I have no idea how they even got the engine in it, probably from underneath. So disappointed ? I am not remotely a fan of the Trax. Good stuff IMO. Freshwater fish does a "Great Escape" job and seemingly ends up loving a salt water sea. Jobs, not Steve, workers in Europe "Please, you do not know what you are talking about. It was once considered abnormal for a car to use oil, but its not today, and many engines consume some oil. I had similar discussing a (then) recently acquired German car with an elderly gentleman who hadn't cottoned on that the war ended a little while before. It would be the driver side of any European model. But even in the world of Higher Sanity (tm), go to Portugal, drive like a mofo playing chicken with trucks, but at least the rosary hanging off the rear-view mirror gives you assurance. Anyone who isn't already going a noticeable amount faster than the vehicle ahead shouldn't be in the lane to the right failing to pass it. Even our version of the Smart got no oil-burner and barely gives 40mpg. Perhaps I misunderstood them; they explained the skis were made just down in the valley, so I assumed they meant on the French side of the border; however we were very close. May I remind you that Germany is not only part of, but also the biggest country in the EU? But the number of people who need to buy cars is much greater than the number of people who care about the process of driving them. Note it is now changing, as Peugeot learnt their lesson, after shafting their customer base for one decade, basically building cars with all parts to be replaced within 30 000 km, at insane costs. You'll get an email notification as soon as your report is checked. Yes, I agree to receive email newsletters. Generally, all cars are capable of doing that. Seen those. Even the mid-engined Clio V6 was squarely aimed at the UK market and built by Tom Walkinshaw Racing, the second version actually being designed by Porsche. Just another way to try to tie you to the manufacturer. Is it reliable? If you knew you were driving a torqueless car why did you try to overtake a truck going uphill on a motorway on a windy day? I have a problem with the battery charging system. Oh and she felt the Juke was less practical on the inside. As a town run about dog and granddaughter transporter the only things that puts me off are the maker, their reliability record and its a diesel. After this festive season, a little bit of Sci-Fi reading, 1979 style: Lipidleggin'. It's a car for people with young families, not a car for a tech-, speed- and power-focused reviewer. Some Tomme de Savoir? They grouped them by age for fairness. When baby starts screaming my wife can comfort her, give her a bottle etc. As I recall, it was around a 2002/2003 and he found on one MOT that to change the headlight bulb required the removal of the entire front bumper! In case of discrepancies, the English version will prevail. WebRenault Captur Forums Since 2013 A forum community dedicated to Renault Captur SUV owners and enthusiasts. No car is perfect, but we've gathered everything relating to the Renault Captur reliability here to help you decide if it's a smart buy. I pointed out that my 'German' car was built in Portugal - at which point his rant changed to fits of laughter and derogatory descriptions of Hispanic working practices. The engine horsepower is irrelevant. No point in trading in. Higher spec models get good brakes and the entry level models get crap brakes. "a Ferrari is only a great car if you don't need it as a daily driver and can afford to buy and maintain one". Interior wasn't as plush but it had the 0.9l engine and had no real problem touring Scottish Highlands with two six footers weighing over 14 stone with suitcases each, just the odd down gear change up hills! Check to see if all of the potential problems with your Renault Captur have been resolved in the past. He was scary to be in the car with (if he was drivng) and just annoying otherwise - throwing tapes of Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds out the window 'cause they were anti-christianprobably causing people to take the lords name in vain as bits of plastic hit their windshield at speed. Does anyone know those comparative figures for hybrid vehicles? Comfort was good and more space, not less! "..It sounds very good for taking Mum, Dad and two kids and all their paraphernalia out on a Saturday afternoon.." So you missed the bit about the lack of rear leg room then? I want to knw if I can get myself, wife, dog and assorted wheelchairs and what-not into the thing, whether I can get half a ton of wood in the back and up my lane to the cottage. Come join the discussion about performance, purchasing, reviews, modifications, troubleshooting, maintenance, and more! The cars got no power and should not be used on the motorway after 20,000 miles, My hire car managed 28.8mpg on diesel . The most common causes that hinders normal operation of windshield washer system on your Renault Captur are clogged spray nozzles, leaking hose, blown fuse, pump failure, frozen