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I post this with trepidation...
I got my 197 in December on 44k miles from an Evans Halshaw dealer. It had history with it but no invoices etc & no sign of a new gearbox or cambelt.
Got the belts etc done last weekend which cost me £540 all in which I was quite happy with but since then I've had a crunch twice when trying to engage 2nd gear. It's only happened twice and the car drives completely normally otherwise but I'm absolutely terrified that the gearbox may be on the way out given their reputation.
Does anyone have any advice of what I should be doing? Is it a waiting game or can I stop it from f
king up by changing the gearbox oil or something?
Cheers all
I got my 197 in December on 44k miles from an Evans Halshaw dealer. It had history with it but no invoices etc & no sign of a new gearbox or cambelt.
Got the belts etc done last weekend which cost me £540 all in which I was quite happy with but since then I've had a crunch twice when trying to engage 2nd gear. It's only happened twice and the car drives completely normally otherwise but I'm absolutely terrified that the gearbox may be on the way out given their reputation.
Does anyone have any advice of what I should be doing? Is it a waiting game or can I stop it from f
king up by changing the gearbox oil or something?Cheers all
Quhet said:
Does anyone have any advice of what I should be doing? Is it a waiting game or can I stop it from fking up by changing the gearbox oil or something?
I noticed a thread on Clio197.net the other week where a chap had his clutch bled and it helped the shift a lot apparently.king up by changing the gearbox oil or something?My 200 has only done 21k but as it'll be 5 yrs at the end of the summer I am booking it in this week for new fluid and a bleed. I would suggest a 197 would undoubtedly benefit from both too.
C2james said:
21k in 5 years! its not even run in it! 
It's certainly going better now then when I bought it with a few extra miles on under it. I picked it up I think about August last year on just under 13k, so I'm doing normal mileage in it now. But the previous owner who owned it from new must have averaged about 3k a year! Mines just fked up 
2010 clio rs200 ff cup was a Renault demo for over a year so just pottering about and one owner since and brought it on 27k
Now at 30k and the gearbox has st its self. refuses to go in forth without crunching and has no feel.
changed oil twice and has made no difference.
Got on to renault customer service it has now been at a garage since tuesday and still there
They have said they will give me 30% which comes back as over £2000 pounds for a replacement box!!
When they finally ring me, i shall be having a very strong word which i have reserved until now and be stating unless we get nearer a 90% input which i have seen commonly offered on this matter i shall be taking it else where and recommending no one to buy a renualt.
And after the amount of time i have spent on hold listening to they're cars for life, and excellent customer service st i think i am in all right to push and see where exactly my car fits into that promoted idea.
Either way i am pissed of big time. had the car a maximum of 3 months. I'm only 19 worked my ahole off to save up enough for the car i've always wanted in the right spec/colour etc and insurance to not be able to drive it... and definitely won't be able to afford there proposed price for the box and work.
Such a shame because the car is absolutely fantastic and brings a huge smile to my face every time i look at it, let alone drive it.
ked up 2010 clio rs200 ff cup was a Renault demo for over a year so just pottering about and one owner since and brought it on 27k
Now at 30k and the gearbox has s
t its self. refuses to go in forth without crunching and has no feel.changed oil twice and has made no difference.
Got on to renault customer service it has now been at a garage since tuesday and still there
They have said they will give me 30% which comes back as over £2000 pounds for a replacement box!!
When they finally ring me, i shall be having a very strong word which i have reserved until now and be stating unless we get nearer a 90% input which i have seen commonly offered on this matter i shall be taking it else where and recommending no one to buy a renualt.
And after the amount of time i have spent on hold listening to they're cars for life, and excellent customer service s
t i think i am in all right to push and see where exactly my car fits into that promoted idea.Either way i am pissed of big time. had the car a maximum of 3 months. I'm only 19 worked my a
hole off to save up enough for the car i've always wanted in the right spec/colour etc and insurance to not be able to drive it... and definitely won't be able to afford there proposed price for the box and work.Such a shame because the car is absolutely fantastic and brings a huge smile to my face every time i look at it, let alone drive it.
ellis427 said:
Mines just fked up
2010 clio rs200 ff cup was a Renault demo for over a year so just pottering about and one owner since and brought it on 27k
Now at 30k and the gearbox has st its self. refuses to go in forth without crunching and has no feel.
changed oil twice and has made no difference.
Got on to renault customer service it has now been at a garage since tuesday and still there
They have said they will give me 30% which comes back as over £2000 pounds for a replacement box!!
When they finally ring me, i shall be having a very strong word which i have reserved until now and be stating unless we get nearer a 90% input which i have seen commonly offered on this matter i shall be taking it else where and recommending no one to buy a renualt.
And after the amount of time i have spent on hold listening to they're cars for life, and excellent customer service st i think i am in all right to push and see where exactly my car fits into that promoted idea.
Either way i am pissed of big time. had the car a maximum of 3 months. I'm only 19 worked my ahole off to save up enough for the car i've always wanted in the right spec/colour etc and insurance to not be able to drive it... and definitely won't be able to afford there proposed price for the box and work.
Such a shame because the car is absolutely fantastic and brings a huge smile to my face every time i look at it, let alone drive it.
Try voicing you're displeasure over at the renaultsport forum itself, usually gets attention given their Coms Director JT is on there a bit. £0% is a pretty poor contribution for a 4 year old carked up 2010 clio rs200 ff cup was a Renault demo for over a year so just pottering about and one owner since and brought it on 27k
Now at 30k and the gearbox has s
t its self. refuses to go in forth without crunching and has no feel.changed oil twice and has made no difference.
Got on to renault customer service it has now been at a garage since tuesday and still there
They have said they will give me 30% which comes back as over £2000 pounds for a replacement box!!
When they finally ring me, i shall be having a very strong word which i have reserved until now and be stating unless we get nearer a 90% input which i have seen commonly offered on this matter i shall be taking it else where and recommending no one to buy a renualt.
And after the amount of time i have spent on hold listening to they're cars for life, and excellent customer service s
t i think i am in all right to push and see where exactly my car fits into that promoted idea.Either way i am pissed of big time. had the car a maximum of 3 months. I'm only 19 worked my a
hole off to save up enough for the car i've always wanted in the right spec/colour etc and insurance to not be able to drive it... and definitely won't be able to afford there proposed price for the box and work.Such a shame because the car is absolutely fantastic and brings a huge smile to my face every time i look at it, let alone drive it.
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