Stalling the issue
Post categories: cars
| 16:42 UK time, Monday, 5 March 2012
Hannah Banks in her Peugeot
Since we got Mike Thane鈥檚 Peugeot fixed a few weeks ago Rhodri Owen鈥檚 been meeting other Peugeot owners who鈥檝e also been feeling very nervous behind the wheel.
Mike from Cardiff complained about his 308 cutting out while he was driving it which he said was dangerous.
And now John Vaughan of Wrexham has told us about his 307 which does the same thing when he鈥檚 on the road.
鈥淲ell, it would just cut out on you and as soon as you stop you turn the key and away you go again,鈥 he said. 鈥淏ut if you're in the middle of a traffic queue you never know what's going to happen.
His local garage couldn鈥檛 fix the car so he took it to Peugeot but although they have suggested a remedy, John can鈥檛 afford it so he鈥檚 stuck with a faulty car that cost 拢4,500.
And he鈥檚 not the only one stuck with an expensive car that鈥檚 misbehaving 鈥 Hannah Banks of Cwmbran has a Peugeot 207 with the same problem.
鈥淭he car would all of a sudden come to a complete standstill,鈥 she said. 鈥淚t would lose power completely, no warning, and just die in the middle of where I was driving.
鈥淚t was an absolute nightmare.鈥
Her local garage couldn鈥檛 fix the car either. Peugeot were able to stop the problem by updating the car鈥檚 computer software but after ten days it came back.
Hannah agreed to test her car on camera in lanes around her home in Cwmbran 鈥 it cut out while we were filming.
Also in the programme, we hear about Bethan Powell from Cardiff and her Peugeot 207 convertible.
It鈥檚 been cutting out too but has just been back to Peugeot for treatment.
Car expert Gareth Rees carried out an inspection on Hannah Banks鈥 car which cut while he was driving it too.
He says that when faults do occur on the car its on-board computer isn鈥檛 recording the actual fault so when it goes for diagnostic testing it鈥檚 not being picked up.
That鈥檚 why local garages haven鈥檛 been able to fix the cars 鈥 because they can鈥檛 find out what鈥檚 causing them to cut-out.
Peugeot say in a statement that there is not a problem common to Mike, John, Hannah and Bethan鈥檚 cars.
They suggest that if these cars鈥 computers haven鈥檛 picked up a problem then perhaps there wasn鈥檛 one or maybe it was outside the scope of the sensors.
It might have been poor maintenance, poor quality fuel or worn components, however, they can鈥檛 say for sure without looking at the cars.
And the company has promised that they鈥檒l carry out a full assessment of all the cars to find out what鈥檚 wrong with them.
