2002 Renault Clio Extreme from UK and Ireland - Comments

HI, I have owned a Clio 1.2 16v 52 reg for about a year now and have been very happy with the car apart from...

I have a rattle from the sunroof this is due to the poor design of the handle.

2. it was miss firing after about 2 months of driving this was cured by a new set off spark plugs.

I have recently had a problem of the orange light with the 2 coils and a graph lighting on the dashboard when I dip the clutch and the engine is at idle speed. Don't let Renault tell you it's a tdc sensor or coil packk its not, all that's wrong with it is water vapour has got on to the air flow meter through the air intake (maybe running the car in the car wash etc...) being a hands on type of bloke I took off the air box and intake manifold pipes and cleaned it all with WD40 and re-assembled. started the car never had any more trouble with it since. I would just like to point out, at the back of the engine there is a black metal box that's supposed to be tamper proof this rattles off after 15000 miles and rubs the wires to bear metal and causes majour e.c.u fault just check your's for this. apart from that the cars great very nippy and looks miles better than a corsa.

I have a 1.2 Clio Rush (11 months old) and also have been experiencing difficulties. When I slow down eg. approaching junction or roundabout, the revs drop right down and the car just cuts out. I am driving around like a nervous wreck with my hand hovering over my hazard lights every time I brake, as I'm concerned that the car behind me will plough into me not realising that I have lost all power!

I find myself dipping my clutch and trying to rev while braking and its just not an acceptable or safe way to drive. Its booked in for next week and I will post the outcome.

Hi, I also have a 1.2 16v y reg Clio! Reading through the posts I'm having sooooo many ov the same problems!! Revs dropping, Misfiring, car cutting out at the most inconvenient times!! I brought the car Sep 05, Since then its been in the garage nearly every other week!! Getting this sorted is becoming costly! As one problem gets solved its back within a week or I have another fault to deal with!! Can anyone help with the juddering and revs dropping, My lights have also started flickering! I've been told to change the Spark Plugs, but not sure if this will solve the problem!!

(Engine Managment light is on) Can anyone help I'm at the end of my tether with the thing!!! Thanks if anyone can help!!

I see that many of you guys are having electrical problems, my 2002 Clio 1.2 dynamique is in the Renault dealer having the engine management software re-loaded, the engine loom replaced along with the throttle control and a bunch of engine sensors (really costly!).

All these things happened to me in the rain on the M4 motorway, obvious cause - water in the electrical system. I have been in touch with V.O.S.A. (Vehicle and Operator Services Agency) about this, they have a record of many electrical faults related to this model of Clio.

IMHO the problems have to be engine loom related (especially seeing as the loom seems to rub against it's own brackets see an earlier post from the 22nd December 2005). I recently received a reply to a post on the Parkers.co.uk web forums which said:

"I think that if you probe the local dealership gently, you will find that there is a Yellow OTS regarding the wiring loom. This means it is a known fault and I just suspect that VOSA might have already called Renault in on this, who stated that it would deal with it as a "goodwill" matter."

I only hope that something can be done to persuade Renault to address this problem in the correct manner.

52 plate 1.2 16v extreme.

Does anyone know how to remove the "tamper proof" block behind the engine?

I have been to Renault, there is no OTS regarding the engine wiring harness!! If you know better and know the number please publish it.

They want to repair the car when it bursts in to flames (sic)

thanks.

I have a 2005 Clio Dynamique 1.2 16v that is about 15 months old. It was running fine until January this year when it started to misfire, lose power/revs, and cut out.

There was no pattern to when this would happen i.e. cold engine, hot engine, short/long journey, low speed, motorway driving. I booked it in for an early service and described exactly what was happening to the dealer.

They said they couldn't find anything wrong, no faults were stored in the EMS however they told me they had reset all of the systems and this may cure it. Two weeks later it was back at the dealers with the same problem.

This time they reprogrammed the fuel injection system. It was running fine until last week when it started to judder and stutter then yesterday began to misfire and die in heavy traffic on a flyover with a lorry behind me.

I've had a few adrenaline moments when it has died crossing roundabouts, traffic lights, in heavy traffic... oh and on the motorway, that's really heart stopping.

It is now back at the dealers for the third time in just over a month.

I have told them I will not accept it back until they can guarantee it is safe. I've been on to Renault UK who told me it sounds like the coils. Fortunately it is still under warranty. I let Renault know that my last car that had done 128000 miles and was 10 years old never had the coils replaced and never caused me as many problems.

I'm horrified by the number of postings by people with the same problems and the number of cars that aren't reliable or safe. I've told Renault this is the first time I have bought one of their cars and it will be the last. My next stop is likely to be Watchdog and Trading Standards.

