2003 Renauly Megane Expression 1.4 - Any opinions?
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My cousin has just put a deposit down on one for her first car.
She got it for a decent price. Seems a lot of car compared to the corsa and other models in the 1.5k range..
Anyone here owned one or have any advice? Are the electrics as bad as they say?
I personally stay away from Renault as i had a few bad experiences with the Clio's in my youth...
She got it for a decent price. Seems a lot of car compared to the corsa and other models in the 1.5k range..
Anyone here owned one or have any advice? Are the electrics as bad as they say?
I personally stay away from Renault as i had a few bad experiences with the Clio's in my youth...
When I was at training college a few years ago, all of the tutors ran Renaults as company cars.
The 2 tutors who trained our group both had Meganes of a similar vintage to the one you mention. It's going back a while now, but between them they had (IIRC) an engine ECU problem, something to do with the headlights, injector faults and an issue with the key-card-thingy.
A workshop colleague has had 2 previous-shape facelift Clios that have both had the same issue with melted rear lamp wiring. Our service reception lad had a pre-facelift MK2 Clio that had intermittent starting issues, he then sold it to our parts apprentice and it developed an immobilser fault while he had it.
That's about all I can say personally, but there was a thread here recently where many PHers were knocking Renaults of the last decade for electrical nightmares.
The 2 tutors who trained our group both had Meganes of a similar vintage to the one you mention. It's going back a while now, but between them they had (IIRC) an engine ECU problem, something to do with the headlights, injector faults and an issue with the key-card-thingy.
A workshop colleague has had 2 previous-shape facelift Clios that have both had the same issue with melted rear lamp wiring. Our service reception lad had a pre-facelift MK2 Clio that had intermittent starting issues, he then sold it to our parts apprentice and it developed an immobilser fault while he had it.
That's about all I can say personally, but there was a thread here recently where many PHers were knocking Renaults of the last decade for electrical nightmares.
Tyson1980 said:
Fookin hell....
Really that bad LOL...
It is as if they were all built on bring-your-kids-to-work day, and everyone had a go at all the different jobs. Really that bad LOL...
Especially electrical architecture - that was a free-for-all with jelly and ice cream, balloons, crayons and face-painting.
Have you seen that specsavers advert with the kids running around and jumping on the sofa? Imagine that with stripey sweaters and push-bikes, and that's what the Renault factory is like.
Edited by BarnatosGhost on Wednesday 17th August 10:32
BarnatosGhost said:
It is as if they were all built on bring-your-kids-to-work day, and everyone had a go at all the different jobs.
Especially electrical architecture - that was a free-for-all with jelly and ice cream, balloons, crayons and face-painting.
Have you seen that specsavers advert with the kids running around and jumping on the sofa? Imagine that with stripey sweaters and push-bikes, and that's what the Renault factory is like.
Deposit cancelled...Especially electrical architecture - that was a free-for-all with jelly and ice cream, balloons, crayons and face-painting.
Have you seen that specsavers advert with the kids running around and jumping on the sofa? Imagine that with stripey sweaters and push-bikes, and that's what the Renault factory is like.
Edited by BarnatosGhost on Wednesday 17th August 10:32
She is now looking once again.
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