Peugeot 406

Peugeot Spain denies the existence of a fault in the closure of 406



Since France has announced a call to review
Peugeot Spain denies the existence of a fault in the closure of Peugeot 406
Peugeot Spain denies the news appeared on an alleged fault in the Peugeot 406, which presumably will have to go through the workshops of the brand to strengthen its system for closure of the boot.

According to information provided by news agencies Reuters and AFP (Agence France-Presse), over the next few weeks in France, owners of Peugeot 406 units of the model sold from March 1999 will receive an alert to bring their vehicles to revise one of the dealers of the brand.

This call is due, according to the spokesman for the company, Christian Fabry, to the French brand has located a problem in the sealing of the boot of the saloon, which, when striking a given point of the gate, it was opens.

Online freeway has been in contact with representatives of the brand in Spain and the answer was blunt: "This is an old problem that is already solved." Jose Manuel Ochoa, head of the company's press in our country, commented that this is a bug that was arranged a year ago and who does not understand where or why this information has come out now.

The campaign from French announcing that affects about 200,000 units of the Peugeot 406 sedan manufactured after March 1999. Furthermore, the notes of agencies commented that although the French manufacturer knew this ruling, did not wish to give publicity to prevent theft.

The solution will be given to the owners of this model is to install a reinforcement plate to avoid opening the trunk with a coup, reportedly in France.

Bath technology for the Peugeot 406

The French brand updates one of its best selling models
Bath technology for Peugeot 406
Peugeot updates its Peugeot 406 with a real bath technology. From now on, this model will carry the latest technical advances developed by the French brand.

He has touched the floor. Following the range of other brothers, like the 607, pass through the machine back time and the future full of technological advances, the Peugeot 406 is also pointing to the trolley in innovation.

To begin with, which in its principles was partially multiplexed electrical architecture, now turns to be fully multiplexed. In Peugeot note that this change improves communication between all parts of the car and promotes the proper functioning of safety equipment and comfort.

Thanks to the multiplex electrical diagram, the car turns on automatically stop lamps in case of strong deceleration. It also connects the lights when the visibility conditions worsen, when it enters a tunnel or when the windscreen wipers operate at high speed.

Another advantage is the operation of lights and lighting courtesy of accompaniment, which let you see even a minute later to cut the contact of the car. The windscreen wipers with rain sensor also works through the multiplex.

The section on security has increased with smart front airbags, able to adjust its output of gunshot to the weight and size of passengers.

The comfort of the car wins with the arrival of a windshield aterm that best protects excess solar radiation, regulating a more accurate temperature inside the car.

Peugeot has designed a special effort at the wheel. In this case, have developed the concept of command "Com 2000", grouping up to four ergonomic controls on the steering wheel. They can handle the lights, wipers, radio and speed control.

This team is also responsible for controlling the sound level graduate of intermittent. If the car goes faster, it increases to be sure to hear at any time.

Finally, the opening of the doors changes. From now on, the key will have two buttons and it will take the role of location of the vehicle activated by the intermittent, although in that case were not unlocked the doors.

For the Peugeot 406 Coupe, has mounted a "supercierre." Peugeot describes this term as an action capable of closing all doors of the car in full, undocked insurance, and to close the windows that had been opened.

With all these new ingredients, the Peugeot 406 becomes a true showcase of technology on wheels.

New motor gasoline direct injection for the Peugeot 406

Will be available at the moment in France
New motor gasoline direct injection for the Peugeot 406
The direct injection engines of gasoline are increasingly common now includes the Peugeot 406, only in France, a propellant HPI.

The Peugeot 406 will from now with a new engine HPI direct injection of gasoline in France. The propellant, which among its objectives is to respect the most of the environment, has an engine capacity of 1,997 cubic centimeters, develops an output of 143 hp at 6,000 rpm and maximum torque of 192 Nm at 4,000 rpm.

Thanks to the direct injection high pressure brings about mixed consumption of 7.5 liters per 100 kilometers. The fuel savings, relative to other similar propellant, resulting in greater care for the environment, this engine emits 10 percent less carbon dioxide (primarily responsible for greenhouse effect).

