Near Death Cup Experience!

[team_penetrator]

Fun and games last night.

In the outside lane of the A1 doing about 60 in the pissing rain, overtaking a truck. The spray was pretty bad so I clicked the wipers down from normal to fast. I was a little taken abanck to say the least when instead of speeding up, the wipers stopped completely. I tried all three positions on vain and they just stayed parked. Using the head out of the window technique I managed to get to the hard shoulder, turned it off, restarted and they worked fine????????

Nice work French electronics fool.

 

[Ang]

mine have done that....fun isnt it !!!

 

[team_penetrator]

Certainly is. An unusual trait. I now have to clean the interior and my pants...

 

[MATT BLACK]

Check your UCH control unit - its a common fault on clios - eventually it will pack in totally and you will also lose your indicators.

 

[Turkish]

doh, so you were driving ace ventura style, lol

go buy yourself some rain-x and coat the windscreen up, you wont need wipers over 35mph.

 

[team_penetrator]

Cheers mate,

Is it worth telling this to the idiots at Renault, or will they laugh at me smugly and only believe me after I barrel roll into a field at speed?

Its still under warranty and its due in for gearbox mounts next week.

 

[team_penetrator]

Ace Ventura style but with hailstones breaking my teeth!

I think that the rainex is more of a back up plan!!

I might do it anyway just in case until they are sorted!

 

[Nafoff]

bloody hell sounds nasty, rain-x is brilliant stuff

 

[Turkish]

i would its great stuff. follow the instructions to the letter and it works brilliantly.

 

[MATT BLACK]

The UCH is situated under the passengers side of the dash board, just above the bonnet release handle - when you go to Renault tell them your wipers keep going on and off and also your indicators as well. Its a real common fault and Renault are aware of the problems with these ( although they never admit it !! ) Part number for the new superseeded UCH is 8200387291 - there are 2 large oblong plugs - one black and one white going into it and one black stubby one.

 

[blink172]

^Yup, agree. You can sit on the Mway and not bother with the wipers, havent done for years unless its really bad.

 

[ESCOBAR]

lol - that happened to me in the 182, driving to work in the pissing rain and bobs yer uncle - rush hour and no wipers - spray everywhere. Took it to Renault - suprise suprise Renault couldnt find a fault.

Anyway - we a re lucky to be alive.

 

[Ang]

had rain-x on mine at the time, didnt help much to be honest....i find it only really helps over about 50 and with Heavy rain......not knocking it though it is good stuff......

 

[badinvincible]

In Evo this month, the wipers failed on the long term Lambo so it can happen to anyone!

 

[RobFenn]

Quote: Originally posted by Loony on 25 February 2005


doh, so you were driving ace ventura style, lol

lol...

 

[gecko]

mines done that too, was pretty scary, might have to invest in some rainx

 

[edgerfs]

Where can we get rain-x ?

 

[Ang]

Halfords do it...or atleast one near me does...

 

[blink172]

Halfrauds should stock it. Very good stuff.........

 

[Turkish]

yup halfords should stock it thats where i got mine.

 

[badinvincible]

Asda do it and Asda being Asda, it might be cheaper than Halfords.

 

[Phill1978]

just like to add mine did that when it was pissing it down.. just stopped the car and started again, its never happened since.

 

[team_penetrator]

Madness. I love the French approach to build quality.

Was thinking this morning... If they cant make door locks, engine mounts, gearbox mounts and wipers properly, what chance do we stand with airbags....?

Oh well, best not crash then...

 

[Dean]

jesus mate

thats lucky id ring renault or write a letter to reno uk about that

when i had an old ax gt the the wipers stopped working when it was raining and that was pretty scary but the rain wasnt to heavy!

 

[team_penetrator]

If this is a common fault, shouldnt it be a recall job?????????