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Renault Head Office - HELP





well for the 2nd time now my clutch cable has snapped cuasing me major inconvenience, but hey....these things happen.

However what you dont expect to hear when talking to the main dealer about the problem is that the fault should have been a re-call. Reanult has designed a pedal to fix this issue to which they will quite happily fit to the tune of £165.00. Very nice concidering the fault should have been recalled in the first place! Anyway i could have just replaced the cable myself like i did the last time, however i know it would then only be a matter of time before this happens again. i just dropped the car off @ Renault Toomeys - Basildon a few mins ago to be told due to the fact they dont have any "courtesy cars" i will have to find my own car hire company. Fair enough i thought.. who should i bill afterwards then i said? They just laughed.

As you can imagine this has pissed me off slightly, to which i would like to share / express my thoughts with someone alittle higher up then the monkeys over @ Toomeys.



Can anyone help me out with an address? The quicker the better as i have a clear image of what to write as of this moment



Many Thanks peeps





James - one pissed off renault customer.
 

KDF

  Audi TT Stronic


sorry i dont have the address but it should have been



"James - another pissed of renault customer"



;)
 


lol @ KDF - sad but very true.

-= PLEASE BOYS AND GIRLS I NEED THIS ADDRESS =-

heres a copy of the letter im sending.. Any views / amendments welcome.

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Dear Sir / Madam,





I have come to the conclusion today that I have felt it necessary to inform you of my recent customer experience with Renault Toomyes Basildon.



Today has been a very disheartened day for me with the fact my Renault Clio 1.8 16v clutch cable snapped on the way to work this morning, however these things happen. Now this is not the first time it has snapped with the fact it has been replaced 3 times in the space of 40,000 miles with documentation to prove. This time I have decided to have the cable replaced at a local dealer “Renault Toomey’s Basildon.” In speaking to a member of staff “Steve” I have been advised that the fault is quite easily corrected with a replacement pedal that redirects the clutch cable taking the stress away from the cable. In my view this should have been a re-call. I belong to an enthusiast’s owners club and can sincerely advise you that it’s not uncommon to find someone complaining of this problem on a regular basis.



The quote has been suggested at £167.00 Inc V.A.T. This seems very excessive to rectify such a commonly known issue, one of which I believe should have been recalled in the first place rather then to charge the customer for the design flaw, however who am I to argue?



My car was kindly towed by the RAC direct to Renault Toomey’s services. It was there I spoke to a member of staff named Justin (floor manger of Renault Toomey’s) about the suggested recall fault with the Clio clutch pedals. Justin was unable to comment on this problem as I suspected and was told he would be in touch when the work had completed.



When asking Justin for a coursty car I was told all cars had been booked. I cannot begin to express what major inconvenience this has caused me. I asked Justin if I could pick a car up from another Renault dealer, again I was told this is not possible and I would have to do without. In suggesting to Justin that I would be prepared to pay for a hire car myself if the cost maybe reimbursed, I received a response which found to be “VERY” sarcastic in turn declining my suggestion.



It is due to this response that I feel very bitter. As a paying Renault customer I do not expect to be treated this way. I work in the service industry myself to which all customers are treated with the up most respect. It appears organizations get so large in size they no-long value there customers, it is for this reason enthusiasts like myself and other club members avoid dealer interaction. I hope you can in some way understand my view and somehow restore my faith in Renault.



My apologies if I have came over to strong in this letter.



Yours sincerely







James Brock
 


Read it again, as there are a couple of errors. I also wouldnt apologise for coming over to strong and dont make statements like "who am I to argue" or "these things happen". Just be to the point! Its not your fault, and if youre unhappy with the backup renault are providing its your prerogative to say so. Other than that the letter is fine, gives all the details and concludes that youre not happy and want something doing about it. Good luck mate!
 


