HELP! Something doesn't seem right.

[Reidy123]

Hi,

I bought my clio 182 recently and am sure there must be something wrong...

When I have the steering wheel on roughly full lock (left or right), even if im going literally 1mph, I seem to have no grip on the road, and it feels like im skidding. At first I thought I just needed new tyres, and that's still a possibility I suppose, but theyre well over the legal limit.

Also when trying to do a 3 point turn, I seem to get a knocking noise coming from the front wheels. I'm not sure how to describe it, imagine doing a 3 point turn on a road made out of cattle grid and thats pretty much how it feels.

I don't know much about cars so anybody else had this sort of problem?

Thanks
David

 

[Backrowlegend]

i GET THE EXACT SAME NOISE MATE, I PRESUME ITS JUST A DESIGN FAULT WITH CLIOS

 

[Reidy123]

My brother has an identical 182, but he doesnt have this problem

 

[Danith]

is it this dog bone mount that needs adjusting? im no mechanic but heard this a lot. on full lock the driveshaft wants to pop out of gearbox as the dog bone mounting isnt adjusted correctly? do a search on 'dog bone mount' in forums, see if theyre similar.

 

[JMR]

Yes its a design fault. Cant explain your lack of grip though David.:S

FredYozzasport has posted Renaults fix to the problem.

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=184661



Agree with ballbag04, could be dog bone mount too.

 

[Lee]

That's a pretty good description David. I always notice it if I have to use full lock when leaving the car park at work or when parking outside my misses house. The first time I felt it I thought I had a flat on the front.

From memory I don't think my 172 did it, but my 182 and Trophy suffered with it.

 

[Reidy123]

Hmm cheers for that!

As the car is still under warranty, would renault sort it for me? Or would they just claim theres nothing they can do?

Cheers!