2001 Renault Scenic 1.6 from UK and Ireland - Comments

I have a Renault Scenic 1.6 2003 model on a "52"plate. In December 2006 it started to misfire. Its only done 10500 miles.I bought it off an old lady 12 months ago with only 4300 miles on it.I had been told by another Scenic owner it was almost certainly the Ignition Coils. Anyway, I telephoned Renault UK and got a luke warm response along the lines of they might or might not help. So I telephoned the Renault dealer who sold the car and was told straight away it was a known problem and so long as the car is under 4 years old Renault will pay for all 4 ignition coils to be replaced totally free of charge-yes- labour and parts free. Its now repaired for free. IT WILL BE 4 YEARS OLD IN 8 WEEKS TIME. Hope this helps others.

I have a renault megane coupe 1.6 16v sport (year 2000). I bought the car in April 2004 I had the car 1 week and had to take it back to the dealers I bought it from - two ignitian coils needed to be replaced. Then in january 2006 another coil had gone I was advised to replace all 4 at the same time which I did. and now April 2007 a coil has gone again so I will need to replace them all again. I only do 10,000 miles a year. The car is a great car to drive and looks great just this coil problem lets it down. (I think I need to budget for them to be replaced with the MOT each year.) you know when they go the car/gear knob just starts jumping about.

Got a Fidji 03 1.4 16v scenic two coils replaced 3 weeks after buying it 05/05/06 and two coils went today 03/04/07. If anyone knows of better parts, leave the makes on the website.

I have a car that is just over 3 years old. (late 2003 build, bought in Jan 2004)

The second ignition coil failed on my Renault Megane Sport Tourer today. When I asked if this is going to happen AGAIN, the Renault dealer swore that this is a very uncommon occurrence. I am going to be charged £106.00 to replace the single coil.

In light of the comments on this car survey, I am going to have a few words with them when I go to pick up my car tomorrow.

It is a real shame that Renault has not resolved this problem as, otherwise, the car is very nice and roomy.

I have a Renault Scenic bought new in 2000 in which I have now done 89,000 miles.

It is a good car, and I have had no problem with it except for the failure of coils and this I have had in plenty.

Over the years I have had four coils replaced -the first two very early on.

I have today returned from a 2700 mile drive in France and Italy and a coil went again, thankfully, only 10 miles from home.

Very interesting comments.

I am now on my 4th Scenic. Number 1 had electrical problems. After 6months the rear window wiper would not switch off, then the drivers window would not go up.

Number 2 had to have 5 coils replaced at different times.

Number 3 - same problem with coils.

Number 4. The car is 2 years old and has had 2 coils replaced already.

As well as these electrical faults, the first 3 cars all had squeaky or squealing brakes, even when the brakes were not applied. After attention at garage, the noise disappeared for a few hundred miles but always returned. The garage technician said that the noise was due to the materials used in the manufacture of the brake pads. All cars are were supplied through the Motability scheme.

Incidentally a friend had 2 coils replaced by the RAC in September 2007 in his Motability Scenic.

Even with these annoying recurring faults, the car is ideal for me.

Replaced coils last year on 2001 1600 Scenic. Used Beru make as Renault make are crap.

Also, if you start the engine and only run it for a few seconds, eg to move the car forward so a neighbour can park behind you, then start your car the next day in my case, the engine ran for 5 seconds then suddenly lost compression; head gasket failed.

This also happened on my first 1.4 W reg Scenic. The evening before I started the engine to move forward; took 30 seconds, switched off, started the engine the following morning, take kids to school, ran for 5 seconds, engine stopped, lost compression on all cylinders, cambelt OK, head gasket failure. It took 3 days to it strip down, change the gasket, and assemble everything back again. I did change the cambelt and pulleys; ran OK.

6 months later I traded in for the 2001 Scenic 1600 Dynamique + the same thing happened 7 months later. So another strip down etc.

Apart from that, and brake discs and pads, it is a lovely car to drive. My kids like it, and parts are reasonable from my local Motor Factors. Never pay rip off prices from main dealers unless it is a part you can't obtain anywhere else.

David Douglas.

I have a 2001 Scenic 1.6 expression auto. It has only just hit 40,000 miles. A coil went about a year ago, second coil about six months ago and now another one has just gone. On replacing this one we noticed the well was full of water, I see from research on the web that this is quite common and we are in the process of finding out the cause of this.

I also had to have a reconditioned gear box at around 30,000 miles! Which cost me around £1500!! Before having the box changed it was doing about 39 mpg, but now it seems to be gradually dropping currently 28.1 can anyone explain this?

I have also had numerous calipers sticking!!

Also had to have a new heater!

When it is going without any problems it is the ideal car for me, but unfortunately these are few and far between!

When you spend a lot of money on a car for repairs I keep thinking, I need to use it to get my money's worth, but it keeps costing me more!!

We have a 2002 Renault Scenic 1.6 expression & recently it has just started to cost us a bomb in fuel!!! We have only had it for about 8 months now & we know it never cost us that much in fuel a few months back!

We were advised to change the "cankshaft sensor", so... we changed that & no different, we have no warning lights up on dash so was told its pretty pointless plugging it into a computer to see if it had any other faults.

I have seen that quite a lot of other scenic reviews have had to change the coil packs, what is the symptoms of any of them going? & can you check without paying out on replacing them?

I have a 2003 Megane Scenic Fidji 1600 and I'm just about to have a second coil fitted this year. The ABS warning light flashes on and off too.

We have a Renault Scenic Expression Plus 1.4 2001 Y reg. We bought the car from a garage (not a main dealer) in 2003 with 9,000 miles on the clock and only 1 owner.

Before the car had reached 10,000 miles, but out of all warranties, the steering rack and pump failed and had to be replaced. Renault were no help at all and would not even contribute to the repair. We have had a few coil problems and have replaced them a few times.

Then last year on the motorway the engine blew with a hole in 1 of the piston, 29,000 miles on the clock. We had a replacement engine fitted with 19,000 miles on it and we have had coil problems twice since we had this done. Please Beware!

Go to ebay for your parts. I saved £250 on 4 disc and pads + £200 on door winder mech.

We have owned a Renault Scenic 2001 Dynamique + for 6 years now and were hoping to have it for a few more, however having taken in for a Major service, cambelt change, auxiliary belt, brakes changed 1200 miles ago our baby just stopped working on us.

The dealership has said it was the alternator pulley that slightly moved out which caused the new auxiliary belt to Frey, which in turn broke the cambelt and destroyed the engine. Of course the garage are taking no responsibility for this, it is going to be a whopper of a bill.

So my advice... when changing the timing belt, change the auxiliary belt, pulleys and get the alternator changed too if it has a freewheeling pulley because you could be the next to loose your car. I loved my car but it is now too expensive to repair for the price it is worth.

Avoid taking your cars to Renault dealerships, stick to local garages they seem to know more. A sad lady from Kettering.

The same happened to us in 2004 just before warranty ran out. Our local garage fitted performance HT leads and it ran like clockwork after they were fitted. Seems a common fault on 1.4/1.6/1.8 engines.