Renault Laguna with endless problems

Renaults are poor build cars full of plastic and lots of problems with electrics I would and have never owned one. My advise is always check out reports about cars online before thinking about buying. A little research would have saved you a lot of trouble.

Renaults are cheap nasty flimsy vehicles. The only reason that there are so many on the roads is because they are cheap and full of gimmicks, most of which cease to work after a while anyway. The build quality is poor and the after sales service appalling. The advertising is good and clearly fools the gullible.

"The French have never won a war so what makes you think they can build a car.
They should stick to what they do best, striking, surrendering and eating cheese."

I'm afraid that bigoted as this may seem, it is true. I would never buy a French car and even avoid them when hiring if possible.

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I also experienced similar problems with my laguna. whilst driving to work one day, the engine management light appeared to come on and the revs shot up to around 3000 whilst idling. I took it to a local garage and they told me it was a sensor on the accelorator. after waiting a whole week for them to get the part, I finally got the car back. it cost me 150 pounds which I thought was a rip off, but I paid it so that I could just get it sorted and have the car back once and for all. the next day whilst driving to work, the same problem appeared once again. I took it straight back to the garage and they said they would sort it out straight away and I would have my car back the next day. so I called the garage the next day wondering what time to pick the car up and they told me that it wasnt going to be ready for another 2 days. this is when I started to get really frustrated. 2 days later, I went to the garage and to my disbelief they told me that they could not fix it. so after 2 weeks with no car, 150 pounds down, the problem was still unresolved. I demanded my money back and when the question was asked why didnt you tell me that you couldnt fix it 2 weeks ago, the cocky garage owner said "well I cant predict the lottery can I". he then advised me that I take it to a renault dealer. I phoned up renault, explained the problem and I had to wait a further 2 weeks for the car to be booked in. renault fixed this problem and it cost me 58 pounds and that included a courtesy car for 2 days. the problem that I have got is- I think that a lot of smaller garages are trying to make money out of innocent people, in future, I will only go to a main dealer.

I have an 02 Laaguna with a catalogue of faults. If it freezes the alarm goes off, the tyre pressure monitor is always flashing on the tyres even thought hey are well inflated. The key card sometimes does not take the alrm off so when I get in the alrm goes and I can't turn it off for ages. The one of the springs in the front wheel broke and shreaded the tyre Renault of course only replace them on pairs £600 thank you very much, occasionally when I lock the car the windows and sun roof all open, the raid stuck on and I had to get out of the sunroof as all of the windows would not open. the car has been nothing but trouble since the day I got it and I am looking forward to picking up my new ford mondeo tommorrow

Have a 02 laguna and only problem ive had was the throttle body went and only renault cud fix it it cost me over 400 quid !

I own a Renault which has done less than 50k since 2002 (new) - after 6 weeks it needed a new engine / gearbox, since then many major repairs (several duplicates) and since warranty expired I have had to replace Turbo, Pulley belts and gearbox (again). Renault (not garage) customer services were polite but unhelpful and would not accept that the cars track record suggests a defective vehicle.

I am planning to buy renault laguna 19 dci 2005 model. do you suggest me to buy?

What do you expect if you buy a car made by workshy frog eating idiots.

The French have never won a war so what makes you think they can build a car.

They should stick to what they do best, striking, surrendering and eating cheese.

Renault Vel Satis - bought new in 2002, after 6 weeks new engine / gearbox led to 3 more years of major repairs until warranty ran out. Vehicle still has less than 50k on clock and is back in garage again - new gearbox (2nd time).

How about selling the car next time its fixed...and never buy french again.....

Well kown issues with the Rens! I was going to buy a megane, but after reading all the reviews and issues people have with them decided not too!

seems things like electrics and head gaskets are the main woes, with leaks and engine issues a close 2nd! there were a lot of blow ups reported from the sites I read!