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Mon 3 Jan 2005 20:55
Scenic thumping brakes - BobbyG
Four times in last 2 days, my Scenic has made a thump/bang whilst braking at slow speeds whilst steering wheel was turned. Twice when reversing out driveway, and twice when I approached a left hand turning.

What could cause this? It doesn't do it any other time.
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Wed 5 Jan 2005 09:59
Scenic thumping brakes - Altea Ego
BobbyG

Loose bolt in the suspension seems favourite. Check out this forum for the scenic wandering thread.
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Wed 5 Jan 2005 13:37
Scenic thumping brakes - rustbucket
Hi BobbyG these were similar simptoms as I had when I discovered loose bolts on front suspension see this thread www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=27280

rustbucket (the original)
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Wed 5 Jan 2005 20:47
Scenic thumping brakes - BobbyG
Cheers for that Rustbucket - pity I didn't take my own advice about bearing it in mind!!!
Did you fix this yourself or did you put into dealer?
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Thu 6 Jan 2005 07:35
Scenic thumping brakes - rustbucket
Cheers for that Rustbucket - pity I didn't take my own
advice about bearing it in mind!!!
Did you fix this yourself or did you put into dealer?


I found the loose bolts myself, as I have little confidence in garages these days.It took awhile to find the bolts that were giving the problem as they were the last ones to check.You need to get under the vehicle so if you have not a safe way of lifting the vehicle then you may have to take it to your dealer and explain what you suspect is the problem.You could try parking with each side of the vehicle in turn on a high curb for a little more clearence and scrabling under .The bolts that were loose on my Scenic were the ones approx under driver and front passenger footwell area.Hope this helps.

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Sat 8 Jan 2005 16:56
Scenic thumping brakes - BobbyG
Rustbucket, many thanks for your help.

I took car into Renault dealer today and described the symptoms. I also gave him a printout of your "daiagnosis" and it turns out this was exactly the same in my car.

Service Manager advised that this was their first experience of this problem, but he kept my printout for his technicians, and was going to contact Renault with the information.

If there is a recall issued, its down to you Rustbucket!!

Power of the Backroom yet again.
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Sat 8 Jan 2005 19:26
Scenic thumping brakes - rustbucket
>>If there is a recall issued, its down to you Rustbucket!!

When I was a kid I was always the one who got the blame.

Pleased to here that the outcome was satisfactory.

rustbucket (the original)

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Sat 8 Jan 2005 20:43
Scenic thumping brakes - Altea Ego
you seem to have found yourself a Good renault dealer there BobbyG - look after him.
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Sat 8 Jan 2005 21:47
Scenic thumping brakes - BobbyG
As per rules of the site, allowed to name where good service has been given - Reg Vardy in Livingston.

First time a Service Manager has ever thanked me for giving him a problem!

Incidentally, whilst waiting, had a look round the showroom. The Modus really is a mini Scenic but still very spacious inside with what looked like a clever rear seating arrangement. They also had a Grand Scenic but I wasn't too impressed with the way the middle seats folded out the way to get into the rear. Rear access would definitely be for kids IMO, and god help them if the middle seat fell on them as they were trying to get in!

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