my heart goes out to you ,it seems that if you read these collums they are full of what i call new wave problems [cars with more sensors than sense ] the manufactures make more money out of diagnostics and selling sensors than selling the cars ,imm old school and decided to sell new wave and buy a 22 year old ford escort ,=no diagnostics no little screen telling me limp mode on ,and no sensors ,result if it goes wrong i can fix it i get 40 mpg and no problems plus its cheap on parts and insurance ,but its dear on road tax £200 plus pa but it pays for its self because if you tote up all of the diagnostics at a £80 /£100 a time and then cat converters ,it has saved me a fourtune .

Unless like the dear little 1.8 diesel mk4 Fiesta I have acquired, the rust bug has well and truly got its teeth into the chassis. :o(

" shock absorbers - all of them - twice, battery x2 (not with cheap ones either), complete brake system x2, all bulbs at least three times each,"

Who has replaced all shocks & why ? and why twice ? first set should of had a warranty ?& why were they replaced again ? faulty or what ? or was it a National tyre chain that said they needed replacing ?

Batteries and bulbs sounds very much like an overcharging system ! why has this not been checked when bulbs are blowing ?

ABS can fail if it goes into safe mode if system is seriously overcharging ! fault codes for engine and ABS can be read to see if stored codes relate to overcharging .

I know its French and renaults can sting you in the tail but something doesnt quite add up ! who's repairng it ? are they 100% competent ?

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