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How fast were you going ?!
As above, the brakes should slow the car down if you're in gear or not, as it does in a car without cruise....
Wouldn't have wanted to turn the ignition off. Instant no brakes or PAS, and then you're royally f**ked when the steering lock comes on !
If you hate it, work it out yourself.
Do you reset it every time you fill up !?
Possibility the lambda is gone/going, as that seems hilariously low unless you're bolted a supercharger to it.
2 miles a time isn't going to do any car any favours in the MPG department.. reset it, find some...
If the motor's whirring, then surely it's not dead ?
Check you've not got low as sometimes they get all gunky. Good blast with the hose in the tank (washer fluid, not fuel haha) and see what happens....
If it's just the dash top you need (trust me, you dont want to go much further!!) it's just a few torx screws.
Couple on the side at the bottom of the A-pillars, and a few on top where the air comes out .. I think that's it ?
Keep searching for them until the top comes off freely...
My Ph1 did this once.. I checked with the stalk every time I started the car.
This time, all the lights came on as i started the engine suggesting it had all gone.. i rolled back, there was not 5l of oil on my driveway, so I carried on to work Turned it off, turned it on at lunch and it had...
It won't last til next year. It'll wait and then go on you just as you're late for a meeting, or on the way to an airport or something.
I'm guessing the car is a few years old (first MOT is at 3 years IIRC?) so no real point speaking to Renault about warranty related work ?
I'd be either...
I had the Halfords 50% brilliance ones in my Ph1 and they were a massive improvement over whatever was in there before... think the 90s were in the full beam.
Got a set of nightbreakers in the Scoob. Freakin' awesome... whatever was in there before wasn't allowing me to drive over about 8mph...