Peugeot 408 T73

The Peugeot 408 (T73) is a long-wheelbase four-door saloon derived from the 308 hatchback, developed specifically for the Chinese market and launched at the Beijing Auto Show in January 2010 with sales beginning in April that year. It was also assembled in Argentina, Malaysia and, for a period, Russia, but the market-matched evidence in this record is China-specific. The launch engines were the 1.6 (TU5JP4, shared with the 207) and the 2.0 (EW10A, shared with the 307 and 407), with a 1.6 HDi diesel (DV6TED4, shared with the 307) also documented.

Because this generation shares its engines with cars already documented elsewhere in this contour, the same inspection routes apply: the timing-drive listening check for the TU5JP4, the general service-history checks for the EW10A, and the turbocharger oil-supply check for the DV6TED4 diesel. What is genuinely specific to this generation is its market: this is a China-market long-wheelbase saloon built on the 308 platform, not a European car, so parts and service documentation should be confirmed as matching this specific variant.

To judge a specific 408, confirm its parts and service documentation match this China-market long-wheelbase variant rather than a European 308 or a later-generation 408. Get a full fault-code read across all control units and keep the printout.