Post 05 307's. Buy or Avoid?
Discussion
My brother has been looking at a 07/08 57 reg Peugeot 307 1.6 110 HDI hatchback. Not too bad bodywork wise but it has done a 150,000 miles though! But does have a full dealer service history and the electrics do work.
Thing is, i have heard bad things about 307's especally early cars, mostly reliablity and electrics. I am quite worryed that after another couple of thousand miles something major would go bang and cost too much to fix.
Question is do all 307's suffer hopeless reliablity problems and should my brother buy it or avoid it?
Thanks
Rob
Thing is, i have heard bad things about 307's especally early cars, mostly reliablity and electrics. I am quite worryed that after another couple of thousand miles something major would go bang and cost too much to fix.
Question is do all 307's suffer hopeless reliablity problems and should my brother buy it or avoid it?
Thanks
Rob
When I started working with Peugeot`s 40yrs ago they were bullet proof, and have been up to and including 306`s 406`s etc.Sadly I`ve seen the build quality and reliability go down mainly with 307`s,407`s etc.Too much "gizzmozz" packed in for the price,"playstation cars".I`m carrying out repairs to these that were never thought of on early models,why?whats gone wrong? Would I recommend a 307 to one of my customers? no!not even if there was money in it for me as it would come back with a fault.Mind you with 150K on the clock something will need replacing no matter what make of car it is. Shop around there are a lot of nice cheep cars out there.
The facelifted post 2005 307s are a lot better than the orginal ones. Peugeot did rectify a lot of common problems when they facelifted it but these were mainly electrical ones.
150,000 miles is a lot for any car and personal I'd stay clear. The Peuegot Diesels of this era are known for their DPF issues and Anti-Pollution faults. However the mileage would indicate that it's always had long runs and not many short journeys which engines and DPFs like so it could turn out to be a good purchase.
Like I said though personally I'd avoid what with DPFs costing nearly a grand to repair and the dredead Anti-pollution faults sometimes costing thousands.
150,000 miles is a lot for any car and personal I'd stay clear. The Peuegot Diesels of this era are known for their DPF issues and Anti-Pollution faults. However the mileage would indicate that it's always had long runs and not many short journeys which engines and DPFs like so it could turn out to be a good purchase.
Like I said though personally I'd avoid what with DPFs costing nearly a grand to repair and the dredead Anti-pollution faults sometimes costing thousands.
As a Peugeot Sales Exec I would say that the face lifted models are by far and away superior to the older ones and you can get quite a lot of car for your money with one. They benefitted from a complete over haul of the electrical system and much of it is still in the 207 today. Having said that, any car with 150,000 miles on is going to have its issues now and again.
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