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Renault auto box

Hi all

I am the unfortunate owner of a M reg Espace 2.2 petrol with an auto box.

The original gear box failed at 67,000 miles ( not impressed ) and was replaced with an Renault rebuild ( cost a grand plus the fitting ). We now have 100,000 miles on the clock, the warning light on the auto box some times comes on after 2 miles, ( almost always at the same place on the way home ) and the gear box drops into third and stays there. ( even less impressed, do not buy a Renault ! )

Stop and restart, light goes out but not always, this is starting to happen more often, any advise welcome.

thanks peter

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peter
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Lesson 1- Renault autos are an absolute nightmare. Period.

Lesson 2- Give King Automatics ('The Chalk Pit', College Road, Epsom, Surrey KT17 4JA, tel: 01372 728769) a ring. If he cant fix it, there isnt a cure.

Tim..

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Tim..

Lesson 3. learn Lesson 4 off by heart, I shall never never buy a Renault ! especially an automatic !!!

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reg

See! I said Renaults are s**te ............ QED

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Angus McCoatup©

IMO nothing wrong with Renaults - we've had several in the family with no problems. In-laws still have a Safrane at 140,000 ish and a 19 dT at 155,000 both have only ever had routine maintenance.

Renault automatics gearboxes do indeed have a terrible reputation though. Someone once told me to avoid any auto Clio with more than 40,000 miles.

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Doctor D

They're expensive to fix when they go wrong... the Lagunas on our fleet did lead a hard life, but no harder than the Mondeos, and were _significantly_ more expensive to repair.

I recall having the injectors reconditioned on the RN 2.2, and that made my eyes water, even though it was company money.

Clio automobile? :)

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DervMan

Hi all

thanks for advice and comments so far

The box has apparently a hydraulic failure, which might be fixed by freeing off/ replacing the ball valves, this can be done by droping the sump off the gearbox

If it works i will let you know

thanks again peter

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peter

It's going into limp home mode, so likely an electrical issue if it corrects itself. Diagnostics might help, but my initial reaction would be to clean and re-grease all the connectors, given it's been replaced and they probably didn't bother.

Although I think Renault gearbox ECUs are also a bit suspect. Still, check the cheap things first.

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Dave Plowman (News)

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