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...
Just an update. I was impressed when the car sailed through its service requiring only new rear pads over and above what you'd expect. 6 weeks on, it's just failed the MOT (it's never passed one 1st time yet) on the front ball joints. Estimating what this will cost, the running total for 14 months of ownership (wear and tear items, service costs, but mainly component failures) is now up to £2,050.
And yet another update. Horrendous noise coming from the alternator/water pump area turned out to be a failed power steering pump. £180 for the part + labour costs as yet unknown. So the running costs for the last 3 months alone are:
Dec 2006: Service inc rear brakes £350
Jan 2007: MOT + front ball joints £150
Feb 2007: Power steering pump £180 + £120 est. labour.
3 months total £800!!!
Question to Renault: Do you seriously expect people to continue buying your cars?
...and the replacement power steering pump lasted 20 miles before that failed too. Marvelous.
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