Our daughter had a very lucky escape from injury last Saturday when the bonnet on her Renault Clio flew open at 60 miles per hour. She was joining the M5 motorway at a very busy M4/M5 intersection in Bristol. Fortunately she managed to steer her car across the junction onto the hard shoulder, the vehicle has been recovered and brought home. The bonnet, roof and windscreen are damaged and besides being very shocked and shaken our daughter uninjured. Her insurer (Direct Line) would not log the case until she had contact Renault and upon checking the Internet for their number we noticed a very large number of similar instances. In 2009 we were sent a "customer reassurance" letter asking us to have the car's bonnet catch checked by a Renault dealer, which we did. The car was MOT tested and serviced at a local garage on 28th October 2010 and 7,000 miles have been driven since that time. The garage assures us that the bonnet catch was lubricated at that time and will send us a letter to confirm that. VOSA have advised me that, after consultation with Renault when there had been complaints leading to a BBC Watchdog programme they found that the catches in the UK vehicles were subject to corrosion. Provided the catches were properly maintained and lubricated they would be safe. This led to the re-assurance letters being sent and VOSA sending instructions to all MOT centres that the bonnet catches must be checked. My concerns are that other Clio owners are not aware of the potential danger they are in. How many vehicles have had their bonnet catches checked by a main dealer? The older the cars are the more likely they are to have this problem and less likely they are to be serviced at a main dealer. I would be most grateful if you could bring this problem to your readers as a matter of urgency.