1998 Renault Safrane from UK and Ireland - Comments

9th May 2003, 10:30

"Leave the badge race and buy a real luxury car"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

The dash oil warning display read three quarters full although there was very little oil in the car.

Squeaking and rattling from the rear shelf behind the rear seats after removal and re-insertion.

Digital Climate Control display needed to be replaced.

General comments?

I am still finding storage spaces and features after four months!

The features in this car shame the likes of Mercedes.

Interior room is cavernous, I can barely reach the passenger door from the drivers seat!

Digital Climate Control is unbelievable in any weather.

Comfort and leg room is excellent in the front and back.

Lights are brilliant.

Downsides include finding large parking spaces.

Petrol consumption is about thirty eight miles per gallon.

Position of remote alarm sensor means you have to be standing beside the car before it will open.

The eighty liter fuel tank takes a while to fill!

The manual box is a bit unforgiving with very little travel in first and second gear.

There is no glove box.


28th May 2005, 16:38

My Safrane is a 1993 model 2.0 RT auto, and has a large glove box, but the catch is not in the usual place (i.e. the front).

It is on the top right hand side of the lid.


6th Jan 2008, 16:11

The 1998 will probably be a Mk. 2 version in which the space where the glovebox was in the Mk 1 is now a passenger air bag.


17th May 2008, 15:45

The glove compartment actually returned later in 1998.

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