2000 Peugeot 406 GLX from UK and Ireland - Comments

Rear suspension link broke. Replaced @ 43,000 miles.

Rear nearside electric window failed to operate and needed repair on three occasions.

Front brake disks have been replaced 10 times! Warped and causing brake shudder.

Rear nearside door lets in water in heavy rain.

Comfy car.

Lots of room.

Shocking brakes.

Too many niggles and problems that should have been put right and not have them return. The brakes saga is disgraceful.

Hi.

Well I too have a 2000 Model Peugeot 406 HDI Estate and it's been Ultra Reliable. it's got 121,000 miles on the clock it's only ever been in for services. the HDI 90 engine is a little small for a 1.40 tonne car, but mine has been super.

Brake warping is usually caused by drivers keeping their foot on the brake when in a traffic jam or at those pesky traffic lights. The disks cool while you're standing still, but the section covered by the brake pads remains hot, thus the disk warps.

Try using your handbrake a little more often ;)

That disc-warping theory is interesting.

Problem is, in traffic, your brakes would not get very hot.

Driving around town they stay quite cool.

They only get really hot from stopping from high speeds.

Another cause might be extended use of brakes when going downhill instead of using engine-braking.

I don't have any experience with the 406 - but I am considering buying one, hence reading reviews - but I have had terrible trouble with warped brake disks on my old Mondeo. Apparently the major cause of warping is having hot brakes from either high-speed braking, or 'enthusiastic' driving and getting the disks wet by driving through puddles. The fast cooling seems to make them warp very quickly. Unavoidable really, but this is what I know.

The discs on the mondeo warp because they are of crap quality. The reason other discs can warp is contained in the Booth and Strattos theory of radial cooling. I hate drum brakes to death!