The "secret" of this engine is the compression phase: gasoline is practically vaporized just at the point where he just needs to be combined with the air

The benefits of high-pressure injection, according to sources from the lion brand in France, are to improve combustion, improved performance and the liveliness of the engine. The "secret" of this engine is the compression phase: gasoline is practically vaporized just at the point where he just needs to be combined with air, so the result is looking for: the aforementioned fuel economy.

The environmental benefits are achieved with a converter that has an after-treatment of nitrogen oxides, the system is known as EGR. This system is making the combustion gases recirculated in a duct in which they are cooled.

The Peugeot 406 was first launched in France in 1995 and so far there have been a total of 1,330,413 units, of which 74 per cent of Diesel engine and 26 percent gasoline. This model is a leader in its segment (M2) in the neighboring country since 1997.

Recall of 1800 units of Peugeot 406

The failure could occur at 38,600 vehicles
Call for review of 1,800 units of Peugeot 406
Peugeot has to verify the existence of a potential problem with 38,600 units of its model Peugeot 406.

In order to "confirm the installation of a screw assembly rear of the train," Peugeot Spain has called for preventive maintenance to 1,800 units of the model Peugeot 406.
According to the mark, the problem could occur in 38,600 units across Europe. As for our country, would affect 5140 units, of which only 1800 are on the street, the rest has been revised at dealerships.
After verifying the existence or not of failure, then replace the screw in question.
As published today Efe, the brand has stated that there have been no accidents caused by this problem.

Peugeot equipped with the 406 engine from 136 hp 2.2 HDi

Already on sale in Spain
Peugeot equipped with the Peugeot 406 engine from 136 hp 2.2 HDi
The Peugeot 406 will be an engine of 136 hp 2.2 HDi, one of the most sought-propellant in the model the French house.

Peugeot has already begun to sell in Spain the Peugeot 406 equipped with the new engine. This model can be purchased with the ST trim levels pack for the Break and SV hatchback versions, both have a price of 4,442,000 pesetas.
The 2.2 HDi engine with common rail technology, with variable-geometry turbocharger and particulate filter.
Rather than by their low level of pollutant emissions, this engine is notable for its power. According to official data, the Peugeot 406 can develop a maximum speed of 205 km / h, in the case of the saloon, and 201 in the Break, with an acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h, 11 and 11.3 seconds, respectively.
The reduced consumption is the third asset that offers the 2.2 HDi propellant. The consumption mixed approved by the manufacturer is 6.4 liters per 100 kilometers in the saloon and 6.5 in the Break.

Ford Mondeo Ghia 2.0I Radius / Peugeot 406 2.2 Pack - At stopped

High-level challenge
Ford Mondeo Ghia 2.0I Radius / Peugeot 406 2.2 Pack

The new Ford Mondeo is going to be a rival to account for all the players in the middle segment saloons. In its 2-liter engine and 145 hp plays so well its major assets-size, presentation and price-to bow to one of the best cars in the segment, the Peugeot 406.

- In standing ...

It is still in the oven, since until mid-November did not arrive in dealerships, and the new Ford Mondeo is already shaking the pillars of its segment. And if it is confirmed that the prices of tapadillo and rounded, have reached our ears, sweats can emerge from many fronts to the marketing men of the marks with which we must compete. Nothing more to take a look outside the car, whether divine the intentions of the brand of oval: to make the car largest segment of its price, which can rival any other in appearance. Let us not forget that in many countries, including ours, the external appearance is the first reason for buying a car. In fact, with its length, it might settle between large saloons, with no desentonaría nothing

Now, that length, has moved to the passenger compartment and the trunk? In large part, yes. Nothing more to settle their controls can be seen visually a sense of spaciousness that reminds us of the upper segment cars. With the tape measure in hand, the width does not reach much, but the height and front legroom for the occupants later. This chapter is where he leaves behind at Peugeot 406, that although you have more space for their heads, in this same falls short in front, at least, with the option of sliding roof installed, as was the case in our unit tests.

