2002 Peugeot 307 HDI 110 Rapier from UK and Ireland - Comments

Rear door handles locked.

Rear door handles have fallen off

Worn out clutch at 29000 miles

Broken flywheel

That little thing on the end of the stereo remote control keeps falling off and is broken.

Sticking glove box compartment.

Whem I first bought the car, I thought it was great. Fantastic for a small family with good space for bits and pieces.

My complaint is more about the terrible service from the dealer in Birmingham rather than the car itself.

A broken flywheel and clutch are apparently caused from wear and tear. Wear amd tear from 15000 motorway miles. Can you believe that?

That is just the beginning. It took them two days to diagnose a slipping clutch. I told them that when I booked the car in. They then tell me that the parts are on order and it will take 4 weeks to get them in. No courtesy car etc was offered or available in the meantime. Sorry, they did offer me one for one day.

The Kwik Fit clutch centre 2 minutes away have offered to fit me the parts for half the price the next day. Makes you wonder what Peugeot are actually up to. Perhaps its the summer holiday and they don't work when the sun shines.

Also, if all the parts are on back order and cars are sitting on forecourts waiting to arrive, then it would appear that there is a general fault on their flywheels and clutches, although they would not confirm this and will not cover it on the warranty. £1000.00 repair bill is on the way to me.

After three days of messing with them I finally had enough. The local garage will replace the clutch for half the price and I am selling the car. Buying something German or Japaneese.

P.S everyone jokes about the Rover, but I had one for 4 years from new and never had a single problem unlike this 307.

The Clutch problem is caused by the design of flywheel (it double damps the clutch). This has a habit of disintegrating over time. I managed 40K in mine before it started to behave strangely. The mechanic at the dealer had a very good way of determining the fault - a chirping noise can be heard from the engine as it is switched off.

I understand that the design has been changed in later models. It only affects the 110 HDi engine - most models.

Clutch, Broken Flywheel.

Again as the comment above I own exact same spec car on a '02 plate. Flywheel has also disintegrated at 37000 miles. Must surely be a case of Peugoet having to recall these cars soon? Can any add to this post if they know this to be the case already.

Our 2002 Peugeot has just returned from a service having had the suspension fixed which should not in the garage's opinion occur in such a young car! The clutch wore out after just a year of driving - under 20000 miles and the dealer refused to accept responsibility saying that we had caused it through improper driving and wear and tear!! So far the car has cost us over £1000 to fix. We shall NEVER be buying a Peugeot again.

I have a 307 HDI 110 and recently have had to the clutch flywheel replaced because the bearings have worn on it. It has only done 9000 miles.

I have also had the flywheel break up on a 02, 307 hdi 110 d-turbo. At 38000miles. I complained to the dealer about a slipping noise, but was told that the clutch etc was fine. Then one day it wouldn't go into gear. Its been two weeks now and nobody knows who is going to pay for it! It's a disgrace! About from that and quite a few electrical problems it's a great car.

My 307 HDI 110 (51 plate, 49,000 miles) has just had its flywheel reduced to a bag of small bits and is now being mended. Have they fixed the problem with these flywheels yet or am I paying £1000 for another duff one to be put it?

Just a note - we have just had a flywheel go at 54,000 miles - and apparently - according to our local Peugeot dealer - it is covered by a 100,000 or 4 year warranty. The car is going in today to the main dealer and if it is the flywheel that has gone (this needs to be confirmed as I never take my cars to main dealers - always use my own mechanic - and he diagnosed the flywheel) - we're covered. Is this warranty new???

Thanks for all the helpful comments. We have just 'nearly' purchased this exact car, picking up on Saturday from main Peugeot dealer. We told them the problem with the clutch and flywheel, and they have agreed to fit a new one before we pick it up. We are also going to have a thorough 'vehicle check' at a cost of £199 as a result of these comments! Don't usually do this, but the 'used car trade' is a bit of a Russian Roulette game these days, even from a garage.

It seems it is a really good car apart from the clutch problem, so this has really helped.

I am really rather scared reading this! we are just home after being picked up by breakdown service, and you guessed it, it looks like the clutch, we have done approx 33,000 miles, these cars aren't cheap and for that money you expect good quality parts, so why does this seem to be such a common problem? I dot feel that "wear and tear" is the correct classification for this fault, we are talking about a less than two year old car, younger by what others are saying and a low mileage, the price people are paying for repair is crazy, this will be our first and last one of these, never ever again.

I own a rapier, but mine is a 90 hdi 5 door. I bought this car a couple of year back with 9500 miles on the clock and by the time I took it in for its mot a year later (and 13000 miles) I was told my fuel system needed replacing which in total come close to 4 grand, shocked! is an understatement as I hardly used the car within a year, and for a car so young expected more from this big dealer. the service dude at the centre didn't even attempt to console me by saying that it was OK, the warranty will cover it, but left me to sit there and think just maybe I will have to cough up for this or lose the car. I sought advice from trading standards who helped me somewhat resolve a problem I felt occured prior to my buying. hmmm something very dodgy about that car dealer, I vow to never buy a peugeot again and will endeavor to advise people not to. do these people realise that we contribute towards there living hmmm.

I just want to note that the flywheel disintegrated on our 110 hp Peugeot 307 as well. I did a Google search on "flywheel peugeot 307" and ended up on this site. There seems to be a lot of people who experience this problem.

It is interesting to read the earlier comments, I own a 2002 307sw which I bought as an ex-demo less than 6 months old, it has now done almost 80,000 miles a couple of days ago the rev's suddenly shot up and I lost the gearbox, my son was going to fix the car for me (being a mechanic) but I thought I would find out how much peugeot would charge it was then that I found out about the flywheel problem and the fact that it is covered by 5 year or 100,000 mile extended warranty. However there is a catch, the garage cannot confirm without stripping down the gearbox whether the flywheel has caused the problem and to do that they will charge me around £200 if the flywheel has failed and damaged the clutch which inturn has damaged the gearbox the £200 plus flywheel, clutch and gearbox will all be covered under the warranty. They have agreed that I can take the car away if it turns out to be some other fault, but only after they have re-built it all so that it can be moved at a further cost of £200!!!

A word of warning to all women drivers, I broke down at 9.30pm on an unlit road in the middle of nowhere with only occasional mobile signal and little battery. I managed to get through to the AA just after 10pm the breakdown truck arrived at 12.30am!!! Apparently the AA do not give priority to women on their own.

Peugeot 307SW 110HDi - on a 53 plate.

Loss of power - turbo

Noisy flywheel - £???

Air bag fault - comm2000 - £178 + vat

Turbo leaking oil - £419 + vat.

Cost me £80 for a diagnostic check to let me know I'd bought a piece of cr@p.

I would not have another Peugeot again - cannot wait to get rid of it.

I own a 307hdi 2002 plate. I have had nothing, but problems with it since I bought it 6 months ago. firstly the fly wheel went and I was TOLD

that it was a few months out of warranty. only done 34000 miles.

My Peugeot 307 HDI 110 is a 52 plate. The clutch went at 2,000 miles and again at 6,000 miles when Peugeot paid for a replacement clutch and flywheel. The clutch and flywheel recently failed (12/06) at 41,000 miles and I have had to pay £1,063 for their replacement. Peugeot refuse to pay anything. They say that it is out of its 3 year warranty and though they may consider a contribution to cost between 3- 4 years they will not consider anything after 4 years.