2002 Renault Clio Extreme from UK and Ireland - Comments

Hello everyone, I had the same thing with my 02 clio. I needed a new wiring harness plus sensors and then a new ecu,

coming in total to about £1500. like you I wasn't to happy so I send my info to vosa and also complained to renualt uk head office and spoke to the manager there. it took a while, but they eventually paid up 70% of the bill, they were completely different to the main dealer always happy to help me. never trust the main dealer, they will tell you its not a common fault, but it is. the cause is a black metal box covering the wiring harness which is to heavy and cuts through the cables, and tells the ecu different faults all the time. any questions please contact me and i'll try to help. only thing is when all work was complete the main dealer won't guarantee the work so had to get rid of the car.

Hello everybody,

My wife has an '03 1.2 Clio and you know what's coming...

Yep, it judders like mad on idle, cuts out and only just pass the emissions test on its 1st MOT, I was amazed!!!

I do work with cars and would like to think I know what I'm doing, I took the car into work and found the Black metal box cutting into the loom, but it had only just got through to one wire...

Can anybody help with advise? any pointers???

Please e-mail me @ david_kershaw@hotmail.co.uk.

Thanks!

I posted my comment on 26th Mar 2007, 11:07 regarding electrical faults.

I took to a garage who advised me to get rid of it as it would cost more to fix than the cars worth. My dad had a last look at it and he took the engine out and dismantled it so he could back track everything - turns out it was the fuel injector he replaced it and now when its ticking over its fine and no longer misses and judders - however it still does not have enough power so Renault advised it would need the ECU resetting so engine management would recognise the new injector this cost £40 to reset it and now its fine so I would recommend checking the fuel injector to any who are having problems like misses and not ticking over on enough revs.

I have a 51 Plate Clio 5 door. The service and airbag light are always on, but the light does not make any difference on my car performance or anything at all. My car still drives perfectly. Does any one know how to remove this light? please help me. Thanks.

Renault Clio 1.2 Dynamique (51). About 3 months ago started juddering with loss of power, orange coil light came on and thought it best to take it to the renault dealer (Salisbury). They diagnosed the number 2 cylinder misfiring and replaced the spark plugs. I was told that they had put the car back onto the diagnostic computer and all was fine. I travelled around eight miles on my way home to find that the car started juddering again, although not as bad as it was and the light came back on the dash. Took it back to Renault, they did not know what was wrong with it. That was £80 NOT well spent. Still judders, but do not know whether it is the coil, leads, wiring loom or the black box?

I have a renault clio 52 reg 1,2 and the left winker only works all the bulbs are OK and dash board is OK. The right winker turn works the left winker. Hazard lights work on both.

I too have a clio billabong with airbag light staying on and now trouble starting, checking the black box it has rattle loose and chafed all he wires on the loom, really upset the car has had wheel bearings, new bulbs every 3months, rattles, i bought this car from new and constantly have dashboard warning lights on and off, so much so now I am going to put stickers on them so I no longer have to look at all the flashing lights, they are not even pretty. would not buy another renault.

I have a 2002 52 reg Clio 1.2 Expression which has caused me problems on and off since the day I got it in January 2006!

Only 5 minutes out of the dealership and the orange coil/graph light came on (think it's the electrical fault' one) and I lost all power. I switched it off and on again, planning to take it back to the dealers, but it was fine so I continued home.

This happened again maybe once a month since then, but always sorted itself out when I turned it off and on a few times, and seeing as I was never near a dealership when it happened, I never got round to taking it in.

The 'emissions' light has also been on a few times - it usually comes on together with the electrical fault one, but sometimes when the fault one goes off, the emissions one stays on, but this seems to have no effect on how the car drives.