The driver of the Peugeot 406 does not have a position as perfect as that of Ford

In the Mondeo, the driving position is formidable. We have no other description. Steering wheel, gear shift, seat and pedals combine to offer one of the most successful of the positions that, right now, we remember. However, the aesthetic design of the steering wheel, which does not affect driving, can have its detractors, while recognizing that size and thickness of the ring falls perfectly into our hands. That same can be moved to the dashboard that, at first glance, it shows a clear influence computing, with a lack of art, something that can be said of the exterior of the car. In the Peugeot, is the feeling of being in a vehicle with more class, where design has a specific weight more pronounced and the visual quality of the plastic, more careful. However, the driver of the Peugeot 406 does not have a position as perfect as that of Ford, but in no case deserves criticism. However, in this unit, with a sliding roof, it's easy to get to play with your head if our taste is the master of the hearing with the bonnet.

The French press complaint structural weaknesses in the Peugeot 406

The manufacturer denies allegations
The French press denounced structural weaknesses in the Peugeot 406
The French daily Liberation has reported on Tuesday that 766,489 units of the model Peugeot 406, have flaws in the triangle of suspension of the right front wheel.

The Peugeot 406 manufactured between 1996 and 1999 have a tendency to go to the right both when accelerating and when driving at a speed regulating, in a straight line and curves. This information, published Tuesday in the French daily Liberation, has put on the ropes at the French manufacturer, whose shares have suffered a sharp drop in the stock market.
Libération claim that this is a defect in the engine that appears on a random basis and that affects 766,489 units, two-thirds of the models on the roads of France. The newspaper claims to have had access to a confidential note sent to Peugeot dealers in the country Gallo on 25 March this year. In the note, the manufacturer says to the vendors that regulate the geometry of the trains rolling of the vehicles. This regulation is impossible to perform on the model concerned.
According to a report from the Federal Union of French Consumers (UFC), the series is a defect in the engine defect that is due to a form derived from the exaggerated triangle suspension of the right front wheel ¿. The deviation to the right suffered by Peugeot 406 were detected for the first time in the fleet of vehicles in one company. Earlier this year began operation in France a kind of informal club did those affected by what the Peugeot 406 reported the problem to the manufacturer. Peugeot responded to these complaints is the deviation from the path is a failure of the driver of the vehicle and no ¿, but, from the 766,489 unit, the Peugeot 406 sold with the triangle suspension corrected. For this reason, the newspaper stressed that Peugeot has it accepted sometimes simply replace the model affected by a new and free of defects ¿.
Peugeot defends arguing that only six cases of problems were reported by the Federal Union of Consumers French and belies the ruling. The brand gala that the figure of 766,489 models were not affected in any way relates to a ¿volume of vehicles sold ¿but to a slight change in ¿springs Does suspension in November 1997. The manufacturer insists that this change was not substantial and is totally alien to the triangle of suspension.
In the same communique Peugeot claims to have given instructions to its network of dealers to conduct routine checks at Is isolated cases that are expected to suffer a phenomenon of diversion to the right.
In March and came to light alleged problems of stability of the Peugeot 607, especially when it comes to dodge obstacles. The company claimed that the tests conducted by the press occurred in a period of pre-, which is intended to do the finishing touches and where the tests are used to achieve the quality standards more advanced ¿. These statements occurred on March 10, when the brand was already aware of the problems was giving the Peugeot 406.

Ford Mondeo Ghia 2.0I Radius / Peugeot 406 2.2 Pack - On the move

- On the move ...

In action ...
Posts in action, it quickly becomes apparent that this confrontation is a real challenge racks. Little new to say if we return to praise the qualities of the chassis Peugeot 406: stable, predictable, fast cornering agility and a train back on strong support sensitive to changes in load on the engine or actions on the brake. The Ford Mondeo part of a better base of support, more and more generous battle tracks, particularly the rear, no less than six centimeters wider. The result is that, without the need to tighten up the buffer, something that Peugeot does not, its speed of passage through curve is impressive, particularly in the middle or as fast, that is, from 80 km / h to those in that the rate at which it is not allowed to watch the speedometer. At the forks, the Peugeot is a bit more agile, thanks to his most-directional train rear, but here the Mondeo is also defends very well. In fact, driving the Ford was very close to the usual large saloons, with much aplomb in all circumstances, but without the liability that could involve the two hundred extra pounds that often accompany the bearers of the marks. In addition, the braking of the Ford is superb in a car of this kind-of mechanical familiar with saloon half-power, with very short stopping distances and excellent resistance to abuse. The Peugeot also resists very well, but is stretched a little more time to stay completely still.

