callin all clio 197 owners or potential buyers.
Discussion
i am a clio 197 owner & i need help from anyone who owns 1!!!
i am in dispute with my renault dealer since i bought my car 7 months ago,
the story is that since i had it i have had problems with it when you 1st start the car up ( not always from cold though), it kangaroos & splutters for about 5 mins or even longer before the engine is warm enough & then works correctly.
renault uk & france know of this problem because they even had a web page devoted to it , which all of a sudden knowone knows about it now!! how convenient , the sales women who showed me the web page has all of a sudden moved on from the showroom 8 days after i made an official complaint & told them i knew about that page???!!!
renault have had my car 5 times now & witnessed these problems 1st hand now say that this is a charictaristic all 197's & all do it!
so if you can let me know if your 197 does or doesnt do the same then please let me know.
i am in dispute with my renault dealer since i bought my car 7 months ago,
the story is that since i had it i have had problems with it when you 1st start the car up ( not always from cold though), it kangaroos & splutters for about 5 mins or even longer before the engine is warm enough & then works correctly.
renault uk & france know of this problem because they even had a web page devoted to it , which all of a sudden knowone knows about it now!! how convenient , the sales women who showed me the web page has all of a sudden moved on from the showroom 8 days after i made an official complaint & told them i knew about that page???!!!
renault have had my car 5 times now & witnessed these problems 1st hand now say that this is a charictaristic all 197's & all do it!
so if you can let me know if your 197 does or doesnt do the same then please let me know.
YES it is my 1st post & only post at present & i am still keeping an eye on your comments & paying attention, my general consensus is that most if not all have same problem as me & i have taken notice to all said. thx to everyone, is just that owning several sports models i just found it strange in this day of age that you have to sit & wait in your car for a period of time b4 setting off is a kind of backwards in technology, my mates £47,000 911 doesnt have this warm up procedure, admitidly he cant go straight into race mode,it would be nice however to set of driving without looking like your on your 1st drivin lesson kangarooing about.
Once again cheers to everyone.
Once again cheers to everyone.
i spoke to the dealer after reading several of your comments , about remapping & using shell v-power & was told that my ecu? cannot be remapped as it has all the latest software, which they say they have checked allready? i have done a months trial on super unleaded like i was told to do, which didnt alter it.
I do understand ok the car needs a warm up.... & others need the same .. but there could be a chance that some of us could have it more severe.
anyway the last dealings i had with the dealer the dealer told me to basically they are not prepared to do anything & any other queries i should get a solicitor to deal with them on my behalf.
the spark plugs are ok & have been checked, cheers for you idea.
if the car only operates properly when engine is warm ,how do people in sweden or another cold climate ( where it could be -20 ) places cope with the car or do they not sell this model to them? all hyperthetical of course.lol.
I do understand ok the car needs a warm up.... & others need the same .. but there could be a chance that some of us could have it more severe.
anyway the last dealings i had with the dealer the dealer told me to basically they are not prepared to do anything & any other queries i should get a solicitor to deal with them on my behalf.
the spark plugs are ok & have been checked, cheers for you idea.
if the car only operates properly when engine is warm ,how do people in sweden or another cold climate ( where it could be -20 ) places cope with the car or do they not sell this model to them? all hyperthetical of course.lol.
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