shocks - warranty

[muz]

should they be covered?

I read a post on here from a guy saying he got his replaced under warranty, mine are pooped (rears)and it is in the garage right now but they are looking to charge me £140 ???

 

[Middo]

worth a try mate. they shuold be covered if under a year old, after that its at their discretion really (which nromally means not lol)

 

[muz]

its nearly 3

 

[kully]

this is wot u do ...........

phone the dealership and tell em summerts wrong wid the car , go 4 the blonde approach (no offence intended) ........they will check it out and tell u at least wots wrong or further .

worth a go if anything

 

[Alan]

Muzz speak to Rory mate..he's had a good few shocks replaced under warranty on his 04 plate 182....worth a try.

Alan.

 

[rory182]

I've had 5 replaced over 2 years, all of which were under 1 year old at the time of replacement.

never paid a penny for them but I think in your case Muzz it might not be so easy to make em pay. Mine have been going consistently since the car was 3 months old!

 

[simonjones10]

I got my offside rear changed under the warranty when the char was 20months old and had done 36ish K, just moan at the service manager and ask for renault customer service number. I did and they covered all costs.

 

[rory182]

Muzz, print this out and take it with you.

172 and un-cup'd 182 shockers have a design flaw in that they can't be manufactured reliably.

It's a known fault and a common one, if only one shock has burst, dont be tempted to replace the opposite one so as to 'match new to new' as the chances are the new replacement one will burst too.

It's only a matter of time before mine go again. My June 04 182 has had 9 shocks in its lifetime, ridiculous!

 

[Guy]

does this apply to cup pack'ed cars too??

 

[rory182]

dunno, i aint got one lol, i think its generally a problem with clio shockers.

 

[GazCB]

I needed my rears replacing at about 33 months old. I was told they weren't covered by warranty but that customer services had said the garage were going to cover 75% of the cost. I think it cost me about £50.