No probs mate, if you want a serious car issue then check this, my old man has a Ferrari 360 spider, 18months old, owned from new. Its done 3700 miles and recently the stop light came on, Ferrari sent out a pickup to my house and took it to JCT 600 in Leeds, they said it was a dirty sparkplug and cleasned them all and took it out to test. They then decided it was more serious, the car has been with them for 1 month and required a 100 hour engine rebuild due to a faulty valve. they still havent re-assembled the engine and are awaiting an engineer from Maranello to come over and approve the re-assembly. My dad is well pissed off as he had to ring up and ask for a courtesy car and then they sent a mondeo. Now we have a Golf GTI but hes still pissed off as its going to take nearly 2 months in total to sort out a car with hardly any miles on the clock. He had the 360 Modena before this and that also had to be towed away due to clutch problems after 2500 miles. Great!
 

KDF

  Audi TT Stronic


you missed a space here

"member of staff “Steve”"

you spelt it re-call and then recalled the correct spelling is recall and recalled

(floor manger of Renault Toomey’s) if thats his Job Title then it should be Capatalised.

when the work had been completed

up most upmost

no-long no longer

there customers their customers.

and forget the apollogies bit at the end.

:D
 


:eek:

Saddenly my clios clutch cable no-long feels important

Thats bad, i would like to see what they do about that one. Tell your dad he can re-word my letter if he doesnt want to write his own ;) tho im sure hes already had something to say by now. rightly so too!



good luck!
 
  Clio v6


RENAULT UK

The Rivers OFFICE PARK,

DENHAM WAY,

MAPLE CROSS,

RICKMANSWORTH,

HERTFORDSHIRE.

WD3 9YS.
 


Mate your clutch is just as important, if they wont pay in full then ask for them to at least contribute towards the cost as a good will gesture or something. If you have a full renault service history that maybe a good way of backing up your argument?
 
  Clio 197


And you might write "too" instead of "to".

The trouble with spell checkers is that they miss this sort of thing. As long as it is spelt correctly they will allow a completely different word in.

to two too

right write rite
 


Good to see im not the only pissed off renault customer.. There gonna be getting quite a few angry letters in the next few days, months, years... :devilish:
 


Got new Cup today and there was a letter in there from CAT UK TEESPORT saying that my handbook is missing the network List Handbook. Who is CAT UK TEESPORT is it Renault or someone they employ. I love the Cup just wish the service was better, not much to ask really.
 


Cat uk is the renault import centre for the north and theres another import centre at southhampton, its a PDI (pre delivery inspection) centre owned by renault. paul172
 


"Got new Cup today and there was a letter in there from CAT UK TEESPORT saying that my handbook is missing the network List Handbook. Who is CAT UK TEESPORT is it Renault or someone they employ. I love the Cup just wish the service was better, not much to ask really. "



and in real terms it is a really horrible yard in Chemical alley! To give you an idea of where the Renaults come in it is behind ICI and next to British Steel!

Been there a few times to repair PCs etc. You really dont wanna see how they drive on the gravel!
 
  Skoda Fabia vRS


email mailto:customer.service@renault.co.uk">customer.service@renault.co.uk

i got a fairly quick reply and they actually did somethin about what i had explained/asked....
 


james................please could you let us know how you get on........if its a common fault on the valver & renault do somthing about it..............perhaps all us valver owners can jump in & get it done as well.............what was that.....owww look....a flying pig !!!.......lol......like renualt are gonna do anything !!!



you could always edit this letter that was sent to NTL !!!!! god they are usless !!!

To NTL customer services


Dear Cretins,


I have been an NTL customer since 9th July 2001, when I signed up for your 3-in-one deal for cable TV, cable modem, and telephone.
During this three-month period I have encountered an inadequacy of service, which I had not previously considered possible, as well as ignorance and stupidity of monolithic proportions. Please allow me to provide specific details, so that you can either pursue your professional prerogative, and seek to rectify these difficulties - or more likely (I suspect) so that you can have some entertaining reading material as you while away the working day smoking Marlborough and drinking vendor-coffee on the bog in your office.

