Faults:

Nothing went wrong - I would stll have the car if I had not had an accident on the M56 skidding on black ice in December 2008.

General Comments:

Whilst going from Liverpool to Manchester, the Modus skidded on black ice and I ended up going up the centre barrier doing towards Manchester, but facing Liverpool! No other vehicles involved and I walked away - Good crash design - the car was repaired by Renault, but I lost confidence in the car and changed the car. A car is never the same after a big repair

Good design reliable and some good touches.

Faults:

Nothing just a head light bulb, which has to be done at Renault, be warned!

General Comments:

Great car with a good spec, worth finding the Oasis limited addition model which gives you air con, CD and the boot chute. You also get the nicer trim.

The car averages about 41mpg town driving. You need to be a bit revvy to get the car going, but otherwise it's a great small car.

Faults:

Fuel tank leaked.

Left hand light switch cluster failed.

Sunroof failed.

Air-con failed.

Fan blower control failed three times.

Rear door child lock stuck in locked position.

Rear brake pad cracked, squeaking noises.

NS headlamp failed 3 times - front off car repair.

NS headlamp intermittent failure.

General Comments:

I bought this car because of its fuel economy, which proved to be very good, 60mpg average, 55mpg worst in Winter, best ever, 81mpg on a 120 mile run, fully laden, with a tail wind. I like Renaults, I always wanted an Espace, but Modus was the compromise!

The Modus really has extremely comfortable seats, and a really nice finish. I liked the look of it, but I was in the minority. It handled beautifully, and the engine was very sweet.

Eventually it had to go because of all the ancillary bits of equipment which kept failing. Each line above is a day when a workshop visit had to be organised. When the blower switch failed the day after dealer repair, my confidence finally evaporated. How can blower switches fail? This technology has been with us since the 1870s. With the dysfunctional headlamps, air-con and sunroof, it was unfortunately the final straw. The front-off nonsense required to replace a headlamp bulb isn't funny and took the shine off too.

I still like Renaults though.

Faults:

Rear passenger door lock failed - to allow the door to close instead, leaving it swinging unless fixed down with string.

When using side lights on dull winter days, the illuminated digital dials dim to a point where they are unreadable. It is only after dark that you can read dials effectively with any lights on.

General Comments:

The car has good visibility partly due to its height - the driver position feels about 10" taller than my previous Fiesta. The use of space is good, given that it is very short in length, and therefore good for parking in ever rarer parking spaces.