Hi all, I'm a 408 1.6T user living in bangkok thailand. Not many pug owners here but im proud to own one.

I've been. Using for almost 2 years now and my first battery with yokohama was already gone, changed during my 10k mileage. Now my car is at 25k and I need some information. I'm not sure if my second battery is about to die as when I now turn my car steering wheels, my headlight will be dimmed, and once my steering wheel stop turning then headlight become normal, I never really notice but today I see so I'm not sure if it is normal or not so can anyone of you share information if this is normal or sign of battery about to die?

This post has been edited by kob1488: Dec 31 2013, 12:15 AM

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Thank you all for your reply, this means it is not normal for headlight to be dimmed right? Does it happen to your cars as well or no? Anyway I will send my car to sc right when they open for service and hope during these two days my car won't come to a stop

Thanks for information. Im at the SC now sending my car for check and waiting for result. Peugeot service in Thailand is the same as what you all are facing in Malaysia, it got worst during last 5 years when the previous dealer was operating PEUGEOT THAILAND. I used to own 406 and had to sell it due to bad service from SC.

Until the last couple year when the FRENCH head office noticed a bad operation and then they send their own FRENCH people to operate for PEUGEOT THAILAND now named as EUROPEAN MOTORCARS. Service improved and sales improved a lot and thats why i bought 408T. I really Love Peugeot cars as i think its a lot better comparing with other cars in the same segment! I have many cars with me and PUG is my most favorite!

As for 408T, i have used for 25k now and till now happy with the car and its efficiency, i had my battery dead and then got new one changed without cost from SC. Then i had sensor issues where i believe you all also faced the same and then got it changed as well.

Also my water pump failed during 20k and got changed under warranty. Water pump failure is common in 408T owner in Bangkok.

For the current issue im waiting for result from SC and shall give you update of what the cause of problem is.

PUG 408 NA cost 1090000 baht and PUG 408T cost 1290000 baht. Recently just launched 408 SPORTIUM cost 1390000 baht(same model as 408 GRIFFE)

Anyway, wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR and glad to have such forums where i can share information. Hope you all accept me as one of the members!

P.S - attached are some of my DIY modifications i made myself!

This post has been edited by kob1488: Jan 2 2014, 10:40 AM


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Thankyou! As for the problem identified was again due to battery failure and not performing well. Got new one changed by sc without cost. Picking up the car tomorrow as i let the sc do wheel alignment as well. Thought delkor battery would last but not really. Sc said maybe the one i got was a defect one do they had put a new one for me, but still delkor brand. So this is my third battery now...

yes, the SC had made full diagnosis and no sign of any electric problem other than battery not providing enough voltage, Once they changed the battery everything returned normal. Yea i think it is good to monitor your battery constanly.

yup, had mine failed during 20k and its happening to most of 408 user in Thailand as well...

This is normal for all cars, no brands are perfect and its ok to have a bit of defect as long as the car remains reliable and efficient and i believe 408 is a considered to be real efficient comparing to other cars in the same segment and the problems we all face is not something big and its all under warranty which you have nothing to worry about.

As for mine, I had a warning shown on dashboard, then I check my coolant level it was low, I refill it and use but after 3 days it pop up warning log again so I send to sc to check and found that water pump was having problem so they replaced new one and problem was gone.

Surely there will be alert if coolant is too low.