My initial installation was cancelled without warning or notice, resulting in my spending an entire Saturday sitting on my fat arse waiting for your technician to arrive. When he did not arrive at all, I spent a further 57 minutes listening to your infuriating hold music, and the even more annoying Scottish robot woman telling me to look at your helpful website.... how? I alleviated the boredom to some small degree by playing with my testicles for a few minutes - an activity at which you are no-doubt both familiar and highly adept.

The rescheduled installation then took place some two weeks later, although the technician did forget to bring a number of vital tools - such as a drill-bit, and his cerebrum.

Two weeks later, my cable modem had still not arrived. After several further telephone calls (actually 15 telephone calls over 4 weeks) my modem arrived ... a total of six weeks after I had requested it, and begun to pay for it.

I estimate that the downtime of your internet servers is roughly 35%... these are usually the hours between about 6pm and midnight, Monday to Friday, and most of the useful periods over the weekend.

I am still waiting for my telephone connection. I have made 9 telephone calls on my mobile to your no-help line this week, and have been unhelpfully transferred to a variety of disinterested individuals, who are it seems also highly skilled bollock jugglers.

I have been informed that a telephone line is available (and someone will call me back), that no telephone line is available (and someone will call me back), that I will be transferred to someone who knows whether or not a telephone line is available (and then been cut off), that I will be transferred to someone who knows whether or not a telephone line is available (and then been redirected to an answer machine informing me that your office is closed), that I will be transferred to someone who knows whether or not a telephone line is available (and then been redirected to the irritating Scottish robot woman.... and several other variations on this theme.

Doubtless you are no-longer reading this letter, as I am sure you have at least a thousand other dissatisfied customers to ignore, and also another one of those crucially important testicle-moments to attend to.

Frankly I dont care, its far more satisfying as a customer to voice my frustrations in print than to shout them at your unending hold music.

Forgive me, therefore, if I continue.

I thought BT were sh*t, that they had attained the holypiss-pot of god-awful customer relations, that no-one, anywhere, ever, could be more disinterested, less helpful or more obstructive to delivering service to their customers. Thats why I chose NTL, and because, well, there isnt anyone else is there?

How surprised I therefore was, when I discovered to my considerable dissatisfaction and disappointment what a useless shower of b******s you truly are. You are sputum-filled pieces of distended rectum - incompetents of the highest order. British Telecom - w**kers though they are - shine like brilliant beacons of success, in the filthy puss-filled mire of your seemingly limitless inadequacy.

Suffice to say that I have now given up on my futile and foolhardy quest to receive any kind of service from you. I suggest that you do likewise, and cease any potential future attempts to extort payment from me for the services which you have so pointedly and catastrophically failed to deliver - any such activity will be greeted initially with hilarity and disbelief - although these feelings will quickly be replaced by derision, and even perhaps a small measure of bemused rage.

I enclose two small deposits, selected with great care from my cats litter tray, as an expression of my utter and complete contempt for both you, and your pointless company. I sincerely hope that they have not become desiccated during transit - they were satisfyingly moist at the time of posting, and I would feel considerable disappointment if you did not experience both their rich aroma and delicate texture. Consider them the very embodiment of my feelings towards NTL, and its worthless employees.

Have a nice day - may it be the last in your miserable short life, you irritatingly incompetent and infuriatingly unhelpful bunch of tw*ts,

yours psychotically,


an ex-NTL customer!!
 


Shame they didnt do a PDI or was it their racing in my baby that knackered the tracking. Why dosnt anyone give a sh*t about anything any more. Renault are really really bad, but they make the Cup.

Does anyone have a decent dealer with 50 miles of Nottingham where I can take my Cup and feel that I can trust them?
 


"I sincerely hope that they have not become desiccated during transit - they were satisfyingly moist at the time of posting, and I would feel considerable disappointment if you did not experience both their rich aroma and delicate texture."

Quality!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 


Didnt read the bit about the litter tray, nice idea.

"I enclose an example of your service, enjoy it as much as I did"
 


best and worst comment i have ever heard was a guy complaining to my boss and his last lines were "...i hope your kids are murdered, your wife raped and you die of cancer"....
 


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