Hi Rob
1.Coolant needle dropping from middle to bottom and idle revs at 2200rpm, very bad smell of fuel when engine warm or cold and very lumpy,doesnt restart until completely cool and when it does large cloug of smoke! Faulty engine temp sensor I think.
2.Passenger wiper arm loose, flew across screen when auto wipers came on whilst moving, hit door chipping and scratching top of door and resting on mirror!
3.Exhaust banging under car loudly when in first at 6000rpm and easing off, also sounded like back firing in box!
4.Front spoiler not fitted straight and all over the place,Reg vardy Sheffield fitted this!
5.5 faults with blackgold paintwork.eg overspray,rougue particles under paint finish, chips and dullness on trims etc!
6.Noisy rear door/parcelshelf rattling constantly!
7.Squealing from gearbox over 95mph, but this does appear to have cleared now!
Car has now done 950 miles approx and we ran it in up to scotland for first 700 miles, no higher than 80mph and no greater than 3000 rpm.The dealers told me we didnt have to do this as its a "vvt" engine and its already run in. Apparently the more you thrash these cars from new, the better! Reg Vardys sales execs words not mine. Hopefully the car is gonna be sorted though, not heard anything yet!
Also waiting for a mudflap refund as we purchased the renult protection pack which includes these but they dont do them for the 182 as the mouldings on the car are too big to fit them to so they arent straight, can anyone else confirm this, has anyone else had as many problems as these with 54 reg?
Obviously Renault dont have a very good QA system!!!
Cheers
Graham.
