407,Poor Brakes, nervous steering.poor ride

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tradesecrets - 19 Feb 2006 22:04 GMT

I'm interested to hear from anyone with a 407 hdi 110 se saloon with
concerns on:
Poor brakes with long pedal travel, seems worse in slow traffic ! Also foot
fouls on brake pedal mechanism and I'm only size 9 shoe!
also,
Unstable ride, suspension seems very harsh on anything but the smoothest
surface...white lines and small road imperfections really jar the
suspension...feels like a go-cart. Steering needs constant correction to
hold a straight line on motorway and steering seems slow to self centre on
slow sharp corners

Mine is December 2005 55reg and done only 2200 miles.

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davek - 20 Feb 2006 09:32 GMT

> I'm interested to hear from anyone with a 407 hdi 110 se saloon with
> concerns

Have a look at Honest John website. (Telegraph Motoring). He enthuses over
the car- and he's usually pretty critical.
DaveK.

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Crazy Aizy - 20 Feb 2006 11:49 GMT

> I'm interested to hear from anyone with a 407 hdi 110 se saloon with
> concerns on:
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> Mine is December 2005 55reg and done only 2200 miles.

Why not take the car back to the dealer and ask them to check it over?

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androo - 20 Feb 2006 11:50 GMT

> Unstable ride, suspension seems very harsh on anything but the smoothest
> surface...white lines and small road imperfections really jar the
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> Mine is December 2005 55reg and done only 2200 miles.

Do you have huge alloys? Won't affect the brakes, but could be the reason
for the poor ride.

Androo

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Peter Chant - 20 Feb 2006 13:04 GMT

> I'm interested to hear from anyone with a 407 hdi 110 se saloon with
> concerns on:
> Poor brakes with long pedal travel, seems worse in slow traffic ! Also
> foot fouls on brake pedal mechanism and I'm only size 9 shoe!
> also,

No problems with my size 13 1/2 s in a petrol 2.0 SE. I'd imagine the
pedals are the same. Never-the-less, people larger than me seem to have no
trouble driving cars I can't fit in so it really does vary from person to
person.

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Marc Amsterdam - 22 Feb 2006 09:44 GMT

>> I'm interested to hear from anyone with a 407 hdi 110 se saloon with
>> concerns on:
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>trouble driving cars I can't fit in so it really does vary from person to
>person.

yup , i'm 6'6" and have size 12, no trouble at all, ( apart than that
i drove one and cant afford it at this time :-)

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Nom - 21 Feb 2006 09:18 GMT

> I'm interested to hear from anyone with a 407 hdi 110 se saloon with
> concerns on:
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> Mine is December 2005 55reg and done only 2200 miles.

You obviously test drove one before you bought it, so you know what they
should be like. So go back to your Peugeot dealer, and point out the faults
with your 407. If necessary, take them out in their Demonstrater 407 to show
the differences. Yours is under warranty, so you won't be paying for the
repairs !

Of course, the other scenario is that you have a perfectly healthy 407, and
you just dislike the way it drives. But in that case, you'd never have
bought one after your test drive - so the only conclusion is that yours is
broken.

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