Faults:

Dashboard lights momentarily went out at night.

Faulty coolant temperature sensor.

Rear window shattered in drive for no apparent reason. Comment from authorized glass replacement firm that this was not first example that they had been advised of.

General Comments:

Disappointing compared to previous 306.

Faults:

The car could only go with second gear after going into a flood, but it was repaired.

The right rear door was somehow stuck and it cannot be opened. Even the mechanics from my dealer cannot open it. Until I left the car in the garage overnight. They finally got a new lock for it.

The engine coolant started to leak from the engine at 13000 miles. The adhesive material somehow melted. The coolant is flowing out like mad now. The only hope now is to get a new car or a new engine.

General Comments:

This car has anything you want for a fraction of the price of expensive BMW and Mercedes Benz.

Faults:

When purchased vehicle had a failed seal on rear passenger side light housing.

Vehicle suffers from excessive transmission noise.

Indicator stalk is very tight.

General Comments:

Whilst the car is extremely economic it is noisy in transmission in forward as well as reverse gears.

My current experience of Peugeot after sales service is very disappointing, and had I been aware of this level of letdown I am not at all sure I would have bought the car, which is a real pity as the vehicle design and quality is very high.

Faults:

The car was on the road for three days when the indicators started to come on at random. This problem was short lived however as the steering column caught fire. The car was taken to the dealership (Belmont Peugeot, Bankhead, Edinburg) where it remained for a whole two months before repair. There was a great demand for spares apparently.

I had the car back on the road a week when, in the fast lane of the A1, all power was lost. A shower of sparks covered my feet and I had to make emergency manouveres to the hard shoulder. The ignition power loom had been caught in the universal joint in the steering column. The resulting fire forced the abandonment of the vehicle.

General Comments:

The 307 is a comfortable car that was a pleasure to drive, but I have serious concerns about it's fire safety. We have a large fleet of mixed manufacture vehicles at my work. Two of which (not including mine) are 307s which have the front end burned out. A safety recall should surely be initiated.

I would even have concerns about parking next to one.

Faults:

Loss of Power on hot day after driving in excess of 100Km with antipollution fault displaying on the screen.

Sent to dealer whom rebooted the system only to have it return the following day when the car was picked up. (No explanation given for loss of power)

Car is still in service to fix the fault, but again no real attempt has been made to rectify initial loss of power.

General Comments:

Bought the car as previous car was becoming unreliable only to loose confidence in taking the car on long trips and worrying about the really poor performance of Peugeot Assist.

Was completely happy with my purchase initially. Engine was fine, felt powerful and handled well in all conditions. Interior is excellent, seats are very comfortable. Gearbox is quite good, but revs quite high in lower gears.

Currently under a cloud of suspicion for reliability.