Before you buy a used Peugeot 3008 (I).

Look out for: Chain rattle on cold starts, unstable idle, stalling and an engine light with variable valve timing codes (P1030, P1062, P101A, P1025).

Ask them to check: Listen to a cold start and check the timing and chain condition before replacing Valvetronic parts or repeating adaptations.

Look out for: Excessive oil consumption (up to 20/10/2013); Temperature light on (up to 12/11/2013); [1.6 VTi/1.6 THP] Coolant leak (up to 01/10/2012); [1.6 VTi/1.6 THP] Oil leak (up to 19/12/2012)

Ask them to check: Compare your symptom and your car's build date with this list. If they match, tell the workshop and ask them to check that part first before replacing others. The brand or a warranty extension covers some repairs: ask the dealer with the car's details.

Look out for: Timing out of phase; Loss of power; Jerking (up to 31/12/2013); [1.6 VTi/1.6 THP] Coolant leak (up to 01/10/2012); [1.6 VTi/1.6 THP] Oil leak (up to 19/12/2012)

Ask them to check: Compare your symptom and your car's build date with this list. If they match, tell the workshop and ask them to check that part first before replacing others. The brand or a warranty extension covers some repairs: ask the dealer with the car's details.

Look out for: [1.6 HDi 110 (jusqu’en 2010)] Stalls while driving (up to 01/11/2011); [1.6 HDi 110 (jusqu’en 2010)] Injectors whistling; [1.6 HDi 110 (jusqu’en 2010)] Loss of power; Belt failure (from 01/10/2010 to 05/10/2011); Jerking (from 31/12/2011 to 29/06/2014); Noise (up to 07/06/2014); Engine warning light on; Battery light on with the HDi 115 (from 01/05/2013 to 06/07/2015); [1.6 e-HDi/BlueHDi] Coolant leak (until the end of production); [1.6 BlueHDi] Engine warning light on; [1.6 BlueHDi] Oil leak (up to 15/03/2016); [1.6 BlueHDi] Engine stalls (until the end of production); [Tous les HDi] Particulate filter additive tank leak (from 05/03/2010 to 13/02/2012); [1.6/2.0 BlueHDi] "Urea" (AdBlue) light on

Ask them to check: Compare your symptom and your car's build date with this list. If they match, tell the workshop and ask them to check that part first before replacing others. The brand or a warranty extension covers some repairs: ask the dealer with the car's details.

Look out for: [2.0 HDi] "Particulate filter clogged" message; [2.0 HDi] Timing noise (up to 02/03/2010); Accessory belt breaks (up to 15/11/2015); Engine warning light on; Diesel leak (until the end of production); [Tous les HDi] Particulate filter additive tank leak (from 05/03/2010 to 13/02/2012); [1.6/2.0 BlueHDi] "Urea" (AdBlue) light on

Ask them to check: Compare your symptom and your car's build date with this list. If they match, tell the workshop and ask them to check that part first before replacing others. The brand or a warranty extension covers some repairs: ask the dealer with the car's details.

Look out for: Cannot shift down from 4th to 3rd with the 5-speed manual (up to 16/05/2010); Jumps out of 2nd with the 6-speed manual (up to 31/05/2013); Loss of drive with the 6-speed automatic (up to 31/03/2015); Stiff 1st, 2nd and reverse with the 6-speed manual (up to 03/05/2015); Rear noise on the HYbrid4

Ask them to check: Compare your symptom and your car's build date with this list. If they match, tell the workshop and ask them to check that part first before replacing others. The brand or a warranty extension covers some repairs: ask the dealer with the car's details.

Look out for: Electric parking brake faults (up to 16/03/2011); Steering noise (up to 20/03/2011); ABS/ESP light on (up to 01/06/2012); Steering wheel vibration (up to 30/03/2014); Front axle knocking

Ask them to check: Compare your symptom and your car's build date with this list. If they match, tell the workshop and ask them to check that part first before replacing others. The brand or a warranty extension covers some repairs: ask the dealer with the car's details.

Look out for: Worn leather steering wheel (from 01/06/2009 to 31/01/2013); Air conditioning does not cool (up to 11/11/2014); RT6 navigation faults: buttons (up to 01/05/2013) or black screen (up to 31/01/2015)

Ask them to check: Compare your symptom and your car's build date with this list. If they match, tell the workshop and ask them to check that part first before replacing others. The brand or a warranty extension covers some repairs: ask the dealer with the car's details.

Look out for: Metallic rattle for several seconds after a cold start; engine light for timing deviation.

Ask them to check: Listen to a cold start and check whether the chain was replaced with the revised parts.

Look out for: Loud turbo whistle, power loss, blue or black smoke, oil that gets dirty very quickly. Before the failure, often a puffing or ticking from the cylinder head and an exhaust smell from an injector.

Ask them to check: Check injector bolt torque and carbon at their base, the turbo banjo bolt and the sump strainer.

Look out for: Particulate filter warning and power loss; rough idle from a dirty EGR; vibration and knocks when starting or in low gears (dual-mass flywheel); smoke or hesitation from injectors at high mileage.

Ask them to check: Read the DPF status and additive level, check the EGR and cooler, check the dual-mass flywheel at start-up and measure injector balance rates.