Hi all,

I bought a Peugeot 206 Roland Garros 1.4 automatic 2000 reg about 2 weeks ago from a local garage/dealer. Cost me £2,200, looked to be in great condition, had 60k miles on clock and had MOT done after deposit.

Just a few days later I started noticing problems (which I should have reported there and then, but lets not dwell on past mistakes).

Here are my problems thus far:

• Speakers intermittently cutting out
• AC sometiems works great, sometimes completely useless
• Strange click noise then small rev increase happens regularly
• A loss of power for a second (only happened once so far)
• One time I set off and the air-bag light was on for the whole journey

And then here's the big one; randomly at any point the engine can totally cut out losing all power, PAS, etc. I have to pull over, engage Park and turn off the engine. Engine braking also seems to happen as I rapidly lose speed when the engine stalls.

I've heavily read up about it on the internet and it seems it was a common fault on the cars, however the problem is extremely hard to fix permanently, and in nearly all cases the car has to be brought back for repairs repeatedly over the months, even years trying to fix it. Many of the cars have been took to Peugeot dealers around the country unable to fix it. It's generally considered by most impossible to cure, but unfortunately all garages will replace something and claim its fixed until the problem hits again....and again.

The real issue is that its completely unsafe to drive and I cant possible drive it in the future even after a supposed "fix" as at any time it could just stall and cause an accident (which it has for many). Explaining the garage that they are very unlikely to fix it permanently is not going to be easy though obviously.

Anyway, apologies for the long ramble, but the real question, and my request for help, is whether I have full rights to just demand a refund and decline any repairs or inspection? I can not live with this car knowing that in the vast majority of the case this dangerous problem can come back at any time, and can cost thousands of pounds worth of repairs over the months. They've said they'll sort it out, but I don't want this death trap (and money sink) vehicle so I really want to know if I have 100% the right to get a refund or if I'm stuffed and have to live with the repairs and hope for the best?

Thanks for reading and any input :)

Edited by Avant on 23/05/2010 at 22:22