However, on Saturday I was driving up the M42 and both lights came on. I lost all power and pulled onto the hard shoulder. After 20 minutes of turning it on and off again, it going off... but then coming back on again after a few seconds/minutes of driving (slowly down the hard shoulder with my hazard lights on) I finally got to the services and called Green Flag. They told me it was the engine management light (though I'm not sure they were right, but don't have my manual to check!) and there was nothing they could do at the roadside. They sent someone to come and tow my car away, but as I only have 10mile local recovery, my car is now at some random local garage in Birmingham! They can't look at it until Wednesday (3 days away) and I'm really hoping there's nothing hugely wrong with it because I have NO money whatsoever and cannot afford to fix it :- (

I'm wondering whether BBC Watchdog will do anything about it, or anybody really... because this is so wrong and shouldn't be allowed to continue!

Laura-x.

I have opposite problem to most of you - newly acquired R reg. Clio revs up at intermittent times - sold to my 18 year old son by private individual, looked over by skilled mechanic, who also drove it. No fault until a week later - has spent a week in a garage, stripped down etc - fault remains. V. dangerous of course. I do so wish I had known about all these problems before I bought the car. It's obviously not worth much due to its age, so I might as well throw my money down the drain. How strange that so many of you have cutting out/low rev problems and ours is just the reverse.

I have a Renault Clio 1.2 on an X registration.

First thing that went wrong was the drivers window, one day driving along and it went down all on it's own! Never worked since and I have it butted up so it doesn't work.

Now since beginning of the year have encountered all of the problems of most of the others on this website, starting problems, turns over and then cuts out. At first thought it probably needed a new battery, replaced and helped for a while. Have since had problems starting the car, it finally gave up last Friday, at home thankfully!

Have replaced coil pack and crankshaft sensor. Still will not start, car turns over, but will not fire.

I've read about the TDC - anyone think this will help?

I have booked in to Car Solutions for fault diagnosis although after reading comments on this website not sure if that's gonna resolve my problem!

Comments/advice appreciated.

Bought my Clio in June '05 (52-Plate 1.2 16V Extreme with 19K on the clock). In May '06 car began misfiring. Changed all spark plugs, problem still remained. Replaced entire coil pack and ignition leads for a fee of £80 at a local garage. Problem solved. Just recently (May '07) car has began shaking/juddering on lower revs/through gear changes. Also noticed a small hissing noise coming from the engine area when accelerator is pressed. Anyone have any advice? I refuse to believe a new coil pack, ignition leads and spark plugs would only last about 12,000 miles. Also have faulty bonnet catch, rattling sunroof and stalls on a cold engine at traffic lights etc...

Drop me an email at gingerrossy@hotmail.com.

Stuart.

I've got a 54 plate Clio Dynamic 1.2 16v. The car was fine Saturday, got home parked up no problem. Tried to start the car Monday morning, the dash lit up like an xmas tree, and the speedo needle was quivering and all I got from the starter was a clunk. The AA came out under the Renault assist program and diagnosed a dead battery, he didn;t have one on the van, but he explained the procedure for fitting a new one.

Got a new battery today, fitted it no problem, now the car won't start! It will turn over bit will not fire..

The other problem with a dead battery is how are you suppose to lock the thing??

HI, I have a 1.2 16v 02 reg. I've got a leaking sunroof (had the seal replaced from my local garage because it had perished, still leaked, took it back and they said that it doesn't leak and the only other thing they could do to see if it would leak was to put it in a lake). The passenger seat is stained and looks terrible.

Another problem I have is that a lot of oil coming up to my air box and leaking all over my gear box. Can anyone help me with these faults? And are they common?

Thanks.

Iv found out that the leaking sun roof is a common fault. I took my car to my local Renault garage and I got told to wait a week because they already had a Clio being looked at for a leaking sun roof, so fingers cross they can fix that and crack on with mine. I'm just hoping it doesn't cost too much.

Problems & Solutions. clio ii

1. Engine Misfire- most common cause "coil pack (s) " or Map sensor.

2. Non-start- Starter motor.

3. Turns over, but won't start- TDC sensor or Fuel isolator switch (usually found under bonnet nearside).

4. Difficult to start from cold- Engine management coolant sensor.

5. Engine emissions light on- Lambda sensor.

6. Air bag light on- seat belt pre-tensioner or steering wheel slip-ring.

Hope this will help any of your problems with the Renault Clio ii range.