fluid or any fault in the electrical system. The most obvious sign of clogged catalytic converter in Renault Captur is slow acceleration or degraded engine performance. around 50-55mpg at a steady 70. I'm currently ratting around in a Puma, which is hilarious on the backroads and capable on DC/motorway stuff, if a bit noisy. (hell, we never got the Fiat 500 with the Twin Air in California either :( ). Arguably it's only when they are adult size, when they can plant both feet on the floor while sat in the seat so that the feet go underneath the front seat that leg room becomes less of an issue. Some cars have massive grip but you cannot go anywhere near it due to lack of communication. if you use a car broker even better, The days of discounts for cash are gone. Don't know about reliability and lifespan of engine but overall the car seemed ok to me, especially being so cheap, and they seem pretty popular. We don't have a monopoly on mental petrol-heads in the UK, there's a lot of them elsewhere as well :). The issue will be that this transmission, in many cases, exhibited jerky performance even when it was brand-new. Feb 24, 2022 (Edited) Hello everyone, I am pushed to the wall with my Renault Captur 2014 1.5dCi. Strange, I thought Atomic were an Austrian company. "Fast" cars may be able to get you to the speed limit more quickly but in the right hands a fast car is perfectly safe. I'm suprised you don't have to get it reprogrammed simply for daring to open the bonnet and top up the wiper fluid. That doesn't make it a bad car - it makes it a bad car for you. Unfortunately this last example is one of the worst things about the motor industry. You go to pull out past something on a duel carriage way - just feel like you're hitting the power band and then you hit the limiter - next thing you know you're avidly searching for gears. The only thing IBM and I agreed . Also, sin taxes on any unconventional improvements. check the oil level in the engine regularly, the Mazda CX-3, Honda HR-V and Renault Captur, Mazda CX-3 that looks like the pick of the litter. Aircon cannot handle above 25 degrees and it produce hot air instead of cool air. This from the country that insists you carry a spare bulb kit so you can change them by the side of the road. Hopefully my next car will have even more power, with even less fuel usage than this one! Get over it. Bluetooth hookups work perfectly, the sat navs alright, the touch screen media panel is fine. Post anonymously? Diesel Engine 2018 How To, off-road tips and adventure travel destinations, Not just utes. 763. OK, so a rear wheel drive car with loads of power is going to allow you to powerslide should you wish to, but you don't have to drive like that even if you're car's capable of it. Not to mention dodgy electrics that cost more to fix than the car is worth after a few years. There's no way to tell other than to get one's boot down and find out. And has anybody else noticed that the Haynes manuals aren't anywhere near as good as they used to be? Except that there is a safety issue to an underpowered car, particularly a high-sided one. Renault have a history of making bonkers cars; the Renault 17 Gordini, Renault 5 Turbo, the Espace F1 (who in their right mind puts an F1 engine into an Espace? Here's what to look out for and buy smart, Get to know the personalities behind the team every week, The most interesting hints of what's to come. If wife is sitting in the back then the front passenger seat can be slid forward for more legroom on that side. I hired one and had no feeling of it handling on corners any differently to one of your recommended hatchbacks, a number of which I have had and currently have the excellent Audi A3 Sportback 1.0 tsi. Safety isn't just about whether you die or not if someone crashes into you. Even so it achieved a staggering 29mpg! I have just driven the CX-3, Honda HR-V and Renault Captur and rate the Mazda as clearly best of the bunch, as well as better than the XV. Apart from that, what was so bad about the PS/1 except its eye-popping price (which was expected since you bought the IBM sticker actually, not the machine underneath). > Subsidy is money contributed by a government to make an item or commodity cheaper than it's cost? You know, the country with the unlimited (and toll-free) roads? I'd suggest you wait, just a little, and investigate the new breed of compact SUVs. Just because it isn't your use case doesn't mean it is not someone else's use case. Obviously modern cars have ABS to prevent this, but the point stands: brakes can only be *so* good. It was horrendously underpowered as all Pandas were (especially the 750 CC one I had) but the Panda wasn't built for the UK market. You can't start a new thread in this section, but useful threads have been grouped together for quick reference here 14 898K Sep 11, 2017 Read our Articles This will result in loss of steering assistance when stationary or while . JavaScript is disabled. Most of it behind cars poodling along in the middle lane when the lane to the left is either