This explosion of efficiency in the Ford is not entirely matched by the mechanics. The propeller of 145 hp, a figure that sounds very good, then it is not as strong as expected. And it is clear that the brand they know because they have not agreed to install some developments of transmission long, but they fit well to the force available, with a fifth rather short of about 35 km / 1000 rpm. The mechanical response in the area of low and medium regime results in long marches, simply acceptable to the car that has to throw, and it's necessary for the greater use of change for answers matching those of Peugeot. By the way, and already we are talking about the change, saying that the operation's command of the Mondeo has no other adjective that superlative. Gear in this car is a pleasure such that, today, only in very few cars, usually superdeportivo dye, we can find something similar.

The Peugeot wins on the engine sufficiency. The higher engine capacity is particularly strong, and across the range of use, shows a push higher, can result in benefits more effective in real traffic, although proof of pure acceleration just stay in a tie. However, this is based on spending more fuel. And that, today, the price is gasoline, is starting to have some significance, if only more deeply psychological economy. Nor do the operation in the Mondeo being equated with Peugeot. Its mechanical sounds something more, with less pleasant sound, and high system, which transmits any vibration over another.

Peugeot 406 3.0 V6 SV / Renault Laguna 3.0 V6 Initiale / Rover 75 2.5 V6 Club - Indoor

Peugeot 406 3.0 V6 SV / Renault Laguna 3.0 V6 Initiale / Rover 75 2.5 V6 Club

The version with 175 hp of the Rover 75 tries to break with offers from manufacturers general, such as Renault and Peugeot, accentuating its elitist character and luxurious, even at the cost of not being able to compete on performance and behavior on the route.


- Interiors

Born to replace the two highest ranges of those who feneció Rover when German leaders took their reins, 75, as most high, seeks to establish a bridge into the market, away from the products of manufacturers of large series , But without stepping on themselves in the house, now a mother. This strategy is seen as the first approach to its bodywork. The break with the past is total. In fact, we have to go back many years ago to find the outlines of his design.

Conveniently updated, may have its supporters and detractors, but what is certain is that it confers a unique personality and fully differential of any other model sold. Open one of the gates and enter the inner world of 75 accentuated even further this impression. The design itself can be recharged up to a baroque, but the feeling of luxury, quality and distinction, leaving far behind the two rivals face here.

In fact, sitting inside it, the feeling of elitism is well above that of itself Jaguar S-Type, which should not get to compete on price and motorization. The Peugeot is rather classic in its interior design, but the feeling is high quality, materials and finish. Here, the Laguna is the one that closes the trio, because despite enjoying leather upholstery offered as standard-something that the Peugeot has to be paid separately, the appearance of the plastics which is generates less impact the quality of the visual three.

Driving in all three models the driver is fully at ease. It is true that the Laguna does not have a regulation height of the steering wheel, but its driving position is so well secured that this does not really need to obtain a suitable position. The wheel of the Rover is the one that is more vertical position, which helps your management is the most comfortable. However, the width of the console can get to annoy the legs of the front occupants. Its main controls have a firm touch, which conveys quality. Gear shift, intermittent, pedals ... All radiate sturdiness and reliability. In fact, in some sense is because of the harshness, as in the brake, whose lightness of assistance forced to do enough strength to obtain candid decelerations. By contrast, the French are looking for models softness above all else.

The address is passed, such is the soft-finger is enough to turn the cap ceiling, that the infiltration of the feelings towards our hands are full. The lack of information on what happens between the tire and the ground is such that it appears that this is a video game rather than a real car. Renault also on the enjoyment of the management of change is high, because their leverage has a touch too gummy and not very precise. These details, relatively marginal, do not tarnish the overall comfort of any of the three models, which is sensational.

