have heard a few bad things about the 307 but your review really fills in the gaps. It's so unfortunate that you've had so manY problems - although you always get a bad egg in the batch, but I can see why you wish you hadn't bothered with it. I would definitely have another Peugeot, but not sure about the 307!

Prior to my 307, I had an Audi A3, and prior to that, a 306 meridian, which I was also very happy with, hence the decision to go for the 307.

Never mind, as today I took delivery of a new Golf SE, so the 307 is no longer of any concern to me, so beware if you see a 307 XSi, in grey, in the Birmingham area with 17500 miles for sale... you never know!

I have the same motor as you 307 SW XSi HDi 136 and my turbo went at 11,000 miles. Car feels a lot slower on boost now than before the turbo change.

Having now put 2000 miles under the wheels of the Golf, which at "only" 105HP, is somewhat less than the 136 HP of the Pug, I am even more convinced that there was a serious problem with the whole engine package on that particular 307.

This Golf is faster on pickup, quieter, smoother and returns over 50mpg already. The engine feels gruntier in all respects.

Glad I was able to make the change, shame, cos the Pug was a car that I really was looking forward to for sometime.

Citroen and Peugeot needs a big sort out. My Citroen C3 1.6i 16v Exclusive Sensodrive is running well so far, but my brothers C3 1.4i SX Auto was a nightmare from week 1.

Peugeot 307 XSI - Electrical Problems.

I bought my XSI last August, I thought it was a good buy at the time, 3.5 years old, 24000 miles on the clock and ran beautifully when I took it for it's test drive.

The first problem I had was after a supermarket shop. I got back into the car and started the engine - it started fine. Then it stalled in neutral. I repeated this again and again for a few minutes with the same happening. Eventually the car started fine and stayed running. The next morning I was needing to drive from the north of Scotland to Birmingham. I started the engine and it sounded weak. On the MFD the message "Catalytic Converter Fault" appeared. I phoned a Pug dealer who said it would be OK for a short journey providing the performance was OK. Later the MFD message changed to "Antipollution Fault". I haven't had this checked by a dealer yet, so am a little anxious to see how much I am looking at to get this repaired.

Along with that problem, I am now suffering a fault with the boot. It started as an intermittent problem where the boot wouldn't open, but now it won't open at all. Also I'm having problems with the left-hand side headlight where bulbs keep blowing, but am hoping this is just a earthing problem which should hopefully be an easy fix.

All in all, I regret not researching problems like this before buying the car, as it appears that these electrical problems are common in all 307 models.

It's no wonder the 307 came 158th out of 159 cars in the Top Gear car survey of 2005.

Peugeot 307 XSI.

Nothing but trouble since the day after it was bought. (Brand new 53 Reg).

First problem was that the odometer did not record the correct mileage. The anomaly was severe - sometimes a 50 mile trip would record 150 miles. We complained for seven months before the problem was acknowledged. By this time thousands of cars were apparently affected by the recall. This problem featured on the BBC TV Watchdog programme.

Point being that there are thousands of Peugeot 307's around that may not have the correct mileage indicated on the display. You cannot trust the indicated mileage to be correct. In our instance, and probably many others, the discrepancy is thousands of miles.

Numerous other problems, some still ongoing after 2.5 years.

Throttle sticks open - car accelerates when you really want to slow down (not an ideal safety feature).

"Antipollution fault" regularly appears.

Car can stick at 1100 rpm, cannot accelerate beyond this (another far from ideal safety feature).

Beware if buying one of these cars. Our 307 on a normal day drives very well, but if you were to buy it the problems would soon become apparent.

Is there a website that keeps statistics on this information. I read some time ago the following statistics: Problem cars (duds) European 21/1000; American 19/1000 and Japanese 12/1000. It would be great to see a breakdown per make and model. This is very useful when it is hard for a prospective buyer to decide between two models.

Great for 60K miles or Less!!!

54 307 Xsi Hdi 136.

I bought this car specifically for high miles for business, knowing that there were "faults" posted all round the internet, but thought that they couldn't all be that bad.

