Hi peeps, Sorry for the delay, been in Afghan for a bit. Phoned European trading standards who said the car was not fit for purpose. Informed the finance company and received a cheque from Peugeot for half the cost. Apparently if I had put the car to a Peugeot dealer I would have paid nothing. Peugeot wanted over £2000 for the repairs. The local garage did the same for about £1000 using Peugeot parts. European trading standards told me to forget about the warranty and quoted a load of regulations I could use. Give them a try. It worked for me.

Well, no surprises, Peugeot UK said it's not their problem. Peugeot France although replying to emails in English can tell me they don't speak english in english and hang up. So now I'm passing it over to the finance company so the legal eagles can have some fun. Apparently there is an EU regulation covering cars. I'll wait and see. My warranty paperwork says I have another 6 months warranty. According to Peugeot the paperwork is wrong. The parts needing replaced are: Gearbox Thrust bearing Clutch Starter motor Inlet manifold. Cost of parts is £1744. That's if they are able to recondition the parts coming off. All this reversing from a parking space.

Hi peeps, I am now in touch with Peugeot international. (copy of e.mail to Peugeot) Hi, I bought a 307 SW tax free in 2005 whilst living in Cyprus. As I am in the British army, the car is full UK spec and I have the certificate of conformity which was supplied by the Peugeot factory. The car is now in the UK. The car has done 22000 miles and broken down. I am waiting on the full engineers report but he has informed me that the clutch and flywheel are at fault. The gearbox is now being removed to find the full extent of the damage. I have spoken to Peugeot UK who have told me the car is 6 months out of warranty and that was as far as the conversation went. Ordinarily I would have no problem with the warranty being out. My problem is with the damage to the car after such low mileage. I'm sure you will agree that these parts should not be at fault so early in the life of the car. My question, as there is obviously a manufacturing defect with the car, is Peugeot willing to do anything to rectify the fault? I will await a reply before deciding my next course of action. I'll update when I hear back from Peugeot. Peugeot UK were slightly worse than useless, I'll try their boss.

Hi peeps, My 05 307 packed up last week. Peugeot not interested so I sent the car to a local garage. I've been told it is the flywheel, clutch but will find out more when the gearbox comes out. The car has done 21000 miles and it is fair wear and tear. Anyways, I'm waiting on the engineer report and will be contacting trading standards and will be looking at taking legal action. I'm sure I read somewhere in there that the item must be fit for purpose. I got a year taken off my warranty for buying the car outside of the UK even although it was ordered from the factory and was destined for the UK market. Strangely enough I'm not too happy with Peugeot at the moment. Has anyone had any joy with Peugeot. I have e.mailed watchdog so thanks for the link.