do all 206cc and 206 stall regularly

mobb88 · Post by **mobb88** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:46 am

hi i just noticed my cc stalls all the time while im driving its a little stall but still very noticeable. its been there since i bought it....i think its got to do with peugeots engine design or is there sumting wrong with the car? the rest of my family drives hondas and the engine is just superb without any stall!!! maybe its just euroean cars but then again my dads 1974 sl drives perfectly even my sisters boring civic has a better feel while driving......please let me know if you have the same problem

Huu · Post by **Huu** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:42 am

if you got the auto its not unsual, not just peugeot, other euro car seem to be similar. Its something to do with their "adaptive gear box" which suppose to adapt to your driving style but if you have an agressive driving style it seem not to down shift fast enough, to solve it - use to "S"port mode when driving (or pull down to "3 or 2" when turn corner or slow down qiuckly). If you notice already tap down on the accelerator paddle to control down shift. Most annoying when you turn corner, by the time it move down a gear you out of the corner already and the car take off on the straight at which you have to slow down or you will slam into the front car.

mobb88 · Post by **mobb88** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:59 pm

i think u r right.......does it mean japanses cars are better and smoother to ride? maybe even better built? god u can really feel the bloody gear box change.......is there anything peugeot can about it? if only toyotas and hondas made cool cars..........damn

slimgym · Post by **slimgym** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:28 pm

god u can really feel the bloody gear box change.......is there anything peugeot can about it?
Yep got to agree, this was my first manual in a while and the gear change is reasonably precise but has a lot of play in it. I drove a friends Seat Ibiza and the gearbox in that is really precise and feels more like an electronic switch rather than a gear-linked system!

Not sure if the Griffiths 206 Quick Shift would make things better or worse but once my 2 year service is done in a couple of weeks I might get one fitted to see. Anyone else got one?

boyracer · Post by **boyracer** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:25 am

I too was appalled at the distance between shifts when I first got my car. Doesn't quite fit the sporty image, does it ? The only other time I've seen a gear shift travel anything like that distance was on a government bus !

I got the Griffiths QS. Very worthwhile ! Mine's on the middle setting (pre-set), been lately thinking of dropping it down to the shortest setting, but been wondering if this will make changing gears harder, ie: do you need the leverage to change gears.

Slimgym, I wouldn't wait for the warranty to run out. I'm sure you'll have no probs with it. The only way I can see a problem arising is if you really slam the gears through hard. But then, that's hardly the QS's fault is it (even though Peugeot might say that it was) ? But the reality is that the same problem would arise even if you didn't have the QS.

mobb88 · Post by **mobb88** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:30 am

so all other euro cars have the same problem? is there anything else i can do to avoid the uncomfortable feeling of the gear chaning even if its just a heart beat kinder feel? i tried putting into s but it still doesnt feel as good as a jazz or even my 70s benz! jesus why are these cars designed liek this? can anybody tell me

Huu · Post by **Huu** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:48 am

i think u r right.......does it mean japanses cars are better and smoother to ride? maybe even better built? god u can really feel the bloody gear box change.......is there anything peugeot can about it? if only toyotas and hondas made cool cars..........damn

"does it mean japanses cars are better and smoother to ride" - not really, once you use to the car's gear changing point (at which speed and how far down to press the paddle to cause it to shift up or down) you will find that you will have greater control over the cars.

"if only toyotas and hondas made cool cars" - yeah ! have you seen them, my god - look like they are design by 5 year old. They all claim to have "european styling" hmmm do they really think people buy japanese car because of the "european styling"? what the heck id european styling anyway? its only make japanese car uglier. BUT in the ugliest car award one european company still take the cup.... the renault "big bum" megane... my god i actually saw people driving arround with it... hope it no one here

mobb88 · Post by **mobb88** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:20 am

whats the paddle mean do u mean the gear stick....mate so how do i control my car properly

slimgym · Post by **slimgym** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:29 pm

I got the Griffiths QS. Very worthwhile ! I wouldn't wait for the warranty to run out.
I was going to wait until after the 2 year service which is due this month, do it then, the warranty has another year to run. It's just I can see them blaming anything and everything on stuff like this so I didn't want to take the chance. I even take the automatic roof box out when I take it in too, don't leave it to chance to deactivate it..

boyracer · Post by **boyracer** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:16 am

Probably silly of me, but I leave all both the QS and the Conmatic in when having a service. So far, no probs.

slimgym · Post by **slimgym** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:04 pm

Probably silly of me, but I leave all both the QS and the Conmatic in when having a service. So far, no probs.

I wouldn't expect any issues until there's something wrong and I'm quite willing to accept a failure on any part of the car that I may have meddled with. Just if I take the car in to have the gas struts replaced they could blame the Conmatic for causing it, something like that, it's like insurance companies squirming out of paying because you put alloy wheels or a chrome exhaust end on ...

boyracer · Post by **boyracer** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:59 am

Well, so far I've been very happy with the car, the dealer and the service department.

However, we've all seen and read plenty on this forum and elsewhere re: dealers who fail to stand behind the products they sell.

Time will tell. Anybody from Pug Australia on this forum may as well take note that I will go absolutely ballistic if they fail to honour a warranty claim. Honda Australia and Suzuki Australia have crossed my path before - and they both have scars to prove it.