FAULTLESS to 61000 miles.

Driving in the outside lane of the motorway (going up a hill) and the turbo died. Fortunately it was on its' way back to the dealer for a service and warranty repair for a replacement steering wheel. At the dealer they diagnosed an "Anti Pollution Fault" and ordered an EGR valve, took 2 weeks to get the part, fitted it and told me was all fixed. This is where my problems began.

The turbo cut out intermittently on a few more journeys, but a new more annoying failt developed permanently. It hesitated between 1500 and 2200 revs (gentle driving) and when I took it back to the dealer they put it onto the computer and the car came back with no faults, then the "fitter" drove it and couldn't find a fault (probably thrashed the life out of it). It went back into the same Peugeot dealer 4 more times, they replaced some valve in the turbo (not the EGR) and this sorted the turbo problem, but not the hesitation, so, before I lost the will to live, I took it to another dealer. They have diagnosed the problem as a faulty EGR valve (Hmmmm I hear you say) and hopefuly I get the car back tomorrow, who knows...

As an aside I have had 3 replacement seats as the frames keep on breaking, I'm certainly not the heaviest bloke in the world so...

It's a new Octavia Vrs Diesel next time!

Great for 60K miles or Less!!!

54 307 Xsi Hdi 136.

I bought this car specifically for high miles for business, knowing that there were "faults" posted all round the internet, but thought that they couldn't all be that bad.

FAULTLESS to 61000 miles.

Driving in the outside lane of the motorway (going up a hill) and the turbo died. Fortunately it was on its' way back to the dealer for a service and warranty repair for a replacement steering wheel. At the dealer they diagnosed an "Anti Pollution Fault" and ordered an EGR valve, took 2 weeks to get the part, fitted it and told me was all fixed. This is where my problems began.

The turbo cut out intermittently on a few more journeys, but a new more annoying failt developed permanently. It hesitated between 1500 and 2200 revs (gentle driving) and when I took it back to the dealer they put it onto the computer and the car came back with no faults, then the "fitter" drove it and couldn't find a fault (probably thrashed the life out of it). It went back into the same Peugeot dealer 4 more times, they replaced some valve in the turbo (not the EGR) and this sorted the turbo problem, but not the hesitation, so, before I lost the will to live, I took it to another dealer. They have diagnosed the problem as a faulty EGR valve (Hmmmm I hear you say) and hopefuly I get the car back tomorrow, who knows...

As an aside I have had 3 replacement seats as the frames keep on breaking, I'm certainly not the heaviest bloke in the world so...

It's a new Octavia Vrs Diesel next time!

34000 miles from new 2004 3dr 136hdi xsi. There is a slight vibration in the steering at 70mph (all wheels have been balanced and rebalanced), the cd changed cuts out when a cd is being ejected and the automatic wipers are a bit random. Also, the front seats when moved forward have a habit of rolling back down their rails (not good if placing something on the back seat like a child seat for instance).

A bulb has gone in the radio display and the rear left light pod loves blowing bulbs.

Changing from 3rd to 4th quickly (like when accelerating hard) causes a funny almost grinding noise.

Apart from that, the interior is great, the seats are comfortable the ride is smooth (bar the 70mph issue) and the engine is sweet as a nut. This car is great entertainment.

I've got a 307 Xsi 136 and it is 3 and a half years old, just been told it needs to be fitted with its third turbo from new-12 and a half months since the last one. Peugeot are refusing to cover any of the cost for it even though it is two weeks out of warranty, is this a record for turbos or is anyone else out there worse off!? by the way the garage told me the last bill would have been £1900 had we to pay for it!

307 was such a nice car on display, I loved this car, but this did not last long. I was in and out of the dealer garages. first, this car failed to pick up speed, jerking and stopping at roundabouts, this was diagnosed as sensor failure, this was replaced, after a few weeks antipollution fault was on display. I paid my usual visits to dealer who said the car needed downloading and that was the beginning of problems. I love my car but the regular visits to dealer is consuming my time.