Search results

when I was caught out in the 1.2 Clio the AA guy who towed me home said he thought the fault was a dislodged brake shoe and that he had towed a Peugeot with a similar problem. He indicated the small drum used on the French cars sufferred more than other makes.

French cars rar brake drums do loose the shoe liners, they get trapped between the other shoe and the drum and lock the wheel - needed an AA tow home in a 1.2 Clio a while back - easy to fix, but a bit of a game removing the drum.

fixed! Glued some bits measured bits, moved bits. filed bits. Realised my replacement Renault part cost at over £100 WAS SOLD TO ME NON CONFORMING TO THE DRAWING! Brought it two years ago, window wind'ed slow but OK but I know why it failed.... Love the car hate Renault! but now it all...

have you reset system (hold internal locking mechanism locked for 10 secs and then use the key fob to reset itself with system bu opening closing) OR /AND disconnect the battery for 30 mins. Renault system is unique mine went AWOL and then came back - could never figure why.

Renaults system is a law unto itself - my car wouldnt opem on the key (but both locks OK) Car would not start (red light flashing on dash) Reset the system using the internal lock, and the key would work in lock - but it wold not open the central locking. Then I left the car overnight and now...

Clean the TDC senser - the weather wont help it in its location

Car is still OK, opens on the key fob, starts first time (including -6C), RAID trips in drives fine. Weird? Something must have reset. Many thanks for advice guys. On the window front all the bits seem OK - no wire ends missing pawls OK but not connected to bar - so a bit of araldite (or...

My aux belt caused the cambelt to jump a tooth - took out all the valves and made a bitg metallic noise on the starter (and a small backfire in exhaust) If the car turns over without noise I would doubt engine damage or broken cambelt.

Have you changed the oil (type viscosity) recently? I got sold the wrong oil by a Renault Dealer when I did the cambelt and it was thinner than recomended and I was told to stop and flush immediately. (Have a case registered with Renault in case it goes bang)

recomend anyone? Usually use City Motor but the car is now hardly worh the cost of a service - I think City Motors now charge a £50 have a look fee for all old cars. At the moment my nearside window mechanism has failed and the door trip is dumped in the back. Other option is to get the AA to...

Run your hands over the tyre walls looking for bulges - had a tyre fail in the wall and it caused all sorts of vib issues, wheel weights shoudn't cause a violent vibration, loose wheel nuts will, or excessive suspension wear, or tyre moved on rim (hit a curb can cause all sorts of issues) You...

Should have rolled int the BMW and let him sort it.... A few years back something hit my front wheel when I was parked in my street, got towed to Renault and a track rod was bent 35 degrees and the car would not drive. In the end put in a new steering rack jut in case the geers were chipped...

Raid new to me too - RAID (Renault Anti-Intruder Device) stops you getting a visitor at the lights and dont know how I turned it on but you turn it off by holding the lock button to unlock for 5 seconds. Anyways latest news is pretty weird - acidently left the car open all last night. Came...

worked for me - except I got a bit carried away with the cutting and now I get a squirt of water out the back when I activate the front washer not complaining mind cheaper than a Renault replacement.

thanks - old key in ignition car turns over immobiliher light flashes, spare key light goes solid then out car turns over and starts, as I move off car locks (not happened before). So my good key talks to the decoder although at the start of this post it didnt and I had to re-arm the key...

Had a battery die on a Clio in similar circumstances. Working fine one second and then nothing. New battery everything was OK

any metal wire or a coat hanger - dont use coated or painted wire that might catch fire. Thats how I hold my rear box on until I get to weld up the rear box bracket

Last week I was in France gong through scanners with the keys in my pocket - has anyone lost a key due to airport security (took a lot of flights to get around the country)

yes new battery and voltage is over 3V tried it and it made no difference - car goes OK now but I did not mention that after about a mnute as your moving along the car doors lock, switching the lock to open doesnt stop the motor and also the car doesnt then relock.

Since I reset the system using the interior locking switch the good key works fine - I assume the decoder ring senses the key in the ignition. That works OK. Probem now is that when you point the key at the car the central locking does not work but the light on the key fob comes on and the...

UPDATE : Used the old key this morning nothing (this is a key that Renault said would not work I was trying to reconnect it to the car) Next I used my spare key which was working last week - put the OK key in and it works OK - this makes me think that there is some kind of trigger on the...

SOLUTION UPDATE - Immobiliser, key fob and central locking - HELP PLEASE Turn key in door - door opens but no central locking clicks or noises. No other doors affected. Put key in ignition, immobiliser light flashing fast. Engine turns over but engine does not start. Key in ignition turn...

had the tools - took me 2 months! (ran like a dream until Sunday when the immobiliser packed up)

Aux belt on a 172 has too work very hard - dont mess with it. I check mine every month. A while back a small piece of it broke away found its way into the cam cover, lifted the cambelt on the crank and smashed all my valves. Did it myself over £500 in tools and bits.

5 years back I couldnt start the car - AA guy tried all sorts and in the end it started. Took to Renault - after a day they phoned me up asked about a spare key I used that and it was good until Sunday. Sunday key fob would not activate central locking so opened the door but this did not...

Mines gone too - second time as well after 5 years. My problem is the cheap nylon guide that snaps. Just now removed the panel and found the nylon piece in the door. Checking the site for the size of the bolt that goes through the window (think its 8mm) This site is great - its a simple clip...

Alpine CD changer model A42 Clio 172 year 2001 Model C9RN81ZC........... CD cartrdge loads up, cd gets pulled into mechanism and then...... nothing. Green button rejects cartridge OK - loads and then... nothing. Any ideas can you fix these things?

Model C9RN81ZC........... Pushed in cartridge and cd's wouldnt load properly, lots of buzzing and then nothing. unit would not unload cartridge and a cd got trapped halfway into the cd player part. So I removed the unit and stripped down to get the cartridge out and then found a bit of card...

I made the tool with a square drive to take the tension to get the belt on easy. Bit of flat bar with a square welded on. Without it you can damage the plastic spools / idlers

Renault UK told me to drain an Elf Solaris 5w 30 oil from a 172 - its too thin when hot I guess