after over two decades of pug driving i'm switching to Volvo. there are two reasons for that. One is that i'm nt as often in France anymore as i used to.
But the main reason is that after a clutch renewal last year that has gone from bad to worse, even after specific asked to replace the fly wheel, and renew a coolant hose , the managed to c*ck up bigtime by ruining the radiator ( two yeras old replaced) forgot to replace said flywheel, put in a new raditator and managed to forget the mounts so within a mile a new radiator was needed....... AND after that they forgot to mount the bottom engine covers.... i filed a complaint against garage bedrijf DE JONG Amsterdam ( remember that name and avoid like the plague) Peugeot Nederland did not see any reason for me whatsover to complainas far as they could see all went to normal procedure
I sold my 406HDI, drive a beaten 405 now that is to be wrecked next week as new car arrives ( V70 D5) and the only pug i wish to keep is my old 305D Commercial Van that has given me less grief in 540.000KM than a 100.000km i drove in the 406. I remember the electrical problems due to badly costructed wire looms ( never mix copper and iron in a loom) I remember the water pump problems after the first cambelt change, i remember the fuel pump problems right after rechanging the cambelt + waterpump+ tension rolers. i remember the dasboard problems, the trim problems, brake problems( warped discs) the seat being to short for averege dutch heights. I also remember the ever so smoot ride trough rural France
the Volvo dealer has treatened me very nicely, and the biggest surpise? changing a cambelt in a V70 D5 is an hours work ( 4.5 on a pug) and costs no more that 250 euro, belt, waterpump, tension roller, seals and labour included. and it does about the same to the liter as the pug did, roughly 16 Km/L
bye bye PSA!