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Hannah Banks in her Peugeot

Since we got Mike Thane’s Peugeot fixed a few weeks ago Rhodri Owen’s been meeting other Peugeot owners who’ve also been feeling very nervous behind the wheel.

Mike from Cardiff complained about his 308 cutting out while he was driving it which he said was dangerous.

And now John Vaughan of Wrexham has told us about his 307 which does the same thing when he’s on the road.

“Well, it would just cut out on you and as soon as you stop you turn the key and away you go again,” he said. “But if you're in the middle of a traffic queue you never know what's going to happen.

His local garage couldn’t fix the car so he took it to Peugeot but although they have suggested a remedy, John can’t afford it so he’s stuck with a faulty car that cost £4,500.

And he’s not the only one stuck with an expensive car that’s misbehaving – Hannah Banks of Cwmbran has a Peugeot 207 with the same problem.

“The car would all of a sudden come to a complete standstill,” she said. “It would lose power completely, no warning, and just die in the middle of where I was driving.

“It was an absolute nightmare.”

Her local garage couldn’t fix the car either. Peugeot were able to stop the problem by updating the car’s computer software but after ten days it came back.

Hannah agreed to test her car on camera in lanes around her home in Cwmbran – it cut out while we were filming.

Also in the programme, we hear about Bethan Powell from Cardiff and her Peugeot 207 convertible.

It’s been cutting out too but has just been back to Peugeot for treatment.

Car expert Gareth Rees carried out an inspection on Hannah Banks’ car which cut while he was driving it too.

He says that when faults do occur on the car its on-board computer isn’t recording the actual fault so when it goes for diagnostic testing it’s not being picked up.

That’s why local garages haven’t been able to fix the cars – because they can’t find out what’s causing them to cut-out.

Peugeot say in a statement that there is not a problem common to Mike, John, Hannah and Bethan’s cars.

They suggest that if these cars’ computers haven’t picked up a problem then perhaps there wasn’t one or maybe it was outside the scope of the sensors.

It might have been poor maintenance, poor quality fuel or worn components, however, they can’t say for sure without looking at the cars.

And the company has promised that they’ll carry out a full assessment of all the cars to find out what’s wrong with them.