I've got a 1.6 307 Rapier with the 1600 petrol engine.
Its approximately 14 months old (bought from new) and the clutch has just started slipping really badly, if you try to accelerate in 3rd or 4th up an incline then it just slips. This has only just started to happen but has got progressively worse within a couple of days.
The car has only done about 9,600 miles from new. It's the wifes daily transport, its not hammered and does a wide variety of travelling from short trips to the 1200 miles we racked up in one week on holiday on the french motorways. I've looked underneath and theres no sign of fluids leaking out.
Phoned up the main dealer from whom we purchased it and he told me that Peugeot only gave a 12,000 mile / 12 month warranty on the clutch, this cover was subjective and would not be honoured if the clutch (in their opinion) had been abused, this would be decided once the clutch had been removed.
They have quoted me £350 to replace it, as we just outside the 12 month warranty it looks like I'm going to have to pay it.
Is there any advice anyone can give me? Is this a common problem?, as less than 10,000 miles seems a ridiculously low milage for the clutch to expire.
Out last car was a 1.9 205 Gti, I replaced the clutch plate in it myself after 53,000 trouble free miles, the wife drove this car along the same routes in the same conditions. Maybe the older ones were just better made?
Thanks Philm