Peugeot 405

Owners filed 6 complaints across 4 model years of the Peugeot 405. The 1997 drew the most (2).

Model years4
Complaints6
Recalls7
Fires1
Deaths0

Which Peugeot 405 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Peugeot 405 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Peugeot 405 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
19972
011TiresRoutine
19920
1———Routine
19912
2——Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System › Radiator AssemblyRoutine
19902
4——Electrical System › Ignition › ModuleRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.