2000 Peugeot 406 Estate, Familia, 7 seater review from UK and Ireland

A fastener on the dashboard was not fitted causing a rattle.

The slits in the buckles the rear safety belts run through are of a design that the belts often get twisted and stuck so that the kids can't untangle them anymore.

The Peugeot roof bars are a pig to fit, if you are not very careful you will end up with some nasty dents in the car's roof.

The black deco-foil on the roof struts is badly fitted creasing and flaking off in one place.

The pullback springs of the rear seat belts are so feeble, the belts do not be pulled back completely any more, hanging loose.

The paint in the area the rear door-stops rest on was flaking off, causing corrosion after a few months.

The rear door is so badly fitted that it collided with some welds on the car's body, scarping off the paint causing corrosion after a few months.

The reverse gear has the tendency to slip out when not very carefully engaged.

The rubber lip below the front spoiler was ripped off, breaking the tiny brackets that hold it in place, probably when coming in touch with a pavement stone.

The driver's door lock failed immediately, was replaced and fails again when temperatures are below freezing.

From the beginning there were insects in the windscreen washer tank, no idea how they got there. Getting shred by the pump, the bits then block the washer nozzles.

The front windscreen wipers cannot be lifted off to scrape ice off the windscreen because they would collide with the bonnet.

Front and rear windscreen wiper blade split after about a year.

The front windscreen gets fogged up as soon as temperature drops and there are a few people in the car. Need to have the air condition on noisy defog all the time.

The CD player was damaging the top coating of the CD due to excessive force of its primitive load mechanism.

One of the front fog-lights steams up, probably a seal broken.

Decorative covers on coat hangers fell off due to poor design and assembly quality.

There was an annoying rattle due to poor cable routing under the cylinder head cover.

The spare wheel cover (7-seater) is so fragile that the kids stepping on it to get to the rear facing seats nearly cracked it.

Grit from the road gets stuck between the front door sills and a rubber door seal attached to it. No way to get it out again. Will cause corrosion eventually.

The heat shield of the exhaust manifold is broken, £170 to get it fixed.

Air condition sensor failed.

The car looks good, feels good, drives good, is an utter bargain for the size and performance and has an utter atrocious design and build quality.

If you are not a Peugeot fanatic, better don't buy.