None of the three is designed to use a strong tacks on roads.

Enough for its category silent, very comfortable and generously wide suspension for four adults, traveling in them is a real pleasure, especially on roads cleared of soft curves. The seats of the Renault are in the best grip the body without losing comfort. The Peugeot's are also soft soft, but slightly less grip, while in the soft Rover is rather hard and the subject is at a lower level, helped by what slippery leather. None of the three is designed to use a strong tacks on roads, but arrived this case, the Renault was the best that we gift, followed by Peugeot, to end the Rover.

Peugeot 406 3.0 V6 SV / Renault Laguna 3.0 V6 Initiale / Rover 75 2.5 V6 Club

Peugeot 406 3.0 V6 SV / Renault Laguna 3.0 V6 Initiale / Rover 75 2.5 V6 Club
- Mechanical

On the Asphalt
An area of particular importance in this type of car is the quality of the shooting on the road, something that is more difficult to Convey in words. Hence, the Rover demonstrates the strength of its frame and the care put into Isolating occupants from noise and vibration parasites.

In the first, is of some importance the limited amount of Vitreous car-style of the 60s - to the point that visibility was resentful at certain angles. With regard to his two Rivals, 75 emits a sense of Belonging to another class of cars. Makes it quite clear that not derived from a model of high circulation which has been refined and given a powerful machine. No. Was born into a noble family. It is a class, with all that that entails, for better or for worse.

A dynamic level, the Rover has a fantastic base that appears not to have been utilized to the maximum in order not to clash with its sister brand BMW. Of the three, is that it has a broader base of lift-and-way battle, and the suspensions show possess a well-studied geometry dynamics compared to the variables that are in use in demanding all kinds of roads. However, the use of soft springs and a somewhat softer conditions its damping performance to peak stresses. In such circumstances, the body is not controlled with the firmness that it would be desirable, causing more sudden changes in behavior as appetizing, forcing the driver to corrections faster than expected. In addition, the sharp slowing in some areas kale, loading weight on the wheels is such that the ABS goes into action too often.

Question of behavior
However, the Rover is not far from slow curve. On the contrary, with a level of driver may even move faster time a curve, but a succession of them in their inertia end up doing less controlled succumb to their rivals. With this definition of suspensions is almost predictable that the effectiveness of the brakes is conditional, since before such large swings, and as a result, considerable variations in weight on each wheel, it is difficult to obtain maximum capacity frenante, despite the use of a distributor of electronic braking between the two axes. The five and seven meters before ceding their Gallic rivals, with discs of comparable size in braking from 140 km / h, are enlightening. In this area, French models exceed the British with some slack. The Renault would say that is what has arguably the best behavior, which does not mean it is the fastest on the curve. Simply, the more balanced between the two trains, thanks to a limited understeer and a sharp anything but effective, his train later, making it easy to drive at the limit. For its part, accuses the Peugeot V6 engine weight, accentuating the understeer restrained of his brothers-end even with the option of enjoying the electronic damping unit tests. His train rear help in situations compromised, but does so with a delicacy that only succeeds in balancing the two trains, making that an error in consideration of the driver, the car becomes neutral, non sobrevirador.

Variety mechanics
Inequality dynamics concentrates primarily on mechanics. The new 75 is content with a 2.5 liter engine and 177 hp compared to 3 liters and 194 hp Renault and Peugeot. This almost twenty CV, that when passing through the test have been some more, are well reflected in the figures for benefits. On the road, the difference in feelings is not as sharp and, using the change decisively, inequality in the pace of travel is not disappointing. The 70 kilos of weight disparity with the Peugeot and Renault do not help, something that was rebranded in consumption, where the lagoon is very close to spending the British model. Undoubtedly, Rover has done his best with 75 car in many, many years. On the feeling of transmitting quality, robustness, isolation of the carrier in the shooting, presentation, equipment, 75 this may well lie at the height of prestige German models. The philosophy dynamics imposed on the mark, so alienated from continental models as the Peugeot 406 or Renault Laguna, but for those who prefer the distinction to the provision, the Rover 75 is a very powerful option to consider. Despite its price.