A volumetric fault on the alarm meant it kept sounding for no apparent reason.
A harsh noise at the end of each gear change appeared in July 2000 and still hasn't been rectified despite two sets of mountings and the gear box being replaced.
Central locking seems to have a mind of its own.
The performance of the car is very good.
The rear of the car is severely lacking in leg room and you have to bend yourself in half to be able to get in and out of the back - not ideal if you use the rear of the car on a regular basis!
Disappointing service from the dealers - they don't seem particularly willing to accept that there are problems with the car.
Been there & got the tee-shirt. I think Renault teach their employees "the gallic shrug" - they are completely uninterested in customer service. My Megane Coupe should have come with the warning: "do not buy this car if you intend to drive it". Never mind, I get my VW Passat on Saturday.
We bought a Megane 2000 Coupe 3 years ago with the first 2000 motor. After a few months it started cutting out for no reason and refused to start. Once it was in a Renault garage in Germany for 3 weeks before they were able to start it - they didn't know why it eventually started. Because Renault were unable to locate the problem they eventually changed the car. After less than a year the new one starts missing very badly. Changing the whole injection system helped for one week...
After going to several dealers and the importer without them being able to solve this problem, we were reliably informed by a Renault source that there is a known design fault in this engine and that it is now out of production.
The current owners sitting with this problem have no solution - Renault France respond by just saying - 'clean the injection system' which doesn't help...
Who else has experiences with this engine???
I think it is the best car I have ever driven.
I can say something about the engine-starting problems:
there is a "mangetics capture device" on the engine, it quickly became unable to work correctly. the engine stops and denies to work. but the diagnosis sometimes cannot figure it out. so better check it out.
Especially plastic parts of engine shields are so weak.
But after all its performance is so good. if you care about your car.
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