PureTech 1.2 Wet Belt: What Stellantis Now Covers, and Which Years to Avoid
The manufacturer extended coverage to ten years and opened a compensation route. That's unusual, and it tells you how real the problem was.
Short answer
Covered to 10 years or 112,000 miles
Stellantis extended warranty cover on earlier PureTech 1.0 and 1.2 wet belt engines to 100% of parts and labor for up to 10 years or 112,000 miles, and later opened a compensation platform for owners who had already paid. Both depend on the car having been serviced to the manufacturer's plan.
The PureTech 1.0 and 1.2 (internally the EB family) powered an enormous number of Peugeots, Citroëns, DS models and Vauxhall/Opels through the 2010s. It was a well-regarded engine that won awards, and it used a timing belt running in oil.
Two faults dominated owner complaints: excessive oil consumption, and premature degradation of that belt. Those are Stellantis's own words, not a forum's.
What makes this case unusual is the response, not the fault. Manufacturers rarely extend coverage to ten years, and they very rarely open a route to reimburse people who already paid. Both happened here.
How this article was put together. The coverage terms below come from Stellantis's own press release and are quoted with the figures it publishes. We haven't stripped a PureTech engine ourselves. Where we describe how a wet belt fails mechanically, that's the general design, covered in the wet belt explainer. Terms vary by market and change; the claims platform is the authority for your own car.
Which engines and which years
The oil-immersed belt was used on the earlier generations of the PureTech 1.0 and 1.2, powering most PSA-group cars from roughly 2014 to 2022.
From the third-generation engine onwards (cars from around 2023) Stellantis moved to a timing chain. If you're shopping and want to avoid the belt question entirely, that's the line to look for. Note that later Gen 3 engines have had their own separate recall activity unrelated to the belt, so "newer" doesn't mean "no homework".
As always with these engines, the model year is a guide and not a guarantee. The engine code is what settles it — here's how to find yours.
What the PureTech 1.2 wet belt coverage says
From Stellantis's announcement, published 7 May 2025:
| Measure | Terms |
|---|---|
| Warranty extension (from March 2024) | 100% of costs, parts and labor, up to 10 years or 112,000 miles (180,000 km) |
| Faults covered | Excessive oil consumption and/or premature degradation of the timing belt |
| Complementary compensation | Expenses incurred between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2024 |
| Brands | Citroën, DS Automobiles, Peugeot, Vauxhall/Opel |
| Where to claim | The Stellantis support platform, linked from the brand websites |
The conditions are the whole story
This is the part that decides whether the coverage is worth anything to you, and it's the part that gets left out of most summaries.
Stellantis's terms require that the servicing related to the fault complied with the manufacturer's maintenance plan. Maintenance itself could be done by any automotive professional (you weren't required to use a dealer for routine servicing) but the diagnosis and repair must go through the authorized network.
Read practically, that means three things:
- Your service history is the claim. Gaps in it are gaps in your coverage.
- Independent servicing is fine, provided it was to plan, correct intervals and correct specification.
- Don't have the repair done independently and then ask to be reimbursed. The diagnosis and the work need to go through the network to qualify.
Worth knowing
Coverage that depends on maintenance records changes what a service book is for. It stops being a formality that helps at resale and becomes the document deciding whether a four-figure repair is yours or the manufacturer’s.
The awkward case isn't the owner who neglected the car but the one who did everything right and can't prove it — cash jobs, a friend’s workshop, no invoice. The work happened. The evidence didn’t, and a goodwill claim runs on evidence.
If you own one of these, the hour worth spending is the one where you collect whatever invoices exist and photograph them. It costs nothing, and it’s the difference between a claim and a story.
What to look for if you already own one
- Check your dates against the ten-year clock. A 2016 car is close to the edge; a 2019 car has time.
- Gather the service history. Every invoice, every date, every mileage.
- Check the oil monthly. A rising level and a gasoline smell means fuel dilution, which attacks the belt as well as the oil. Why that matters on this design.
- Watch oil consumption. It's one of the two named faults, so record it rather than just topping off.
- Use the claims platform rather than assuming a dealer will volunteer it.
Is a used PureTech still worth buying?
With eyes open, yes, and the market has moved enough that these cars are often cheap.
The reasoning is the same as for the Ford: the design has a known weakness, the manufacturer has acknowledged it, and there's a documented route to help. A car with full history sitting inside the coverage window is a genuinely different proposition to an identical car with three years missing from its book.
Two practical rules. First, prefer 2023-onward cars if you want the chain and none of this. Second, if you're buying an earlier one, treat the service history as the main object being sold, because under these terms, it partly is. The wider buying checklist is in should you buy a used car with a wet belt engine.
What to do about it
If you own an affected car: collect the paperwork, check your position against the ten-year window, and use the official platform. If you paid for a repair between January 2022 and December 2024, look at the compensation route before writing the money off.
If you're buying: establish which generation you're looking at, then let the service history decide the price. On this engine, more than most, the paperwork is the asset.
Common questions
Is the PureTech 1.2 engine reliable?
It's economical and was well reviewed, but the earlier belt-in-oil versions drew consistent complaints about oil consumption and premature belt degradation. Those are Stellantis's own words. Later chain-driven versions don't carry the belt question.
Which PureTech engines have the wet belt?
The earlier generations of the 1.0 and 1.2, powering most PSA-group cars from roughly 2014 to 2022. From around 2023 the third-generation engine uses a timing chain.
Does Stellantis pay for wet belt repairs?
Coverage was extended in March 2024 to 100% of parts and labor for up to 10 years or 112,000 miles, and a compensation platform later opened for expenses incurred between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2024. Both depend on the car having been serviced to the manufacturer's plan.
Which model year is safe to buy?
Cars from around 2023 with the chain-driven engine avoid the belt question entirely. On earlier cars, the service history matters more than the year.
Sources
- Stellantis extends compensation policy for previous generations of PureTech 1.0 and 1.2 engines, 7 May 2025 — warranty extension terms, covered faults, compensation window and conditions. Stellantis Media
- PureTech compensation platform, the official claims route. Stellantis
- What we didn’t do. We didn’t put a claim through the compensation platform, so nothing here tells you how it behaves in practice — how long it takes, what evidence it accepts, how often it says no. Both sources are Stellantis’ own, and we found no independent audit of the scheme. A published policy and what happens when you actually use it are different things, and only one of them is documented.
Coverage terms, eligibility and mileage limits vary by market and change over time. The Stellantis platform and your local brand representative are the authority for your own vehicle, not this article. General information, not advice about a specific vehicle, see the disclaimer.