Peugeot 308 review - Reliability & safety
"Peugeot performs well in terms of owner satisfaction"
The latest Peugeot 308 achieved a respectable four-star Euro NCAP rating and although it didn’t rank in our top 50 cars in the 2024 Driver Power Customer Satisfaction Survey, owners have rated the Peugeot brand sixth out of 32 manufacturers – that’s an improvement of three places compared to 2023’s results. The 308 is based on well-known parts (the 1.2-litre petrol engine is used in lots of other models), so it should prove easy to own and live with.
Peugeot 308 reliability
Peugeot came sixth out of 32 manufacturers in our 2024 Driver Power customer satisfaction survey, beating many of its rival brands including, Toyota (12th) Volkswagen (29th) and Renault (28th). This time it did come behind budget sister-brand Citroen in fifth place, however. The mechanically-similar Peugeot 3008 SUV came in 37th place overall in the list of 75 models in 2023, though it didn’t feature this time around. While the data isn’t specific to the 308, 21% of Peugeot owners reported an issue with their car in the first year, which is a little better than average, suggesting that owning a Peugeot should be reasonably problem-free.
Safety
The Peugeot 308 scored four stars in the Euro NCAP test. It scored 76% in the Adult Occupant category and 84% in the Child Occupant category. Although the 308 comes with a large amount of safety equipment, including post-collision braking, lane keep assist and autonomous emergency braking (AEB) among other features, it scored a disappointing 65% in this category due to the marginal performance of its AEB system.
Higher trim levels get extra equipment, such as AEB with a night function, emergency call, high beam assist, rear cross-traffic alert, adaptive cruise control, blind spot detection, lane positioning assist, a 360-degree parking camera and semi-autonomous parking assistance.