empty, or with a car ahead actually going faster than they are. I also doubt that it would have passed them. That's 0,20 a litre extra, thank you! That's the people who have a "JESUS SAVES" sticker on the bumper. Some people seem to be motoring masochists. "Looks like?" really? Every now again taking of from a junction on the stop and go it then you can be sure that it would. > I once asked a group of French ski instructors why they all used "Atomic" skis. They also had a nasty habit of raiding the old parts bin if they ran out of the correct component; no one could identify the starter motor on mine when it died, until one of the older mechanics recognised it as coming from the Renault 4!!!! It has a ridiculously low road tax, costs very little to ensure and has extremely good fuel efficiency. It had lots of places to plug gadgets in, seatback trays for colouring books, snacks, etc. The information may come from producers or distributors who voluntarily organise recalls of the products they found posed a risk to consumers health. Can you reach 70 mph up a steep slip road to be able to filter into a busy motorway? RENAULT CAPTUR (08/07/2019 23/07/2019) RECALL: Problem description: Contact between the positive alternator wiring and the alternator casing which could []. I've had sports vehicles that could lock the wheels up using "performance summer" tyres, but that could not lock up the tyres running slicks on track, no matter had hard I stomped the pedal. As per the reviewer of this one the car is mahoosively underpowered for it's size - but then doesn't make up for it with economy. In any case, it would also be wise to sample the Japanese and South Korean contenders at this end of the market, too, as there are some interesting offerings there as well. And yet I see vast swathes of people at Les Vingt-quatre Heures du Mans every year, and a hell of a lot of them seem to be French; I always end up talking to people on nearby plots, and the natives:furriners ratio is pretty good, usually 50% of the closest 10 plots are French. If cars are your hobby, that's nice for you. I'm big and tall and it's comfortable in the front. But Renault can move the production to cheaper places and now make unreliable crap at lower cost. I want power - it doesn't need to be a petrol guzzler to do so. An owner, with an orange one similar to the pictures, got it stuck less than 6 ft into the glenshee snow covered car park last week. But basically even though it has enough grip, and reasonable suspension you would not choose it for twisty road driving, but despite that it is still fun, (and startles boring cars), because I can tell what it is doing so I have confidence that I am not about to slide off into a hedge. WebThe 2016 Renault Captur has the most overall complaints, & we also rate 2016 as the worst model year ranked on several factors such as repair cost & average mileage when They're very popular in snowy alpine regions, cheap, light, and they'll go anwhere. The Panda 4x4 was, and probably still is, excellent for getting around rural Somerset. Given all that and the comments he made I'm not at all surprised that the reviewer hated it. It was I thought a bit expensive but comparable with the equivalent supermini-crossovers from Nissan, Suzuki, Mazda, Vauxhall, etc. The low opening at the rear looks ideal for dogs, perhaps I will not need that for too much longer for my arthritic elderly Lab, but still good for my daughter's two hounds. Not really much space for luggage either: my tools fit in the boot of an Insignia, but took up the whole car behind the front seats. It has 'proper' old-school switchable 4 wheel drive and lockable diffs with hi/lo ratios. I wouldn't recommend a diesel-engined car to anyone with small children just on health grounds; in terms of value they're beginning to look like a risky purchase for anyone. :-). My neighbour had a people carrier thing (can't remember which model off-hand) by Renault. Certainly, there are plenty of other Renault owners out there with similar stories to tell. That isn't safe if you brake hard. The Skoda Yeti did though and it is just as practical "Now try to go around a badly designed roundabout in the wrong gear in, say, a Micra, and then things do get thrilling". In my experience it's approximately none; I have been witness to more failed overtakes than I care to remember. Stop start engine some time taking of at junction. These are the same people who when you ask what car is that, they say a red one. I once reviewed the IBM PS/1 and was more than a little disappointed. No. 807. > I suspect that in the not too distant future the EU will prohibit the sale of new cars with engines producing more than 90bhp. The car is plastered in Eco badges. A software upgrade will not affect the oil usage of the car. Or a 10 year old Rolls Royce if you're not worried about fuel economy? I doubt that it would have braked that hard thiough. 10 year old Rolls Royce if you use a car broker even better, the days of discounts for are... 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