Renault FAIL

[Lewis.]

its official, renaults are now SO bad, that they actually punish their owners by trying to kill them.

had a 54 plate Laguna come into work on friday sporting this:
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renault springs break just to pass the time, and as the bottom coil is tiny, and the next one huge, they shoot down the leg and attack the brake hose, drop link and tyre

this one did a really good job on the tyre :p lol
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu307/hay_lewis_68/DSC01041.jpg

http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu307/hay_lewis_68/DSC01043.jpg

http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu307/hay_lewis_68/DSC01044.jpg

puncture repair required maybe? :confused: :tard:

apparantly it broke on the guy when he ran over a cats eye (lol) doin 35mph and sent him accross the road and up a grass bank. lucky nobody was comin the other way or it could have been worse :eek:

[General Baxter]

there was a spring in half up the road a few days ago, i just pissed my self and drove round it lol

[t45_ste]

Thats scary. I seem to have replaced alot of springs on friends cars over the last 12 months.

[Lewis.]

lol baxter, was there a laguna in the ditch near it?

and i saw an alternator in the road a while back lol :tard:


Thats scary. I seem to have replaced alot of springs on friends cars over the last 12 months.

it makes me wonder how they ever get type approval? they all shoot down, i've had them rip brake flexis off before and all :eek:
this one bent the drop link too

[General Baxter]

lol baxter, was there a laguna in the ditch near it?


no idea, i was going warp speed lol

[Lewis.]

no idea, i was going warp speed lol

you could have been their only chance of rescue lol

[Balley]

mk5 fiesta do this too :D and pugs

[Lewis.]

the fiestas aint as bad, cps they sort of hold onto their springs (a bit) i did one of those straight after this one

pugs are just as sh*t though lol

[Connor]

Common problem, my mums one has done this twice,
not as bad though but both on the front
And i have to agree the lagunas are the worst cars in the world
Thats why its on ebay right this moment lol

[Lewis.]

/\ lol Lagunas really are the lowest form of transport

i's hate to think what would have happened if the spring had broken on the motorway at 70 :eek: doesnt bare thinking about :(

[saloonwoody]

meh french....the end :)

[Sloth]

i loved squashing reno's when i worked at the breakers. most of th decent accidents we got were french shiote.

[novaguy08]

Seen this myself on a Laguna........ not a pretty sight! especially when you think of what damage it could have done at m-way speeds! its one of those things Renault should REALLY look into............

[Pistol Pete]

Broken road spring. Could happen, and does, to any make of car.

That is one of epic proportions though!!

[saloonwoody]

or just stop makin sheeeiiitteee cars :)

[Lewis.]

Broken road spring. Could happen, and does, to any make of car.

That is one of epic proportions though!!

i agree it could and does happen to any car, but the design of the spring seats on late model french cars in particular, means the spring is totally uncontained in the event of a break. if a Nova spring broke, it would just sit there in the seat looking sorry for itself. a Laguna spring breaks? it makes a bid for freedom and potentially kills you + your family + other road users.

it baffles me how they are alllowed on our roads :tard:

[Saloony]

That happens to Vectra C's and all based on that platform, Mondeos... christ the list is endless. They all go in the same way that that has. Cheap chinese metal, go ask an old skool mechanic how often he replaced a coil spring on an old cav or cortina.

[daverobson]

meh french....the end :)


c1 or c2's are bad for this too.
and the springs have to be compresed so the small coil is 'under' the larger ones.:wtf: not nice to fit.

[wwmnw]

An ex colleagues Laguna's springs snapped on her two, both fronts (not at the same time)

[bazil]

very similar to my 406 derv, snapped spring = ditch = tractor to tow me out:(

brothers vectra gsi, snapped spring = didnt notice til it failed its motlol

[L14MNP]

lol we were just discussing broken springs tonight. I said it is a favourite of Vauxhalls. They seem to sheer them for fun!

