new clio broke down - what route to take

[Martin_172]

hi guys, my DCi has broke down just wondering what way i should go about getting it recovered, do i phone renault assistance and i assume they tow it to my nearest dealer or do i phone my usual dealer and they arange pickup?

never had to deal with this on a car under warranty.

cheers

 

[Fred@BTM]

got it in one they'll drop it at the dealer, the dealer won't pick it up, they ain't Audi!

 

[Martin_172]

cheers fred.

5th time in the dealership in 3 weeks after the 18k service, this is getting better!

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

brillinat eh! hope its nothing serious and yeah use renault assit they will sort you out

 

[Martin_172]

who knows, wont go above 25mph as if its in limp mode, no warning lights on either lol

 

[Daniel]

How much AA/assistance do they give nowadays?

When I left Renault, they only gave 12 months on brand new cars.

 

[Martin_172]

3yrs on them now

 

[Daniel]

I'll shut the fcuk up now.

 

[Martin_172]

its not even a year old yet lol!!

 

[Daniel]

Standard Renault.

I had a customer with a 04 plate 2.0 petrol Megane and within the first three months of them owning it, came back into the dealership 17 times.

 

[Martin_172]

i can deal with it developing problems, what i cant deal with is the dealers, this is the 5th time in 3 weeks on a car that has been sound for 10 months and 19k miles until they have had their grubby mitts on it! they mess me about, its never ready at the time they say it will, they do sub standard work. nightmare!!

 

[Terry172]

Maybe get in contact with RUK and make them aware of the issues you are having mate

 

[Gally]

Martin didn't you comment that they were reliable in the other thread? Or something to that fact.

Maybe it was the diesel thread.

 

[twingors]

That's why a sold ma twingo. Dealers are ridiculous honestly. In Scotland anyway!!

I got 2 years breakdown with them.

 

[daydotz]

get over to renaultsport all dealers what ever the brand have issues sadly hope its fixed soon

 

[Brett]

Is it me or do you hear of new cars going wrong just as much as older cars? Or do people just complain about it more because its new and are more fussy (rightly) about little niggles.

You don't hear of many older cars going in a garage 17 times in 3 months for example.

 

[daydotz]

Is it me or do you hear of new cars going wrong just as much as older cars? Or do people just complain about it more because its new and are more fussy (rightly) about little niggles.

You don't hear of many older cars going in a garage 17 times in 3 months for example.

i think new cars are designed to have niggly problems to keep the dealers in work

or car makers are cutting corners tbh i expect its both

 

[simb06]

is it a 1.5dci? clio 3?

Have a look in the fan from under the bonnet see if anything is sticking in there that shouldn't be

 

[stevo040880]

Thought these mk3 were bullet proof hope you reconnected the maf sensor or they might use that against you !

 

[Martin_172]

Martin didn't you comment that they were reliable in the other thread? Or something to that fact.

Maybe it was the diesel thread.

yep its been bullet proof until it got serviced 3 weeks ago and been never ending problems since they forgot to fit the boost pressure sensor back on and it ended up getting chopped up by the radiator fan!

is it a 1.5dci? clio 3?

Have a look in the fan from under the bonnet see if anything is sticking in there that shouldn't be

was that related to what ive previously said or have you had the same problem in the past? lol

Thought these mk3 were bullet proof hope you reconnected the maf sensor or they might use that against you !

haha maf sensor has been on it since it got serviced not had the time to take the car apart to get it back off lol

 

[Alastair.]

didnt you say that the boost pressure regulator was leftn hanging/hitting the fan?

 

[Martin_172]

yep sure was

 

[simb06]

Yeah thats what I was going for the old boost pressure sensor in the fan, we see no end of them when they've been serviced outside the network.

Next question is have they repaired it properly

 

[Sean6545]

Common thing the boost pressure solenoid valve in the fan. Rips the sh1t out of the pipes. Check there first.

 

[Martin_172]

Yeah thats what I was going for the old boost pressure sensor in the fan, we see no end of them when they've been serviced outside the network.

Next question is have they repaired it properly

serviced outside the network? lol this was renault that serviced it!

 

[Sean6545]

Dont rule it out!

 

[Martin_172]

the 2 local dealerships are that bad that after 6 renaults i doubt ill buy another, shame really as i like the cars! sales are a disgrace and the monkeys servicing are worse. infact monkeys is being polite

 

[Wayne-G]

New cars reliability wise are so bad now IMO from what ive heard from friends cars etc. Might aswell call them Disposable cars ! Also the so called mechanics are just tought to "fit" things, not diagnose it!

 

[.GAZ.]

It's a sign that you need to keep the Ph1!!!!!