Advice on buying a 406

A few thing to look out for! were do i start. ok if the speedo is a bit jumpy then the sender at the back of the glove box is faulty, may sem like nothing but can cost a feew quid to put right

if it's a showroom-car find out how long the dealer warrenty is for all dealers in the UK must give a minimum of one months warrenty on any used car sold. make sure that this covers you for the fuel system! as if or when the fuel pump goes! and they do at high milage! it can cost an arm and a leg to fix.=A3150 + make sure that the remote works,

The clutches go on these cars at about 80-90k so watch out for that, the engine diagnostic system is a nightmare when they go wrong expect to fork out anything from =A3300 -=A3600 depending on the dealer,

The imobliser can go faulty! this is a little ring of wirte that wraps around the ignition switch.

one of the major problems with these cars is the fact that most of the engine stuff goes trough a computer and this is were the problem lies the simplest thing can go wrong and the car wont start because of it, look out for a little orange engine shape in the bottom half of the colum lights if this does not go out after a few seconds, then theri may be problems ahead if you see the little air bag flashing on the dash then their is a plug just under the seat at the front on both seats these little plugs can and do come loose press them home tight and the light should go out,

cheack the boot and make sure that the spare wheel bay isint flooded with water sometimes they can leak at the boot

My advice is similar to the previous poster, but summed up in the following expression....

DON'T DO IT!

I will certainly avoid 406's (and Peugeots in general) until they get their act together and manage to sort out their extremely poor record on auto-electrics. Why do they have so much trouble joining wires together???

if it's a showroom-car find out how long the dealer warrenty is for all dealers in the UK must give a minimum of one months warrenty on any used car sold. make sure that this covers you for the fuel system! as if or when the fuel pump goes! and they do at high milage! it can cost an arm and a leg to fix.£150 + make sure that the remote works,

The clutches go on these cars at about 80-90k so watch out for that, the engine diagnostic system is a nightmare when they go wrong expect to fork out anything from £300 -£600 depending on the dealer,

The imobliser can go faulty! this is a little ring of wirte that wraps around the ignition switch.

one of the major problems with these cars is the fact that most of the engine stuff goes trough a computer and this is were the problem lies the simplest thing can go wrong and the car wont start because of it, look out for a little orange engine shape in the bottom half of the colum lights if this does not go out after a few seconds, then theri may be problems ahead if you see the little air bag flashing on the dash then their is a plug just under the seat at the front on both seats these little plugs can and do come loose press them home tight and the light should go out,

cheack the boot and make sure that the spare wheel bay isint flooded with water sometimes they can leak at the boot

"Matt" schreef in bericht news:UOVye.1589$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...

I drive a HDI 80KW from '99, 220.000 kms.I have owned this car for 2 years. Untill now I did not have much trouble. The airco has to be repaired now, but the rest is still okay. No oil consumption and very very economic with diesel. It has the driveability of a sportscar and is very quiet.

Thanks for the replies - I'll give it a good going over before parting with any cash.

My family has had plenty of Pugs (2 205's, 3 405's) so I do have a soft spot for them. I'll make sure I try to get a good one...

Cheers, Matt

Thanks for that. It's a 1999 car 2.0HDi (110bhp) so as you say, may not have one. So I'm looking behind the engine towards the bulkhead for 3 boxes. What happens if you don't change it? How come it costs so much to have it done?

Cheers, Matt