2001 Renault Laguna Reviews - Page 4 of 14

Things that have gone wrong:

Lower ball replaced.

Rear axle bushes.

Key replaced.

And now the car is sat on the drive after towing it back. You can put it into gear without putting the clutch down, and the car will not move, so sound's like the gear box has failed.

Update: 25th July 2007:

Right, got the gear box replaced at cost of 500 pound. Now the axle bushes need doing, which I can say they haven't done bad, considering I'm a builder, and always humping stuff around.

Make sure you check the following:

Rear axle bushes

Both lights are working

No whirling noise's from engine

Rear axle bushes.

Xenon headlight self levelling system faulty - headlights randomly detect low flying aircraft rather than what's on the road in front of me.

Random problems with tyre pressure system.

Faulty door micro sensor on passenger side - interior lights don't turn off until car 'rebooted'.

Starter motor failed (£250).

Immobiliser fault which turned out to be a chewed wiring loom (£700+).

As yet, I haven't had the car serviced (not due for another 2k miles) but it has already cost me £1200 for repairs in just 9 months of ownership. During this time it has spent 5 weeks at a Renault dealer, mainly waiting for attention. Presumably this is because they are inundated with broken Lagunas.

Ownership of the Lag reminds me of an early Skoda Fabia my wife owned which was a 'Friday-afternoon' car. However, it just seems that all Lagunas are built on Friday afternoons...

Such a shame really as it's a great looking car with reasonable performance and high levels of comfort and interior space for a family of 5.

I am now torn between keeping the car, having now spent so much repairing it, and offloading it for something reliable...

Dash completely died while driving in the dark...not good. very scary.

Complete dash refit.

Faulty tyre pressure sensor.

Faulty key (£80) to rectify.

Lots of niggles like key (pointless)

Too gimmicky for it's own good. Poor reliability. Stuff that you expect to work doesn't.

Engine too small for car of this size, however that was our mistake.

Ride was good..

Overall. We had no confidence in this car.