I have a 1999 Renault Clio Grande RN 1.2 that has just started to cut out when I am driving it. The problem seems to occur when I ease my foot off the gas. When the engine cuts, the engine management light comes on the dashboard. This happened one time a few months ago and I thought nothing of it because the car started again no problem. But it's happened 5 times in the last week and it's beginning to really annoy me. I'm going to book the car in for a service tomorrow to get it checked out. I'll post with an update.

Yes - just got an 01 mk3 1.4 Dynamique - 43k, very nice looker, but already familiar probs. Rattles aplenty from s/r and windows. But worse, lumpy idling (around 5-600revs) and requires lots of welly to motivate car - it certainly is not the 'nippy little number' we are led to believe. Going up hills is quite arduous - needs lotsa revs. But it does drive and handle very well. One can put up with rattles etc, but when the engine/electrics start causing concern, it spoils the fun entirely.

Well it seems my car has fallen foul of a design fault that many people have mentioned. My car cut out on the M25 and the cause is the wiring and as a result I need a whole new wiring harness the same as others mentioned here. Has anyone got Renault to help with the costs??

An earlier comment mentioned that there is a warning on this problem does anyone have more information so I can go to my dealer and try to get some money to help with the very expensive costs to mend the fault?

Hi

my girlfriend has a W reg Clio 1.2 8v.

The speedo doesn't work and the electrical fault warning light comes on intermittently. Also has a rough idle and sits about 5-600rpm.

What should I check??? I'm assuming all these problems are related to the same electrical fault.

Cheers.

I have a 52 Clio 1.2 Expression. The electronic warning light came on and fault was found referring to throttle angle sensor. Report from garage states 'found wiring rubbed through by security bracket. Also found continuity of map sensor not up to spec. Had throttle body, upper engine loom and map sensor replaced. Garage advised they have negotiated 75% discount off parts from Renault, but so far I've not had bill - work has been done and car returned - so I was getting suspicious. Seems to run OK, but yesterday airbag warning light flickered on, trip recorder returned to zero and approx 300 miles came off clock?!

I have a Y reg clio 1.2 sport 16v, and I am having no end of problems with the engine, everytime I brake the revs drop and the car cuts out totally, on the 7 mile trip from my work to home the car cuts out about 10 times and if I am in traffic you can double that. Just recently the other orange light has come on and my petrol has been going down faster than usual, I had the starter motor replace and then was oil all over the engine so I sorted that and now there is petrol all over the engine so I can't risk driving it. when I first took my car to the dealers they charged me 40 pound and then said they needed another 2 hours to look at it at 70 pound an hour, guess what... they could find out what was wrong.

To the hands on guy- Wanna come and sort mine out. willing to pay a decent bloke to do what you done to your car, and never wanna take it to a dealers again.

I bought a car on Saturday a renault clio 1.2 16v dynamique on an 02 plate. I drove it Sat afternoon and Sunday. I went to get in it Monday night and the electrical fault light came on and the throttle had just died. I rang my dealers who said they would come and collect the car today. They have had a look at the car and said it needs a new throttle and crankshaft!!! Its under warranty, but do I really want a car back that I have drove appox 40 miles in and had for less than 48hrs back when it needs so much work doing to it. I am at the moment very upset because I do like the car, but it is no good to me if that is what happens after that amount of time.

I have a 51 reg Clio Dynamique 1.2 16v for a few months my engine management light would appear and then the car would cut out. Then the other day for no reason when I started the car it started juddering and sounded like it was misfiring and then would cut out after 15 seconds whether I had my foot on the accelerator or not. I then called the AA who had to tow me to a garage where I had a diagnostics kit attached, then came the bad news... it wasn't something little like the spark plugs misfiring instead my whole E.C.U system has gone and is now going to cost me £900 to get the problem rectified.

Also Renault will have nothing to do with this as I didn't buy the car from a Renault dealer. looking at the amount of comments that are all the same I would say there is obviously a manufacturing problem and Renault are the only ones to blame!!

I have a 2001 Clio 1.2 16v like most people on here and I'm having exactly the same problem as every one else is (The whole engine cutting out and not being able to stay idle with the revs bouncing up and down). I don't want to go spending £700 on a new Engine Management System from Renault like certain people have as mine isn't as bad as one of my friends Clio. (He's two comments up) So I checked behind my engine like I've read from numerous different comments and found that my little tamper proof box has been wearing away my wires, so much it's to the point were they are visible. I automatically thought that the black box was shorting out the two wires by making a circuit with them so I removed the black box and covered up the wires with quite a lot of masking tape, but the problem still occurs. Does anyone know if maybe the two or three wires touching themselves could be the problem and does any one know how much the engine wiring loom is to replace? Thank you in advance.