Bought my clio 172 ph2 on 29th December for my birthday and had nothing but problems with it. Car looked good on paper...........53 plate, monaco blue, 24k, full dealer history and 1 owner from new.
I bought it from a company in leeds - not a renault dealer but a big car company all the same and they through in a months warranty for me which was nice.
Had the car for about 3 days and it kept stalling on approach to roundabouts - I just dipped the clutch but the revs just fell and it stalled - annoying but not the end of the world so decided to take it back. While on route to the garage the car appeared to jolt when I was accelerating. I thought what the chuff was that and a couple of mins later the car went into limp mode and I had to switch it off and on and limp to the garage.
I told the garage and they had a look so went home. They rang later and said "someone must have been tampering with the throttle before, we have put the part back on and the car is running fine". So I went back over to Leeds and picked the car up and drove home with no problems. Drove for another 2 days and low and behold the same jolt happens and the car go's into limp mode. This time more warning lights come on and the revs start going crazy! Going from between 2000 and 3000 rpm - so I limp back home and take it back to the garage again. I keep calm and say to them to keep the car for as long as they need and that I just want it fixed properly.
3 days later they phone and tell me its ready. I go and pick it up and they say it was a problem with one of the throttle bodies and its now been replaced so I drive home. Drive the car for another 6 days and then exactly the same thing happens!
I'm normally quite patient but when I took the car back for the third time I was slightly annoyed. The guy said "it must be some kinda intermittent fault, we'll have a look at it again for you". I told the guy I wasnt happy and he said he wasnt happy spending the money on parts so I told him that was his problem!
No apology, no offer or courtesy car, no offer off compensation for all the train tickets i've had to buy. I asked him to extend the warranty for another couple of months and he basically told me to f off!
Anyone know what the problem might be or any tips for how I might get somthing out of the dealer like a touch more warranty?!? Never had a problem with my previous two clio sports but im starting to think this one is cursed!!!
Cheers for reading.
I bought it from a company in leeds - not a renault dealer but a big car company all the same and they through in a months warranty for me which was nice.
Had the car for about 3 days and it kept stalling on approach to roundabouts - I just dipped the clutch but the revs just fell and it stalled - annoying but not the end of the world so decided to take it back. While on route to the garage the car appeared to jolt when I was accelerating. I thought what the chuff was that and a couple of mins later the car went into limp mode and I had to switch it off and on and limp to the garage.
I told the garage and they had a look so went home. They rang later and said "someone must have been tampering with the throttle before, we have put the part back on and the car is running fine". So I went back over to Leeds and picked the car up and drove home with no problems. Drove for another 2 days and low and behold the same jolt happens and the car go's into limp mode. This time more warning lights come on and the revs start going crazy! Going from between 2000 and 3000 rpm - so I limp back home and take it back to the garage again. I keep calm and say to them to keep the car for as long as they need and that I just want it fixed properly.
3 days later they phone and tell me its ready. I go and pick it up and they say it was a problem with one of the throttle bodies and its now been replaced so I drive home. Drive the car for another 6 days and then exactly the same thing happens!
I'm normally quite patient but when I took the car back for the third time I was slightly annoyed. The guy said "it must be some kinda intermittent fault, we'll have a look at it again for you". I told the guy I wasnt happy and he said he wasnt happy spending the money on parts so I told him that was his problem!
No apology, no offer or courtesy car, no offer off compensation for all the train tickets i've had to buy. I asked him to extend the warranty for another couple of months and he basically told me to f off!
Anyone know what the problem might be or any tips for how I might get somthing out of the dealer like a touch more warranty?!? Never had a problem with my previous two clio sports but im starting to think this one is cursed!!!
Cheers for reading.
