1998 Peugeot 406 LX from UK and Ireland - Comments

10th Sep 2003, 06:02

"Good looking junk"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

The rear wheel bearings have been replaced twice.

The front disks (never needed the pads changed!) replaced three times. The second set lasted less than 100 miles.

I got through Nine (9) engine management units.

The windscreen fell out.

The engine ran roughly about 50% of the time, it would either not idle at all or idle somewhere between 2000-3000 rpm. Three dealers could not fix this.

General comments?

This was, for me an expensive car and it has been a very expensive disaster.

It is impossible to maintain this thing yourself, even something as simple as changing a wheel bearing requires the resources of a main dealer.

The car was comfortable.

The paint finish was poor and no touch up paint was available from the dealers.

The biggest problem was the dealers, I tried more than one. They attempted to charge me £200.00 (two hundred) pounds for engine oil, the first MOT bill was over £800.00. I was, from the very first day treated with contempt.

For a 1.8 saloon the acceleration is poor.


11th Sep 2003, 01:58

Never heard about such service prices. Where do you live?

How many hours did they work to change your oil? Where any other problems discovered? Any parts to change?


12th Sep 2003, 05:58

This car was mostly serviced in the East Midlands. The Oil price was "a mistake" on the invoice, one of many. The huge price for the MOT was legal theft on the part of the dealers. Neither solicitors or the trading standards could help. Never buy a Peugeot!

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