Comments on: Peugeot 308HDi Touring – Long term update

By: STEVE D

STEVE D — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:23:14 +0000

HEY MICK A,YES, THE DISC BRAKE ROTORS R RUBBISH,REPLACEMENTS INCLUDING PADS,FROUNT ONLY,FROM ONLINEBRAKES,IN QLD. DELIVERED TO MY PO @ PC.2148,TOTAL RETAIL,COST $220.00. MAKES ME WONDER ???. STEVE D.SYD.

By: STEVE D.

STEVE D. — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:09:51 +0000

HI PUG FANS,I HAVE A 7/08, 308 XSE,PETROL TURBO (CVVT)4 SPEED AUTO,YES SERVICING ISNT CHEAP,ORIG F DISCS GONE AT 18,000KLMS.DONE UNDER WARRANTY,2ND F DISCS GONE AT 40,000KLMS,CONTI TYRES ONLY LAST 40K,NUMERUS SETS OF FROUNT PADS FITTED,FROUNT ONLY,REAR DISCS AND PADS DOING FINE,WARRANTY CLAIMS HAVE BEEN HANDLED BY TRIVETTS AT PARRA AND RYDALMERE W SHOP,VERY SMOOTHLY DONE.,PARTS CLAIMED UNDER WARRANTY,RHR ELECTRIC WINDOW MTR,NEW WATER PUMP@76K,OIL LEAK ON TURBO OIL LINE 55K.,2 X FUEL PUMPS,40K AND 60K,1ST FUEL PUMP SUS,CAR HAD NOT BEEN RUNNING CONSISTANTLY,BETWEEN 10K,SERVICING INTERVALS,NEW CAM CHAIN AND TENSIONER,AND RELATED SEALS AND GASKETS @60K,DUE TO EXCESSIVE CAM CHAIN RATTLE AT START UP COLD .MOBIL 1 OIL USED SINCE NEW,0 OIL USAGE SO FAR. NEW OIL AND GENUINE FILTER EVERY 10K.BEWTWEEN 650KLMS CITY,OVER 950 ONCRUISE IN COUNTRY.IE.GREAT KLMS 4 60LTRS OF PREMIMN FUEL,17 LOW PROFILE TYRES VERY BUMPY. STEVE D.SYD. YES I LIKE IT !!!.

By: Nicolas L.

Nicolas L. — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:07:03 +0000

My Peugeot 308 SW 1.6 needs the front discs and pads replacing at 32,000 km !!! The car is only 2 and 1/2 years old and I need to spend $804 dollars (on top of the normal servicing costs) to keep it under warranty. Very unpleasant surprise, very disappointed by Peugeot. Head office did not want to do anything about it as those parts are not covered by warranty.

By: Blokie

Blokie — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:12:53 +0000

i thought that was very strange too

By: Blokie

Blokie — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:11:07 +0000

interesting review and a very interesting car.

The Kia Rondo7 is a similar idea, is there anything else out there that is a ‘hatch’ 7seater? i suppose the new Nissan Dualis +2… not too many though?

By: drew

drew — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:27:35 +0000

Hi MarkH, Not sure who did your 40,000 service but mine was $520. However my front rotors were a problem being replaced at 20,000.

By: Mick A

Mick A — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:33:58 +0000

I own a 307 wagon and a 308 hatch. Both have brake rotors made of butter – they needed replacing at the 40,000km service. The 307 has just had it’s 80,000km service and guess what – apparently it needs new discs again…It is unacceptable for Peugeot to continue to sell such inferior parts.

DO NOT REPLACE YOUR ROTORS WITH GENUINE PEUGEOT PARTS. Go to a reliable after-market specialist. The discs are cheaper and will last tens of thousands of kilometres longer than the Peugot butter-rotors. I’ve just fitted non-peugeot rotors and have noticed no difference in braking performance.

By: MarkH

MarkH — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:26:37 +0000

I bought a 308 HDi and am wow am I starting to regret it. The costs of keeping the car serviced are astronomical. I’ve just put it in for its 40,000 km service and the bill I’ve been handed from Peugeot is $2,700 ! and that doesn’t include tyres which need replacing. I’m going to have to drive with worn tyres until I can earn some more money. I can’t believe all of the disc brake rotors need replacing after only 40K. I don’t use the brakes hard at all and apparently this is normal for the Peugeots. I have never known rotors to wear out so fast on any previous cars I’ve owned. To pay out over 10% of the cars original new purchase price every 40K service is just not acceptable.

By: 308-FAIL

308-FAIL — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 04:04:52 +0000

Its NOT brilliant, its fully STUPID!You remove the seats and just put thm in the bin or other>?

*IF* it was clever designed the seats would fold FLAT into the floor like lots of others do

F A I L

By: robert

robert — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:06:07 +0000

We just brought one too, an excellent vehicle. This car is very underrated. Our current suburban economy is 8L/100 for the HDi 2.0 hopefully soon we can do a extra urban test