PEUGEOT 406 1999 test drive - 2004 sedan

Peugeot 406 Coupe (1997-2003)

What is Peugeot 406 Coupe? Cinderella in a dress from a good fairy Pininfarina. In life life around the world, she will not let it go, but it is better not to spoil her outfit.
 
With the usual 406th model, Coupe does not have a single common body part, and the length of the car even increased by 6 cm. What does this tell the buyer? The fact that 406 Coupe is hardly designed for street racing a la taxi. Travels and artistic drawings in front of the crowd are its main purpose. Therefore, finding a compartment in a good, not depressed, condition is quite simple.
Fortunately, the mechanical part remained unchanged: Coupe is similar to servicing the model 406. Still, according to services, Peugeot 406 - the most reliable car in the company's range and requires smaller expenses than, say, models 206, 307 or 607.
 
Smoke health. The most extravagant breakdown of Coupe is the failure of the cigarette lighter nest. If they have not been used for their intended purpose - like an outlet for anti -radars and phones, it will not last for a long time. After several restoration procedures, there will be nothing to repair and you will have to change the part. Fortunately, it costs only $ 16, and the replacement work is $ 10.
Another defect is very funny. But this is a laughter with tears in his eyes. There are a great many fits about the 406s, which are not able to accelerate more than 70 km/h. As well as the fact that the 406th is sometimes refuel to a full tank. Folk rumor is not born from scratch. On cars until 1999, the instrument panel often buggy. Electronics can be tried to weave (which we do not recommend) or replace the whole. The latter will cost $ 760.
In 1999, the usual wiring was replaced by a multiplex tire. It works well, but the trouble is the heart of this system, the BSI block ($ 240 and $ 8 for replacement), born with vice. The first signs of electronic heart attack are speedometer glitches and climate control. If you are thrown into heat, then in the cold - it's time to go to the doctors.
The motor switching motor is also not very tenacious. You can, of course, leave the damper in the air from the street, but do you always need such air? It is better to spend money on replacement ($ 59 per part and $ 16 for work).
Seats with velor upholstery on the machines of the first years of production sometimes do not want to warm the owner. Very fragile heating elements are bend and, as a result, fail. To eliminate the problem, you have to change the entire pillow of the chair, although the percentage of 406 Coupe with the velor trim of the cabin is negligible. Most cars have a leather salon in which this problem does not arise.
 
The hearts of two. From the very beginning, only two engines were placed on the car: a two -liter with XU index and a three -liter ES. After modernization in 1999, these honored veterans retired. They were changed by newcomers: EW and ES9G4S of the same working volume. After this, the most noticeable change for the consumer was an increased to 30,000 km of the maintenance interval. But in Russian city traffic modes, it is better to reduce this interval to traditional 15 thousand km.
For two -liter engines of both series of parables in the tongue, the step engine of the injector became the tongue. If a cold engine is poorly launched, and at the same time, idle speeds are also swimming - cook $ 78 to replace the entire node. However, the entire EW series of engines is poorly started at low temperatures. Moreover, on the 95th gasoline-especially. The French three years after the start of release, realizing this, finalized the engine control program. Reflagging the computer at the proprietary station is included in the list of recommended works and costs $ 30.
All owners of the 406th, and lovers to drive at high speeds especially, should often get an oil probe. And not only to look at him, but also to add oil. The point is not only that after 120 thousand km on machines with a manual gearbox, the rear oil seal begins to lean (the part itself costs $ 15, and the work - $ 200). By mileage machines per 100 thousand km at the age of about five years, the oil consumption in the fumes increases dramatically. The reason is in oil -spray caps. They are not too expensive-about $ 50, but the work on replacing plus grinding valves will cost $ 400-450.
The three -liter is also not without flaw. On the new motor, the designers abandoned the hydraulic stretch of the timing belt. They put us ordinary, and now when replacing it is necessary to change not only the belt, but also the pump. The cost of the procedure with all parts is about $ 300-350.
More recently, two more engines appeared on Coupe. Diesel 2.2 liters and gasoline of the same volume. The engines, according to reviews, are very reliable, but, alas, completely not common in Russia.
And the last for power units. The driver must remember that the air intake is located low and even a shallow puddle can provoke an engine hydraulicum.
 
Cinderella's carriage. Transmissions on the machine are both mechanical and automatic. Recently, the French, instead of the original AL-4 machine, began to use the German ZF box-also four-speed and also with the possibility of manual switching. It got worse than it. Even the opposite: ZF-4HP20 has established itself as a more reliable and unpretentious in operation.
A manual gearbox suffers from oil leakage from the drive oil sector. Elimination of trouble will cost $ 50. This happens on machines that stood without movement for a long time (six months or more).
Peugeot 406 Coupe suspensions remained the same as the sedan, and many details are interchangeable. Accordingly, the problems are the same. The thrust of the rear wheels of the rear wheels ($ 73 with work) is responsible for the branded steering of the rear axle in the bend, but for some reason they are chosen only towards the service. On the machines of the first years of production, their resource did not exceed 30 thousand km. In early machines, the front stabilizer racks ($ 23 + $ 30) rarely withstand more than 40 thousand km, but in 1999 the construction of the racks was replaced with a more reliable one.
Coupe shock absorbers are of two types: ordinary and electronic rigidity adjustment. The latter are installed on cars with a three -liter engine. And those and others are very durable. If you look at the road, and not to the sky, then 100 thousand km for them is not the limit. The same applies to the levers of the suspension and the silent blocks.
 
Brakes on the 406th are ordinary. In the sense that they are no better and no worse than on other cars. The front pads hold 30-40 thousand, although individual citizens on three-liter machines with a gun deprive them and for 15 thousand km. The rear pads wear out to about 60 thousand km, but with disks once at a time. Often they do not wear out, but simply deform and beat not only on the brake pedal, but also affordable. The cost of one is $ 100 plus $ 40 for replacement work.
In general, Peugeot 406 Coupe is a faithful companion in automobile life. Her beauty does not mean ruin accounts from spare parts and one hundred stores. But she will not allow you to miss you: small spending on pins will arise constantly, however, they will not lead to bankruptcy. The main thing is more accurate with the body. And it’s a pity to spoil such a masterpiece, and expensive. And of all modifications, we will advise a 3-liter with any gearbox. Why? Yes, because the pleasure of driving will more than compensate for increased operational costs, compared to a two -liter version.
 
Text Dmitry Novitsky, drawing Alexander Krasnov
 
 
 
Peugeot 406 Coupe (2001 onwards) 2.0 3.0 V6 Auto
Length/width/height 4620/1780/1352
Working volume (cubic meter cm) 1997 2946
Power (L.S.) 135 207
Equipped mass (kg) 1385 1505
Maximum speed (km/h) 208 232
Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h (sec.) 9.9 9.5
Fuel consumption, average (l/100 km) 8.4 11.6

 
 

Source: "Autopilot"