trembler2011
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Good morning all,
My 2011 RCZ GT 200 has the classic timing chain stretched problem at 59k miles. Been quoted £580+vat for parts and labour for the repair - seems reasonable from what I've read.
Emailed Peugeot about all of this 'common' problem and asked them for documentation on why they changed the tensioner part back in 2012 and why cars weren't recalled when they knew about the problem. They currently won't provide the reason for the change but they have confirmed the part change was on 17/8/2012. They also said it wasn't recalled because it wasn't a safety issue. I've since found three tech bulletins from other manufacturers (BMW, VW and Mitsubishi) who all recalled cars. VW and BMW were voluntarily it appears but the Mitsubishi one started in 11/2/15 went through the DVSA so appears to have been due to a 'safety issue' with the 'concern' listed as "engine may stall" in the worst case that the chain breaks.
I'd like to start getting details of owners who'd had the problem (starting on here), what mileage etc.
Has anyone on here also got any documentation to say why they changed the tensioner part? That would really help me.
My plan is to just pay for the repair for now but also pursue Peugeot on behalf of everyone who's had this problem. I'm no lawyer but I'm quite good at getting stroppy and complaining - once got £1000 of work done by Dulux over three £20 tins of paint (quite proud of that complaint! lol). There was a class action against VW this year in the US for their tensioner problem and it's very likely to result in payouts back to owners.
Thanks
Chris
My 2011 RCZ GT 200 has the classic timing chain stretched problem at 59k miles. Been quoted £580+vat for parts and labour for the repair - seems reasonable from what I've read.
Emailed Peugeot about all of this 'common' problem and asked them for documentation on why they changed the tensioner part back in 2012 and why cars weren't recalled when they knew about the problem. They currently won't provide the reason for the change but they have confirmed the part change was on 17/8/2012. They also said it wasn't recalled because it wasn't a safety issue. I've since found three tech bulletins from other manufacturers (BMW, VW and Mitsubishi) who all recalled cars. VW and BMW were voluntarily it appears but the Mitsubishi one started in 11/2/15 went through the DVSA so appears to have been due to a 'safety issue' with the 'concern' listed as "engine may stall" in the worst case that the chain breaks.
I'd like to start getting details of owners who'd had the problem (starting on here), what mileage etc.
Has anyone on here also got any documentation to say why they changed the tensioner part? That would really help me.
My plan is to just pay for the repair for now but also pursue Peugeot on behalf of everyone who's had this problem. I'm no lawyer but I'm quite good at getting stroppy and complaining - once got £1000 of work done by Dulux over three £20 tins of paint (quite proud of that complaint! lol). There was a class action against VW this year in the US for their tensioner problem and it's very likely to result in payouts back to owners.
Thanks
Chris