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Whats gone wrong with your 172/182/197 since Ownership ??



  clio 182 sport
55 plate 182. 12 mths old engine coolant sensor went. back to reno couple of times for doors dropping. one washer jet been blocked for a while. thats it car is now just under3.5 years old been luky,
 
  clio 182 black /gold
March 2005 182.
After 3 hours the wiper arm fell off. The AA fixed it.
After a week it was flooded under the passenger seat. Renault fixed it.
Loads of others to do wih strut top
 
  RS Clio 172 Ph1
New HT leads after splutter first day purchased
Window Fell down the door (motor broken)
Cambelt/bearing knocking at 32k
Dead Battery
Hand Brake Cable
Rear Brake Caliper
Clutch Cable
Top Mounts
CV Gator
Steering Wheel completely threadbear (on Second wheel now and that peeling after 10k)
Lambda Sensor
New Exhaust from catback.
Warped front disk.

Always driven carefully. Spent thousands on the thing (excluding Servicing, tyres etc) Wish I'd bought Jap in hindsight! Build quality worst in any car I ever owned.
 
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New cat/manifold gasket.
That is all in my 2 years' ownership of the 182.



Burst coolant hose on Janspeed's rolling road
That was all in my 2 years' ownership of the superior Ph1 172
 
  ClioSport 172
Dont know if I really want to add to this! lol

Bought my '53' babe in April/May 2008, at 30k, now on 38k with 2 receipts for work done!

Have:

a) Alternator went
b) Towed to local garage, replaced at £350 ish (ouch)

a) All news disc & pads on back, just pads on front
b) Mates did that, general wear & tear so dont count that as a problem

a) Bonnet catch
b) Just cause I asked Renault too, no problem

a) Seat cable snapped in drivers seat, the bit that lets people in the back
b) Still not fixed, Renault claim I need a new seat at £601, so sourcing from scrapyards atm

a) Cambelt / Aux Belt
b) Cause i'd hit 5 years

Thats it. Done 1 service since I had her & 1 mot, but mot was free & 36k service done by my mate
 
Dont know if I really want to add to this! lol

Bought my '53' babe in April/May 2008, at 30k, now on 38k with 2 receipts for work done!

Have:

a) Alternator went
b) Towed to local garage, replaced at £350 ish (ouch)

a) All news disc & pads on back, just pads on front
b) Mates did that, general wear & tear so dont count that as a problem

a) Bonnet catch
b) Just cause I asked Renault too, no problem

a) Seat cable snapped in drivers seat, the bit that lets people in the back
b) Still not fixed, Renault claim I need a new seat at £601, so sourcing from scrapyards atm

a) Cambelt / Aux Belt
b) Cause i'd hit 5 years

Thats it. Done 1 service since I had her & 1 mot, but mot was free & 36k service done by my mate

only 2 of those are genuine faults. Servicing isnt a fault... ;)
 
  182 Cup
lots of problems been posted here.
well glad to say that iv done 50k miles and so far nothing wrong apart from a rattling heat shield from the exhaust,
tyres,
brake pads,
disks.............nothing serious.

mind you its well looked after.
 
  Astra van,Mk1 nova
Snapped exhaust (my fault)
engine managment light (my fault)
airbag light (my fault)
Broken windscreen (my fault)

Apart from that its been general up keep, tb and sticky caliper

Awesome little car that takes alot!
 
Had car 2 years and luckily nothing has went wrong so far.
Just Brake pads, discs tyres etc and servicing.

Its now on 59k and due a service again :(

I'm quite suprised i've had no issues for being French :rasp:
 
  ALBI 197 Sonic MKII
172 Cup. Bought it from the stealers with 16K on the clock, and 3 years warranty

1a. Car wouldn't start (ticking over)
2b. Cleaned TDC sensor

2a. Gone through an infinity amount of bootclips
2b. All replaced under warranty

3a. Rear shock was leaking
3b. Replaced under warranty

4a. Bonnet developed rust (not broken through)
4b. Replaced under warranty

5a. Usual wear and tear shite
5b. Renault.

Currently on 42K, so I've done not bad considering. My warranty runs out this summer finally, it's been good to me!
 
  clio rs
so i must be the lucky one - had the car 1 year no problems wat to ever and its 90k fsh when i bought it the seller did say its problem free as all wat needed doing have has already been on & replaced
 
  BMW M135i
Heater Fan Control Pack died on me on a very cold and misty october morning at 5am (got me a day off work though bonus) and had a very very wierd throttle issue due to water getting into a plug in the skutttle. Other than that was ok.
 
  182
53 plate cup, 36k miles when bought it last sept, now on 46k

Steering wheel thrumb grips (obv)
The external temp reading has mysteriously decided not to work anymore
One of the lines in the heated rear screen has failed
drivers headlight went
Lower pulley on cambelt
Powersteering failed
9 month old exhaust centre section is buggered and back box (can i claim on this???)
 
  172 Cup
A few problems over 6months of ownership, in no particular order.

1a. Headlight Washer Jets failed
1b. No fix cant be ars*d

2a. Exhaust back box fell off, after blowing for abit
2b. Replaced with a K-Tec SuperSport Recessed Exhuast

3a. Passenger window failed.
3b. After a £269 quote from Renault i got one from a scrap yard £35. to be fitted the weekend.

4a. Front Discs and pads badly worn.
4b. Bought part from Renault, local garage fitted them £50.

5a. Engine began miss firing, Spark Plugs gone.
5b. New plugs Self fix 30mins work.

6a. Low engine oil.
6b. Topped up with some engine oil.

7a. CD changer broke, got stuck (error CD 5).
7b. Bought "Laura's" CD changer got a free James Blunt CD too.

8a. Had rubbish window wipers, Found out when it rained.
8b. Bought new ones from Renault fitted myself.

9a. External air Temp at a constant 46d
9b. Not bothered so just left it will fix one day, prob in the summer.

10a. Radio head up display lights were very dim.
10b. Got some bulbs and used the guide on here for a self fix.

11a. Rusty Bonnet catch
11b. Fixed by Renault under the recall.

Thats all i can think of probably a couple of other things.
 


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