Maintenance cost of the 407

It’s a common perception here in Malaysia that continental cars are very expensive to maintain. In general the cost of servicing and parts of European cars used to be slightly higher than maintaining a Japanese counterpart. I recently worked out the cost of maintaining a 407 based on the servicing package offered by KS Auto, an authorised Peugeot service centre in Chan Sow Lin and was a little surprised to find that it was actually cheaper to maintain this car than a Honda City.

Part of the reason is that with continental makes versus Japanese makes, you have to take into account the service intervals. For example, the Peugeot’s recommended service interval is every 10,000km. Whereas the City needs ton be serviced every 5000km.

If one were to follow the recommended service and preventive maintenance guidelines, it would cost around RM 5800 to maintain the Pug for 100,000 km versus RM 6500 for a Honda City! Of course these are only best estimates and do not account for any other parts that might break down but most cars these days have at least a 3 year warranty period on parts.

At the end of the day, it’s about how one treats the car, how to watch out for warning signals and how fast problems are attended to before they get more serious.