reliability

[woody3]

hi i have been offered a 2001 172 , but have been told that i will spend most my time fixing it , are they that bad or is it balls cheers j

 

[SuperJ]

depends on how well it been looked after, same with any car tbh.

 

[DrR]

my 172 was hurrendous
my 182 has had pretty much nothing go wrong in 6 years, and 48k

 

[dannyh172]

I've had a 172 for 8years now and had no problems with it! One injector died a few weeks ago but other than that (£35 fix) it's been the best car I've owned!

 

[Krispwee]

Anything that ends in "stat" is generally made from cheese and will need replacing after this long. Other than that mines been pretty reliable considering its 8 years old and French.

 

[woody3]

thats what i thought , most of my mates have scoobs/evos which are fairly reliable (but i had to have engine rebuilt in the evo this year ) so was just worried , the clio in question has full service history cheers j

 

[Harpham]

My 172 was a turd... Spent so much money on it in my 9 months of ownership.

Miss it like hell though!

 

[Damo_Sport]

i think most RS are reliable..

 

[spanishfly]

I've been surprised that with the abuse my RENAULT 172 has been reliable. I know the lesser models (yeah thats right Lesser lol) have problems.

 

[imprezaworks]

Had my ph1 since July and touch wood its been spot on, famous last words lol

Dan

 

[la21t]

I bought mine on the strength of seeing my mates get nothing but abuse round Croft etc for the past 5 or so years......I had an M3 before and did nothing but throw money at it, most unreliable car Ive ever had. Even more unreliable than any of the 11 21 Turbo's Ive had lol

 

[one in a million]

renault its french and fall apart, but if you keep it maintained then its a joy to drive,

 

[MartinR]

same as any other car things wear and things break.

 

[nick schofield]

ive had a subaru just got rid no problems with it maintained regulary bought a 172 and im happy as muck with any car regular oil changes etc and dont drive it like you stole it lol

 

[jack_davey]

Very reliable.
Owned my 182 for 3.5 years, travelled 30k miles approx, and never had it break down, never refused to start.
It has been driven enthusiastically regularly too and taken to the nurburgring.
Service it and take general care of it and it should be great.

 

[mbk-172]

I agree with all the posts above. I had my 172 for 18 months and drove roughly 27,000 miles in it and never had anything go wrong until I let it run out of oil, which was my own fault and not the cars. Equally my 197 i've now owned for nigh on 18 months and done 16,000 miles has been great. If you change the oil every 6,000 miles and warm the engine up before giving it abuse you should be fine.

 

[Fletcher]

depends on how well it been looked after, same with any car tbh.

This TBH.

 

[chrism09]

ive owend three 172`s including a cup and never had any problems

 

[JD]

same as any other car things wear and things break.

Unless they're Renault/FIAT items, in which case they will wear and break sooner due to being poor quality.

I wouldn't touch another Renault, unless it had a comprehensive warranty. And even then, judging by the way Renault handled my three engine wiring looms on my 1.2 during the first 9 months of my ownership, I would still have to think long and hard about whether I really wanted hassle when (not if) something goes.

Renault UK, however, are meant to be very good at sorting things.

 

[Martin_172]

will be more reliable than a bloddy impreza anyway lol

 

[Fletcher]

Unless they're Renault/FIAT items, in which case they will wear and break sooner due to being poor quality.

I wouldn't touch another Renault, unless it had a comprehensive warranty. And even then, judging by the way Renault handled my three engine wiring looms on my 1.2 during the first 9 months of my ownership, I would still have to think long and hard about whether I really wanted hassle when (not if) something goes.

Renault UK, however, are meant to be very good at sorting things.

From what I have seen the RS models are built better than the 1.2s ( other not RS versions)

I've no problems with my 172 other than wear and tear. Now on 131k.

 

[JD]

From what I have seen the RS models are built better than the 1.2s ( other not RS versions)

I've no problems with my 172 other than wear and tear. Now on 131k.

I have heard the same fella, but it still makes you think.

 

[Christopher]

German cars never break. Ask Immi.

 

[JD]

German cars never break. Ask Immi.

A; shutterthefuckerupper
B; it's meant to be back today!

 

[woody3]

will be more reliable than a bloddy impreza anyway lol

mines an evo chap j

 

[Millen]

Owned my 172 for 2 years this June. Done roughly 15k miles and the car had done 70000 when I bought it.

Had the following done..

Gearbox recon/new clutch £900 (notchy 3rd gear, synchros!!!)
Brakes all round £230 ish (fitted myself though)
4 new tyres @ £90 each
K-tec exhaust £300(old one fell off lol)
Oil change £40ish (due another now)

And this year cambelt will need doing at around £400.

Reliability will greatly depend on the mileage of the car IMO. I should have shopped around a little more but the gearbox wasn't an expense I needed! Just be vigorous on test drive I would say.

As many are saying, get one new or nearly new and it seems to be worry free motoring

 

[DrR]

Had the following done..

Gearbox recon/new clutch £900 (notchy 3rd gear, synchros!!!)
Brakes all round £230 ish (fitted myself though)
4 new tyres @ £90 each
K-tec exhaust £300(old one fell off lol)
Oil change £40ish (due another now)

And this year cambelt will need doing at around £400.

What have these go to do with reliabilty?

 

[Martin_172]

mines an evo chap j

i know dude, im just saying all your mates with imprezas are telling you you will spend all your time fixing it, it will be more reliable than their cars! i know from first hand experiance as my mates all drive jap too!

 

[stann01]

i`ve had 5 impreza`s and was worried about the engines giving up after the 2nd one had to have a rebuild at a cost of 3.5k

not worried so much with the 172 thank god

 

[andywa]

I've had my 182 for a year now and not had a problem. Unlike my RX8 what a nightmare that was.

 

[sam_m]

Cant comment on the reliability yet, but I do have to agree with some posts on here, if you maintain your car, and look after it, it will look after you.

Ive come from a Pulsar GTiR after 5 years ownership, subject to belief on these cars it was the most reliable car ive ever owned, but I did maintain it well. Same with my Renault 11 Turbos, Mechanically they were spot on, but the old Rens were Rott boxes and there wasnt much I could do about that especially living on the coast.

Ive got good vibes about the 182 though!!

 

[HartZ]

Had no problems with my 172, was the most reliable car I have ever owned to date, was well looked after before, both belts done early and FSH from renault, miss it

 

[182lee]

will be more reliable than a bloddy impreza anyway lol

Ive had 3 uk imprezas and never had an issue, found them very reliable, the sti import versions however are a different story, dont know why people bother with these.
Mine all had good history and wernt messed with, when you start playing with the boost etc thats when you start having problems.

 

[Ben.]

They have alot of common small annoying problems, which can usually be easily fixed. You seem to either get a good or a bad one.

 

[B16DOE]

Don't think there that bad and for somthing French as well lol