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Bringing this thread back from the dead since even after 12 years, the mysterious knock from the front (both left and right side, mostly left) has not been solved. Things replaced so far with no success: front shocks, steering rack, track rod ends, anti-roll bar drop links, top mounts, lower...

Yeah, that's exactly what has happened. So I'll be sealing it with some silicone adhesive

It is double lipped, and doesn't appear to be cut, but it also doesn't stay flush.. like its been deformed somehow. So I'll have to use silicone to seal it.

I'm currently in the process of re-familiarizing myself with my 200, after it spent 11 months in the garage getting repaired. I spotted this near the hinge of the boot door - the rubber cable duct, while intact, doesn't seem to be very waterproof - its just laying there in the hole, but its not...

Being obsessive about alignment, I got the car checked today - its pretty much perfect. I honestly expected the smack in the back to have thrown off the rear axle even just a tiny bit, but no - both toe in and camber are at almost the 'ideal' values (i.e. in the exact middle of the range allowed...

At long last, almost exactly 10 months after the accident, my car is ready. I just picked it up today. Total damage with parts + labor came to around 5k euros. Everything was procured straight from Renault dealers all over Europe, over a grueling 8 months. The only part that was impossible to...

Just to let everyone know, if you're ever feeling down or disappointed, just remember that almost 8 months later, I still have no car and no reimbursement from the insurance company. They deemed that the car is fixable at around 4-5k, with its current used price sitting at around 11k euros. And...

Apparently there's a process to clear crash data from the UCH using the CLIP software. In my rear-end crash, even without airbags deployed, the UCH module's G-sensors still registered a crash and cut off the fuel system. FYI: knock off CLIP sondes (CAN boxes) can be bought off cheap online, and...

Apparently, from the Clio III onwards, there is no manual fuel cutoff switch that one can enable after a crash. It's all done via the CAN bus - one needs to hook up the CLIP diagnostic computer and clear the UCH 'crashed' state. No airbag lights on, nothing was activated - neither airbags or...

I keep getting conflicting opinions. Some say that due to the fact that the rear axle and rear quarter panels have not been damaged/affected, that the car is worth saving (needs pulling at the back, removal of rear frame pieces and boot floor and replacement with new parts, rewelding etc)...

Its got a key, not a card. It has never refused to start with either doors or boot open before. Plus, it didn't start before I attempted to open the boot, so... something else is going on. The dealer said they'll look into it.

Also, weird thing - the car doesn't start. The ignition turns, but the engine doesn't fire up. I'm guessing either a fuel cut-off switch was activated (though that happens when airbags deploy, which they didn't in this case), or, there's something wrong with the fuel pump or fuel tank under the...

Some photos of the damage: Uh-oh. My first thought was - the boot floor can't have creased SO much! It has received quite a lot of damage but it was the tool tray that had popped off its cubby and raised the floor mat so high. Fun fact: the boot lid opened normally - I managed to squeeze my...

Thank you mate. Indeed thats pretty much how it works here as well. We'll see how things go on Monday when the garage opens.

Oh I know about the rear axle. Mine was right on the limit, toe-in wise, from the factory. I had the rear toe-in adjusted to 100% ideal figures using Renaultsport shims back in 2010-2011. Sigh. It just hit me that this car has been pretty much the only constant in my life for the past 12...

I'm guessing the other driver was distracted either by a smartphone, the beer or beers she had to drink (she was right below the limit) and the fact that she had finished her work shift an hour before. I honestly can't tell, she was in shock. She just stated for the police report that she was...

Well, after 12 years on the road and 20 with a driver's license it was bound to happen sometime, I guess. I was rear ended on the highway at night, I was going around 70-80km/h (~50m/h) and a Toyota IQ crashed on the back of my 200 (going, by my estimate at around 100 km/h). The IQ immediately...

incredible information, thank you. I've already eliminated a few of these, but there are some (ARB related mostly) I haven't tried!

Here's a video of the issue:

I recently opened another thread regarding a new grinding/rubbing noise from the front left on my 2010 200, and since I'm gonna be taking care of it, as I did a few other things lately after a few years of not really dealing with car-related issues, I figure that perhaps, a decade later, I can...