Faults:

Dual mass flywheel disintegrated.

Alternator failed.

Vibration damper failed.

General Comments:

Would be a great car if only it was reliable... It's not in the same league reliability wise as the many 306's I owned over the years, although it's a far better car in every other aspect.

I (driving instructor) commented last year regarding the "flywheel" fault. Now I feel the need to warn ya of the "crankshaft pulley"... It collapsed and the inner part of it decided to make a dash for freedom... it cut a seven inch diameter hole into the timing case, and then threw the rubber bonding and parts of the broken timing case into the timing belt... nice!.. The timing jumped a few teeth and the result was a set of smashed cam followers... lucky in that I had no damage to the valves. Maybe Peugeot have built in a "weak link" for this reason, because looking at the "cam followers", they remind me of part of a Lego set I had as a child.

After the failure, "everything" electrical shut down... re-set by computer after repair!

The thing I wanted to point out is that there was no warning whatsoever... no noise or vibration...

"Check your crank pulley" because you may not be as lucky as I was... could wreck the whole engine! This is a very common fault on most of the Peugeot/Citroen range, or so I'm told by my parts supplier.