roystinho
"whos roy?"
Mrs R was driving the car yesterday (she'd been good) when all of a sudden it totally cut out on her. No drive, power steering went and she was stuck in the middle of the road. She had the little one on board so couldn't recall any lights etc as she obviously panicked. Car would not start at all. Brake pedal was really firm and couldn't be pushed in, and when you pushed the start button the starter motor went bezurk, but the engine didn't fire
I arrived rang Renault assist who sent someone out. Whilst waiting, tried starting a few times and did the same thing to me. Just before the AA truck arrived, gave it one last go (about 45 mins since the last time) and it fired. Fired every time since. AA man found no fault, looked like a right
Took it to the dealers today (Harratts Ponte) who got me straight in, had a look, no fault codes or anything.
At this point thought it was just being 'French'
However, on the way back from the dealers, just about to turn into my road and it cut out again, right in the middle of a busy road. The drive just went, steering went (luckily was straight piece of road). It flashed up 'select neutral' so I did, whilst still rolling along the middle of the highway, then hit start and it did fire straight back up
Now, I know this is a bit dramatic (or is it?) but I don't really want to drive it. What if my family were on it and it cut out on the motorway (extreme case).
Anyway, Harratts have got it in for a few days next week to ascertain the problem (courtesy car no problem), but just wondered if anybody has any ideas so I can help them when I drop it off?
Cheers
I arrived rang Renault assist who sent someone out. Whilst waiting, tried starting a few times and did the same thing to me. Just before the AA truck arrived, gave it one last go (about 45 mins since the last time) and it fired. Fired every time since. AA man found no fault, looked like a right
Took it to the dealers today (Harratts Ponte) who got me straight in, had a look, no fault codes or anything.
At this point thought it was just being 'French'
However, on the way back from the dealers, just about to turn into my road and it cut out again, right in the middle of a busy road. The drive just went, steering went (luckily was straight piece of road). It flashed up 'select neutral' so I did, whilst still rolling along the middle of the highway, then hit start and it did fire straight back up
Now, I know this is a bit dramatic (or is it?) but I don't really want to drive it. What if my family were on it and it cut out on the motorway (extreme case).
Anyway, Harratts have got it in for a few days next week to ascertain the problem (courtesy car no problem), but just wondered if anybody has any ideas so I can help them when I drop it off?
Cheers