That Laguna design is truly horrific though! I'm very surprised no-one had side through it yet! :/

[Asa-James]

smart cars do exactly the same, the bottom coil is only an inch or so in diameter, but the second and the rest are 2 1/2 inches. seems to be a common thing as we are doing a lot of springs at work at the minute. the most common ones we get are mondeos, mk4 golfs and e49 BMW 3 series rear ones (replacing at least three of those a week!)

i did one side of a vectra mk2 the other week, and as the customer drove it off the front the other side snapped, i've done 3 smart cars up to now (requiring the full front end off)and a few of the beemers.

[Jack]

Rear spring snapped on my Nova once, during the MOT test. Almost took the tester's head off.

But it was Craig so we didn't mind too much lol

[tommy8252]

this in my opinion is what happens when you try and cram everything possible(air con, power steering etc etc) in to the tiniest engine bay possible all over the front 2 wheels and expect them to steer drive brake and negotiate mountainous speed bumps and pot holes. Really really bad design and a nightmare to replace due to the stupid cambered shocks.:mad: :wall:

[dj_wudgey]

prrof that renault are ****!! they are getting worse as times go on not bad enough clio bonnets randomly slam up!!

[Asa-James]

Renaults don't seem that bad. Since yesterday I've replaced two front springs on two different polo's (and both only a fewyears old) and a front spring on an Audi TT. If I'm honest it's the vag stable that's worst for weak springs

[dj_wudgey]

yea my mates polo went but id say reno are still worse lol

[Stoo]

Renault are far far far from the worst manufacturers out there.
The build quality nowadays is akin to any German manufacturer.
Granted their build quality has dropped, but its still on a par.

My R26 has given me no drama at all!

And to add, my best mates M3 has just snapped a rear spring, so its not just cheap tat that does it either!

[Mike]

Renault are far far far from the worst manufacturers out there.
The build quality nowadays is akin to any German manufacturer.
Granted their build quality has dropped, but its still on a par.

My R26 has given me no drama at all!

And to add, my best mates M3 has just snapped a rear spring, so its not just cheap tat that does it either!

Whilst on the subject, bloke I know bought a brand spanking new L200 Animal double cab pick up & after only 3 days the ECU burnt out, got that fixed then 3 months later happened again. So yeah, not just low end marques at fault.

[dj_wudgey]

Whilst on the subject, bloke I know bought a brand spanking new L200 Animal double cab pick up & after only 3 days the ECU burnt out, got that fixed then 3 months later happened again. So yeah, not just low end marques at fault.

ha ha ha gutted mate lol

[Lewis.]

Whilst on the subject, bloke I know bought a brand spanking new L200 Animal double cab pick up & after only 3 days the ECU burnt out, got that fixed then 3 months later happened again. So yeah, not just low end marques at fault.

lol lol what was the cause of it? water ingress?

the Discoverys with a TD5 are notorious for munching ECUs because the injectors are under the rocker cover, so the oil runs down inside the loom and into the ECU. nice one, Landrover :tard:

[Joe Richardson]

Renaults don't seem that bad. Since yesterday I've replaced two front springs on two different polo's (and both only a fewyears old) and a front spring on an Audi TT. If I'm honest it's the vag stable that's worst for weak springs

too true mate :thumb:

I work for Audi,and im always replacing springs on them !!!!

[novaguy08]

lol lol what was the cause of it? water ingress?

the Discoverys with a TD5 are notorious for munching ECUs because the injectors are under the rocker cover, so the oil runs down inside the loom and into the ECU. nice one, Landrover :tard:

Isn't the TD5 a BMW design??

[Nova_Tek]

That first pic looks like a cheap eBay coilover lol

Seriously though, that's shocking, is he sure it was a cat's eye and not a lion? Really do sometimes think that manufacturers are just using cheap crappy parts at times. I mean the problems that I've seen and/or heard from people with new cars has never happened with our old skool fleet at home.

Granted all cars break down but old cars very rarely break down in this dramatic fashion.

Luckily for everyone it happened at low speeds with no one around.

[Bubba]

jus prechop your springs to save any hassle :P

[bazil]

too true mate :thumb:

I work for Audi,and im always replacing springs on them !!!!

had mine replaced last year, broken front n/s and rear o/s springs.