Hi all, I was wondering if anybody could help me as I am about to lose my marbles over this car.

Its a 1.2 2002 clio with nearly 80k on the clock. I bought it second hand from a car dealer 12 months ago. When I purchased it the orange airbag light was illuminated after a few days, as it was under warranty I took it back to the garage and after EIGHT revisits to them the problem was eventually solved.

In April the clutch went which i'm putting down to general wear an tare but I've been experiencing no end of problems ever since which are costing a fortune to get resolved and keep reoccurring.

Towards the end of June it began randomly refusing to fire, this problem worsened and in July i took it for a diagnostic which resulted in a new starter motor and crankshaft sensor. The car worked fine until the following morning when the battery died and kept dying after jumpstarting it.

After taking it back to the garage they ran a few tests and said the battery wasnt holding its charge therefore I had a new battery.

All was rosy until two weeks ago when the car decided to delay firing, followed by not firing, followed by not even turning over, the lights and windows etc still working fine. This problem was very intermittent, sometimes working fine first time, sometimes taking 15mins to start. Until eventually it would not turn over at all.

The garage by me are brilliant (masons autos cardiff) and picked the car up for me. This garage trip resulted in a new starter relay an the cars been fab ever since............................

.............until saturday!

Its now picking and choosing when its going to fire, if at all and even more worryingly decides to cut out (as if its stalled) whilst driving.

I must admit i know nothing about cars apart from never to buy a clio or renault of any sort ever again. As i mentioned, my garage is fab but i get the impression that even they're a bit baffled, especially as when they just came to look at it it worked fine.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated