Why are Peugeot 407's cheap to buy

bennyineire

Why are Peugeot 407's cheap to buy, I'm looking to buy a car at the moment for under 2k and I've noticed plenty of 2005 407's at this price, they look the part so whats the deal.

bazz26

Reliability on them can be hit or miss with the potential to have big repair bills plus your typical French car reputation and heavy depreciation. Also like most cars, the tired ones tend to be at the cheapest end of the price spectrum.

93Cab

Because they're crap! Seriously though, bought an 05 2.0 hdi estate in England in May for £2k. VRT is very low, probably for the reason posted above. Car has automatic lights and wipers, full colour sat nav ( which I've updated to 2014 for the price of a blank CD, built in car phone, voice control, rear blinds built into the doors and probably the best quality leather interior I've ever seen! 112k miles and I figure it will have paid for itself in 12 months in fuel. Niggles? Best to regard front ball joints as consumable items, I've had warning beeps for a week re brake lights and indicators, bit the bullet today, took off the rear light clusters, adjusted the connectors, cleaned the contacts, result! Parking sensors showing a fault which may be something to do with the wiring for the towbar which I'll never use.All in all very impressed with the build quality!

bennyineire

93Cab wrote: »

Because they're crap! Seriously though, bought an 05 2.0 hdi estate in England in May for £2k. VRT is very low, probably for the reason posted above. Car has automatic lights and wipers, full colour sat nav ( which I've updated to 2014 for the price of a blank CD, built in car phone, voice control, rear blinds built into the doors and probably the best quality leather interior I've ever seen! 112k miles and I figure it will have paid for itself in 12 months in fuel. Niggles? Best to regard front ball joints as consumable items, I've had warning beeps for a week re brake lights and indicators, bit the bullet today, took off the rear light clusters, adjusted the connectors, cleaned the contacts, result! Parking sensors showing a fault which may be something to do with the wiring for the towbar which I'll never use.All in all very impressed with the build quality!

Ha you caught me off guard there at the start, so you would recommend one then

NIMAN

PEugeot is one of them brands that many Irish are afraid of, as they have a perceived reputation which may or may not be true.

Have you heard the "avoid French" line in car buying?

To be honest, I have had family members who had nothing but bother with French cars, but always Renaults.

pudzey101

generally anyone i know with a peugeot 206,306 or 407 , saxo , renault or citroen have run into problems 99% of the time

Quazzie

I have a 407 2.0 Hdi (currently been driving by the wife).

The first thing I done when I got it was get the EGR blanked. Then I went into the ECUs and turned off anything that I didn't want but usually cause issues like the tyre pressure sensors which always cause problems because the sensors on the valves always go wonky.

I've had it nearly a year and my total spend on maintenance is well under €200 in total. I can't see how it is possible to get a car from the same year with the spec my 407 has.

I'd stay away from the 1.6 Diesel but the rest of the range I'd gladly buy. Don't let horror stories put you off. View the car thoroughly, with a mechanic if required, and buy the car on it's merits.

It's a good thing there are plenty of people like Pudzey above who believe pub talk so it keeps the prices nice and low,

smcgiff

pudzey101 wrote: »

generally anyone i know with a peugeot 206,306 or 407 , saxo , renault or citroen have run into problems 99% of the time

My wife bought a 06 206 from new and it has never given her trouble. She loves it for that reason. It's about to hit 100k kms and she gets it serviced regularly in a main dealers.

It's saved me a fortune, it was/is her first car and has no intereet in changing.

pudzey101

^ some people get lucky smcgiff guy i know has a renault 5 gt turbo ( 1991) and compression shows its as healthy as the day it came from the factory

Like u said though anyone who gets their car serviced regularly shoudnt run into too many problems

eviltwin

My husband has an 02 607 and has never had a problem with it touch wood.