The side mirrors control button died at 1,000 km.
The air conditioning temperature sensor presents frequent problems so I have to switch to manual. It has been "calibrated" twice with no results.
The power steering lost all of the hydraulics at 25,000 km.
The tachometer malfunctioned at 20,000 km.
The whole instrument panel presented problems at 23,000 km. It has been fixed twice, but is has just died on me again.
The ball joint of the front left wishbone was replaced at 37,000 km.
There is some play of the rack & pinion.
This is a very comfortable and safe vehicle. I drive fast & turn hard everyday going to work and back and the Laguna simply flies! It corners like a sports car without the hassle. It really handles like it's on rails, much better than my previous Peugeot 306.
The quality of build though is very poor. At 38,000 km, 18 months of ownership and absolutely no accidents, the car has been in for service for a total of ten working days, which is in my opinion unacceptable.
It feels better than the Peugeot, but if it goes on causing me trouble. I'll ditch and and never buy any French car again.
Complete PANTS my friend... that's Renault for you, i WILL not be repeating the process... we have a Scenic, and it too has had all the faults, is it really worth it? buy a push-bike instead!!
OK, I'm the owner of this Laguna with news.
The dealer kept the car in for 3 days and finally replaced the whole dashboard panel due to a faulty chip. Even though the car was out of warranty, they covered it because the fault had appeared within the warranty period.
They also replaced the other wishbone too because that ball joint had a problem as well. Also for free.
A new problem now! They steering wheel lost the hydraulic fluid again!!! I am taking it in to the dealer later on this week once more...
The Renault people are friendly, but this car is starting to give me the creeps...
I am also from Greece and I bought my Laguna Estate 1.8 Dynamique a year ago. I've only done 7500 km and had no problems so far. I love the car, it's the best looking estate of its class and handling is great, but all the unfavourable reviews I read in this site and elsewhere have terrified me. Since most faults reported tend to appear in the UK I've come to believe that the French deliberately send faulty batches in the UK to irritate Brits! Your review has overturned this theory! Have you met any other Laguna II owners with problems in Greece?
Have had repeated problems with warning light displays. Air conditioning packed up on the hottest day of the year--it took a month before it was fixed. Twice, when tyres (your spellchecker tells me this is a misspelling) have gone flat through no fault of mine, the sensors have broken and had to be replaced and the system reprogrammed at a cost to me. Renault accept no responsibility for this design error.
Mine Renault Laguna II had been visiting the "Renault clinic" in Singapore many times. Definitely > 15 days.
One of the longest towing record it had made, due to coolant leak at the gasket joint for the coolant pump, which my vehicle was towed for almost 400km, from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. I ended up spending S$400 to hire a van to fetch my family back from Holiday, what a awful experience.
And the resale price is horrific, I lost 40% of the orginal purchase price for a care that had done only 40,000 Km!
Other faults encountered: Fuel leak, faulty power window, engine stalled suddenly while traveling on highway (took the agent 6 months to resolve this intermittent problem). Now the care is only 20 months old.
I have a Renault Laguna dynamique 1.9 Tdi (company car) 3 months ago the turbo failed, causing clouds of black smoke from the exhaust, after pulling over to the side of the road, I found the engine would not switch off even with the key card removed, the engine revved up to full rpm on it's own and the interior of the car began to fill with smoke, all I could do was stand 100 yards away and wait for it to stop, it did after about 5 minuets, after a visit from the fire brigade, the car was put on a low loader and taken to the dealer, i now have a new engine and turbo, an engine oil leak, a gearbox oil leak, and the usual tyre pressure warning light that has kept me company for the last two years, the car is only two years old, I now have a Vaxhall!
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