Renault suck!

Willsnarf1983

board mods don't move this please!!!!


just a moan about Renault and their sh1tness! i have had a renault laguna for 16-20 months and have had these problems with it

3 clutches go faulty (manufacturer error!)
1 gearbox
1 interjecta cooler (anyone care to explain what that is!)
tyre blow out

and now my key cards have gone faulty!!!

thankfully its a company car so i don't have to fork out but if i did that lot up there would have cost a fair old bit of repair! The one thing i do need to pay for is the replacement of one key as i lost it:mad: which is ok fine..new car key what £20 tops.....nooooooooo fukin renault just for the key its £74 and thats not including the labour which thankfully the lease company are paying for!!!

thats my Norwich top out of the window for another month..am well fuked off!!!!!!!!

Will

Gemmzie

Renaults are highly reliable cars

It's probably from a faulty batch - that would have been a 2nd gen Laguna right? They were awful. Several problems. Can't you get it changed or replaced with a stronger model?

Tallymanjohn

OH has a 3 month old Ford Focus diesel - broken down twice now. Previous one never let us down in the 3 years we had it - I guess it's still a case of the odd rogue motor but it does make think that it's the luck of the draw.

beanielou

I had a Renault Clio which all my friends called the Renault cr*@!!
The repair men knew me by name-aaargh!
Thank goodness I know have a toyota varis verso which is fab.
Mine was leases as well

savvykaz

I have an older model megane (R-reg) and have had it for 3 years with no major problems, however, my husband drives all sorts of cars with his job and he says the new megane is a nightmare for faults to do with the electrics and wouldn't have one given!

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La_Tristesse_Durera

Willsnarf1983 wrote:

and now my key cards have gone faulty!!!

thankfully its a company car so i don't have to fork out but if i did that lot up there would have cost a fair old bit of repair! The one thing i do need to pay for is the replacement of one key as i lost it:mad: which is ok fine..new car key what £20 tops.....nooooooooo fukin renault just for the key its £74 and thats not including the labour which thankfully the lease company are paying for!!!

thats my Norwich top out of the window for another month..am well fuked off!!!!!!!!

Will

French electrics son, admittedly much better than they used to be, but for some reason the French overload their cars with too much equipment and fault after fault occurs. Remember the old Renault 25? On paper amazing car, fast, had every gimzo on it, was very innovative when built, but they fked the car by bolting every electrical goody to it - and they never worked.
Same as the new Pug 1007 with the leccy sliding doors, great idea in theory if that's what you want, but when the battery goes flat how are you gonna get in or out eh??

steve_r123

We have got one of the new shape Megane's and it has been really good (touch wood!). I had always read bad reports about french cars, but I think its mostly luck of the draw with them.

Its got few very minor rattles and squeaks, and the servicing is astronomically costly, but 805 miles to a tank of diesel makes up for these irritants!

La_Tristesse_Durera

steve_r123 wrote:

We have got one of the new shape Megane's and it has been really good (touch wood!). I had always read bad reports about french cars, but I think its mostly luck of the draw with them.

Its got few very minor rattles and squeaks, and the servicing is astronomically costly, but 805 miles to a tank of diesel makes up for these irritants!

805 MILES TO A TANK?!??!! :shocked:
That's amazing!! When I got my car I had it chipped and it ruined the MPG, I was getting 150 miles / tank on a car that cost £75 to fill up!!
805 miles to a tank...... yeeeeeeesh. Nice one!

talksoccer

There French what do you expect

Willsnarf1983

to be fair i get just under 700 miles to a tank so they are good and economical

Will