Peugeot 206

Lorrs33

I see lots of them on the road, so I assume them to be a good car. My brother-in-law is a mechanic and according to my sister, they're very bad with electrics or something. No offence to her, but I don't trust her judgement on this car because she wants one and is going out of her way to talk me out of getting one. I haven't had the chance to speak with my brother-in-law away from her to get his honest opinion, so I thought I'd ask here. Are they good cars?

fasterkitten

I have one. It's 02. I've driven the **** out of it and it's never given me any problems.

Cunning Alias

Mines a 99. Had to replace the starter motor but aside from that its great. Only complaint is that the pedals are a bit close together.

rotinaj

GF had one for a while. Nice little car. Her car had the guts of 100k on the clock and no problems.

dec25532

Some garages tell you that the Peugots give problems after 40K miles but that is crap. Sis in law has one with 120K on it and has given very little problems apart electric window motor on passenger door needing replacement. Would love a peugot 607 but they are a hard sell as second hand!

Penn

I can't speak from experience, but my uncle is a Peugeot mechanic and advised my sister not to get one when she was buying a car a few years ago. Said he hates having to fix 206s.

But again, I can't speak from experience and this is what my sister told me he said, so take it with a pinch of salt

juke

I have a '01 with about 36k on the clock. Only electrics problems I have is the radio randomly turning itself off, and v. occasionally self adjusting the volume.

Had to get a new part for the exhaust for the last NCT. No other problems

ThatsNotMyName*

Love my 206! Id defo recomend them for people starting to drive.

Drove the s*** out of it for a year and a half and now it seems to be causing me problems every month!
-When i tried to go faster than 100kph the thing started making a loud screeching whirring noise until i slowed down to just under that
-Failed the NCT cos the carbon emissions were too high
-Sometimes break lights are on permanently
-Most recently its new trick is making a popping sound when i put my foot on the clutch to change gears.
I was on the M50 and i tried to change gears the clutch made a pop sound and the clutch did not disengage. The pedal stayed down and i wasnt in any gear or able to put it in any gear. Luckily i was in the outside lane else the deathtrap would have killed me! :eek:

Heroditas

Horrible car. Wife had one and it gave constant problems.
Nothing is in an easy spot to access.
As another poster said, the pedals are very close together so may be a tad awkward for many guys to drive.

Atomic Pineapple

Apart from being one of the worst handling cars I've ever driven they seem to have lots of niggly things that go wrong, as has been said they do suffer from electrical problems.

My cousin has one and has almost spent as much as the price she originally paid in fixing it.

Just because there popular those not make them good, they sell on there image to misinformed women.

Do a google search on 206 reviews, 206 problems etc..

Lorrs33

Wow, that's a lot of mixed responses

smcgui

Well I love mine, I have a '01 206 and have had it for about two and a half years now. Caused me very little problems, very comfortable car to drive. Infact I'll be selling mine next month if you are interested!:D Only reason I will be selling mine is that I'm going travelling for a year, I'm even tempted to keep it at home until I get back. Either way I would recommend them and I would defo buy another one in a heartbeat.

Eoin

Lorrs33 wrote: »

Wow, that's a lot of mixed responses

You're always going to get mixed opinions on reliability, especially for anything that's not Japanese. My wife has one for 2.5 years, with very few problems. Servicing is very cheap.

Damomayo

My wife has one as well and she loves it. Just passed NCT with no probs. Going to sell it cause I got a new car and she's getting my old car.
Can't complain about realiabilty even though its french, Seats are very comfy and its ideal for use. 1.1 engine so not a long journey cruiser but ideal for less than 50 mls and great on fuel
Biggest prob with 206 is the pedals!!!!! very tight - not for size 10 feet Gearbox in all pugs don't seem to be as good as german cars but not had any prob with it either.

Overall IMHO the cars grand but all makes will have some bad 1's even E50k merc

Ps forgot to mention front seats have fast recline (might be handy)

Eoin

The pedals in the 106 are even worse! I've no problems changing from my auto with loads of foot space to my wife's 206, but it's probably out of habit more than anything else.

seamus

Can't complain about my own one except that I've kind of wrecked. I'm very tough on mechanical objects as a rule though, and in 4 years of ownership it's never left me stranded or frustrated, and hasn't cost a huge amount to maintain.

The pedals are close together, but all it requires is adjusting how you use your feet. If you're in the habit of lifting your foot off the mat to change from brake to accelerator (or vice versa), you'll have the hardest adjustment.