Maximusi Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Hi everyone. New Here. I am looking to get a new car next month and I think I am pretty set on it being a Ford S-Max after looking around it looks really nice and read quite alot of good things about it online. I am not 100% sure if I am going to go new or up to 4 years old get all depends on what finance I can afford to pay. What I would love though if if I could please get some opinions from you current S-Max or even past S-Max Owners. Do you love your car? Would you recommend it? Is it not too much trouble? I currently own a Peugeot 307 SW (7 seater version) and while I absolutely loved it when I first got it I have grown to truly hate it. Nothing but problems. I have had to replace part of the air con because it fell off, it currently has a turbo problem which causes a problem with the DPF causing it to go into limp mode every now and then although if I use expensive fuel that seems to be mostly ok. It also has a whole boat load of electrical fault such as sometimes all the needles on the dash zero while driving, I have had critical engine temp warnings when I have just set of on my first journey for the day and more extreme such as everything electrical on the inside of the car just turning off for a few seconds and then back on. Safe to say I have sworn of french cars! One thing I really do want to know is do the new S-Max's still use a DPF and does it cause problems because I do sit in traffic every day to and from work and that has caused me alot of DPF issues in my pug. I sit in about 80 minutes of traffic every day. Thank you in advance for your replies I do really appreciate it. Hoping to finally have a reliable car for the next 3 years! Regards, Max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregers Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 hi,my smax was bought at 3 years old with 100k on the clock. its now got 119k in 4 years ive had it.mine is a non dpf version. you can check out future purchases on the etis site to see if it has a dpf,but i have a feeling all the newer 1s do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximusi Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 Thanks Gregers DPF's became mandatory in 2009 so I presume you have a 2008 car based on what you told me and were lucky to just avoid it! I have purchased a 2010 one with a DPF sadly will just have to keep up regular maintenance to stop it having the same problems as my previous car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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