Faults:

Oil and coolant leaks.

Clutch judder.

Timing belt broke, wrote off engine. Scrapped - not worth repairing!

General Comments:

Pug 308 "Pure Tech" has a famous issue - a "wet belt" engine. I of course did not know this before I bought the car a few years ago, but it is a terrible design and leads to belt weakening and eventual breakage.

According to my car's detailed history the belt had been changed before I bought the car. Either this was a lie or it was not done right.

Shame really, as the first year or so I had the car it was fine. Comfortable, modern and economical, it was also pretty good to drive. The 308 is an OK car when it's working!

It's a shame about this terrible engine design. MAYBE I'd buy another - but only one with a better designed engine, shame on the "engineers" who made this. Plenty of videos and information about this engine online nowadays, it is undeniably bad. Avoid at all costs if you hear an engine has a "wet belt". Basically it is what it says it is - the timing belt does get wet with oil! Incredibly stupid!

Faults:

When I first got it everything was working fine. I was happy with everything on my 5 year old Peugeot.

After a few months the alternator died, huge cost at that time, 1500eu for the part and the mechanic. That was weird as it had only 170000km at that time.

I had my friend repair the original after a few months so now I still have it just in case.

Then I had some rodents, probably squirrels hide some nuts in the center of the engine, I can't remember the details anymore but while I was on a highway those pieces flew into the valves. You can imagine the rest. The damage was 2500eu.

This was not the fault of the car, of course, but my pocket didn't care.

After that the start/stop contraption finally stopped the infernal start/stopping nonsense, but it also produced a fault code.

Fine, let it warn me...

Then another code which was weird, it put me in a safety mode, turns off my anti-skid sensor and cruise control, but the car runs generally fine. When I shut it off and start the car again, the code clears. My mechanic tried replacing one sensor that the code indicated but that didn't fix it. This safe mode thing happens rarely and I am prepared to tolerate it.

Then at around 220000 the engine block cracked out of nowhere and I had to replace the whole engine. Now I have a 2016 engine.

Overall it had lots issues that I had to deal with and it became an expensive car to maintain.

But it is very comfortable on long drives which I do a lot, so it makes sense to me to keep fixing it.

Buying a new car makes no sense to me. Too much money and still you can crash it in a second.

It this way, if I don't have the money, I don't fix it, I don't drive it.

All in all, I cannot really recommend this car for everyone, but for me it works because it is comfortable and has lots of space in the boot.

I like to keep it in an almost new condition so I will be putting more money into it. Besides, when I bought it it was already out of warranty so it is natural that I pay for further maintenance.

Without those freak expenses like the alternator and the squirrels, I would be very happy with my purchase.

General Comments:

Peugeot is comfortable but complicated electronics. This will cost you over time. But it is very economical with fuel. I can get 4.5 liters per 100km if I'm alone in the car and I drive 105km/h. That and the comfort makes up for expensive maintenance.

Thank you!