Engine warning light came on the other day and i was close to the dealers so i just took it in. About 14 months ago the same happeneed. It was a coil pack that needed replaceing. It had the exact same symptons this time and i told them so. Last time i payed about £30 for this fixing. I payed 25% and reno payed 75% but i was in warranty then.
They rang me up and spoke to my mother as i was out. They said something about it was going to cost 1 hours labour to diagnose the problem an hours to fix the car and then the cost of the coils. They charge £60 an hour labour- high i no but im not argueing with this. Final cost is something like £240. My mother just told them to do it. She then thought maybe she shouldnt have done that and rang my mobile. I immediatly rang them to find out exactly what was happening and they said theyd get someone to ring me back. They didnt ring me back. I rang again and the works been done now. I asked if it was covered as it was a reaccuring fault. They said no. I asked why last time the total came to £120 and now its double that. The guys words where "it was getting done on behalf of renault and they pay rock bottom prices, you dont" made me chuckle but i get what he means. He also said it was probably a different coil last time. Now a coil pack as they have called it sounds to me like they are replacing a few coils. Is their more then one coil pack?
Bottom line is is £240 way too expensive for replacing a coil pack?