Help - Clio 172 caught fire!

[wellard]

I am a very happy owner of a less than a year old renault clio 172 cup until saturday of last week , my wife was driving the car on her own and bumped the drivers side frount wheel up a kirb on a corner , she hit the kirb about 5 - 10 mph and didnt even pop the tire and very little damage to the alloy. Now she got out of the car and got onto the phone to me and whilst doing this the car caught fire under the bonnet, Luckly the fire was put out quickly and not to much damage from the look of it. The insurance company has written off the car because off the fire damage and not the accident damage , In my opinion in a minor accident like this that the car should nt have caught fire , how many people have slid up a kirb , i have done it and you wouldnt expect the car to burst into flames from this . The car wouldnt have been written off if it had not of caught fire , What i need help with is should this really happen with a modern car with fuel cut off switches and especally as renault pride there product with there safty standards. I will be at a loss if the car is written off money wise so should renault be taking responsability for the fire damage , Where do i stand , if any one has any experiances like this or legally what can i do. i have already been on the phone to renault and we are talking . WHERE DO I STAND . Any help much appreciated. THANK YOU.

[wellard]

Thankyou .
When i first spoke to renault they have never had any other clio burst in to flames like this, as in terms of insurance they will not replace the car with a new one just give me market value , the car has finance against it and i will be in negative equaty if it is written off.

>> Edited by wellard on Thursday 11th September 13:17

[wellard]

dans said:

I'd guess it objected to your spelling more seriously, bad luck, what was the actual source of the fire?

I wish i knew , Trying to get renault to inspect the car and i will be getting a independant inspector to take a look as well.