how many times has you clio let you down

[paulboy247]

In 6 months I've had a steering wheel that creaked like a creaky door, 2 new wheel bearings, broken hazard light switch, heater blower stopped working, wouldn't start a few times and 2 new headlight bulbs, and the foglights stopped working. The joys, eh? A few things I blame on a certain Mr A.Clark though tbh

 

[T-Bag]

Once... had been to the pub after work for a meal. Only had 1 drink and it went straight to my head for some reason so I decided against driving home and went back into work for a while.

Came out to the car an hour or so later and it wouldn't start and I could smell petrol. Called the recovery, took about 2 hours for them to bloody turn up.. fixed in 2 minutes... fuel injection rail/lead (i think...) had somehow come off between my parking in the morning and coming out to the car 10 hours later!

 

[fuel_slut]

My 172 has let me down twice and both were horrible places to break down, lucky never anything major as of yet.

One was old battery

Fuel relays were corroded and popped, just replaced them and everything is fine.

 

[Scrooge]

ive had mine since may this year the ecu wiped itself not letting me close my windows or lock doors,the diesel prima bulb wasd leaking aswell as the pushfit connectors making my car suck air into the system so not great so far lol

 

[Track'd]

My 1st two years of ownership were great, nothing bad at all...then from Jan-May 2008 i had exhausts mounts replaced, 2 rear struts, lambda sensor, new alternator, new engine mounts. Also usual suspension creaks and leaking washer jet. When i sold it the exhaust mounts had worn again, wheel bearings we iffy along with the 4k rattle

 

[Blarno]

I've had my 172 Cup since February 2007 and has suffered from:

Snapped exhaust. Caused mainly by an oversized speedhump, but also by apparently being made of chocolate...

Knackered rear damper. Started knocking, then leaked oil over my drive.

Nothing else so far, it has been a paragon of reliability. 10000 miles and an average of 36 mpg.

Now, if this was a Peugeot 405 Mi16x4 owners forum, this list would be a whole lot longer....

 

[Timmay]

my 1.6 three times- twicecos of ignition coils and once cos i ran out of petrol

my black 172 - once cosi ran out of petrol

my flamer - havent run out of petrol yet

 

[partyboy23]

had the 182 a year now,iv had steering and brakes fail at the same time when i was coming of the moorway,engine turned its self off,gear gaiter just broke for sum reason,my dashboard s like blackpool illuminations from time to time,roof strip came off,engine cover cracked,lack of power,engine blew up and finally to date the final drive seal has gone even after the engine rebuild

 

[Mwindow]

Multiple times, but all because of the same fault and not being able to get it diagnosed. Flywheel sensor had gone, but occasionally would start with no problems, so no garage could find the problem.

Had it since last April.

 

[DebV6]

None touch wood. I've been quite lucky with mine.

 

[FlameR172]

had it 3 weeks then immbiliers locked up £ 282 later !

 

[*Badger*]

I had my 172 three weeks when the Xenon Ballast gave up - £260.

Other than that, had it 9 months now, and normal wear and tear only. Exhaust Brackets, Brakes and washer jets, and thats it!

 

[bmh.01]

2.5 years and 3 clios and none of them failed on me. Few problems but nothing that stopped me from getting anywhere.