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I was looking for one without a DPF.
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Please please please read my horror experience of the Megane iii 1.5 dci with DPF. You will find the threads somewhere on here.
The only problem with the Megane you bought, is the fact you bought the wrong car for your uses. Simple as that.
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Please please please read my horror experience of the Megane iii 1.5 dci with DPF. You will find the threads somewhere on here.
The only problem with the Megane you bought, is the fact you bought the wrong car for your uses. Simple as that.
Anyone buying any Renault needs to read up on urban survival skills...
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Please please please read my horror experience of the Megane iii 1.5 dci with DPF. You will find the threads somewhere on here.
The only problem with the Megane you bought, is the fact you bought the wrong car for your uses. Simple as that.
Anyone buying any Renault needs to read up on urban survival skills...
Are they really that bad?
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I've had three Renaults, never had a single problem in more than 80,000 miles driving!
Perhaps I was lucky!!
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I've had three Renaults, never had a single problem in more than 80,000 miles driving!
Perhaps I was lucky!!
I had two Renaults, both did 65k a YEAR. Both were close to 200k when they were replaced by the company, and only major failure was the Clio's gearbox died at 99,500 miles. The Laguna needed nothing but servicing every 20-35k (5k intervals), pads and tyres.
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''Are they really that bad?''
No not all, but when they do go wrong they can be ridiculously expensive to put right, then when the next part goes and another eye watering bill comes in, do you throw more good money after bad?
On the other hand some people run them for years and never have a problem, they are comfortable, fast and nice to drive in some, no most, cases.
I research every aspect of car before i buy, i want to know how bad it can be as well as how good.
Would i buy a modern Renault, no, one of the reasons being my local dealers staff swore vilely at me in front of the dealers sales staff for no reason whatsoever when i delivered a truck load of vehicles there, i assumed that the person in question was representative of the marque, my mistake, i should have reloaded and taken the vehicles to our nearest RDC.
Edited by gordonbennet on 17/05/2012 at 15:43
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My Renault is about to outlive the Toyota that preceded it. The Toyota rotted to death, the Renault has no underbody corrosion (including brake lines) at all-and only minor body corrosion.
French electrics? Dunno, all the major electrics are German (Pierberg throttle body, Siemans ECU/fuel system, Bosch ignition)
All the electrics (starter motor, alternator, coil packs, wiper motors, electric windows, sunroof etc are OEM and still work perfectly).
The upholstery has aged staggeringly well with virtually no wear and no sagging in the driver's seat.
Of course this is a mid nineties car, before the aggresive cost cutting started...
I wouldn't reccomend Renault as a best buy-their reliability did suffer from the late nineties into noughties, but, for the money, they're not as bad as some people make out.
Older Renaults were prime scrappage scheme fodder-which is a shame because those cars were better than their market value suggested and are well capable of providing very cheap if unexciting motoring.
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I have similar experience to "unthrottled". With my K7M Auto Megane, which will be 16 in Sept, it is a case of jump in, turn the key and off it goes every time. My 2.2Dci Laguna Sports Tourer 11 will soon be going round the clock for the first time and continues to serve me very well. I will be sorry when I have to part with it, which I hope will not be for many more miles. But you do need to look after them ie service them properly (as with every engine) and change the oil in the Laguna more frequently than the 2yr/18K scheduled service mileage, set at the time this model was produced. I also use the Laguna for long runs nearly all the time. I know of 2.2Dci engines that have done ~140K and ~240K miles.
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Come on all of you.
You know Renaults are rubbish and unreliable.
Keep up the good work, it keeps the prices down.
Funny, I have 2 renaults in our family and they have been great.
As said earlier, they are tremendous value for money, just keep the servicing yearly and you will be ok.
The problem was in the early 2000s when they decided to load their cars with new kit.
If you are worried, go for one after 2005.
Secondly, either service the car yourdself or find a good Renault Specialist.
Hope it helps.
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I went ahead and bought one, 2008 1.5 dci megane tourer. Got 3 years warranty with it, hope I don't need it!
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3 years? blimey. I bet they wriggle out of every claim because it's 'wear and tear'
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3 years? blimey. I bet they wriggle out of every claim because it's 'wear and tear'
It's the WMS 'safe and sound' warranty, which covers pretty much everything on the car, including wear and tear. Managed to get the price down on it too.
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Some models had DPF fitted from 2006 but it's nothing to worry about – the Renault system gives few troubles.
We first started buying Renault almost 35 years ago and have witnessed the company go up and down a bit. Prior to 2000 Renaults gave few problems, the only versions to be careful of was automatics. Laguna MK1, Scenic MK1 and Megane MK1 all were durable workhorses, proving reliable and comfortable. Always exceptions of course, but that was mostly the situation.
From 2000 to about 2004/5, Renault took their eye off quality. Early Laguna MK2, Scenic MK2 and Megane MK2 were not the best, evidenced by their poor showing in customer reviews. Always exceptions of course, but that was mostly the situation.
Then from the launch of the Modus onwards, every new model and revamped previous model was hugely improved in both build quality and reliability. The ratings in various surveys including ADAC provided evidence that quality was on the up again – the Megane MK3 achieved a very impressive 11th in reliability in the 2010 Autoexpress Driver Power survey.
Most pre-2000 Renaults will have been scrapped by now. Many from the 2000-2004/5 period will be a bit dog-eared and best avoided.
Stick to 20004/5 onwards and buy as new as possible even if that means slightly higher mileage. A newer diesel Renault is a fine way to travel – fast, well-equiped, refined and very comfortable with low levels of road noise intrusion. And they're now as well-built as the mass-market competition.
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That's the fairest assessment of Renault that I've seen for a long time.
I had seven big company Renaults in a row between 1980 and 2001 - there was always one to fit my growing family, and although all of them did huge mileages (the last three over 100,000) there were no major problems and only one breakdown. But when I changed jobs in 2001 to a higher salary but no car, I couldn't afford the catastrophic depreciation common to alll big French cars. I was lucky and missed the post-2000 slump in quality.
Let's hope that with better build quality at least the smaller Renaults will hold their value a bit better from now on.
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I found out from the dealers that the 1.5s weren't DPF until the Megane Mk3. :)
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