Faults:

Wiring harness fell off underside at 70000 miles.

Gearbox failed (fell out) at 72000 miles.

Repair included driveshafts, clutch, slave cylinder and many other assembly items.

Rear screen wiper failed at 72000 miles.

Turbo got replaced at 72000 miles.

Heater fan failed at 75000 miles.

General Comments:

The car is comfortable and spacious and versatile for family use.

The engine is good, has been reliable and over the long term returns 47mpg.

The electrics are unreliable and proving very expensive to repair.

There is no fresh are vent as such, and because the heater fan has failed, no means to get air into cabin without opening the windows - this is not practical when it rains.

Faults:

Centralised door locking malfunctioned at 6,000 miles and needed to be completely replaced.

Cylinder head needed replacing at 13,000 miles.

Climate control malfunctioned at 17,000 miles.

Power steering failed at 22,000 miles.

Air conditioning system completely failed and had to be replaced at 31,000 miles.

Brake pads needed replacing at 28,000 miles.

Sunroof jammed at 39,000 miles.

Rear bumper became loose and had to be welded back into place at 45,000 miles.

Rear brake light failed at 53,000 miles.

General Comments:

Reliability wasn't brilliant, but was better than what some Laguna owners have experienced.

Interior was stylish, comfortable, spacious and reasonably well built.

Very comfortable to drive, but not much fun.

Faults:

My laguna is around 50000 miles on the clock and the turbo charger blew, I then later realised in the garage that the acceleration had a mind of it's own and could have propelled me into a crash...!

After forking out for this one I WILL get rid of it, this is the second laguna to break down under no viable circumstance and I am positive that I will never buy a Laguna again!

General Comments:

Piece of dung, okay interior, uncomfortable ride.

Terrible reliability, you might think it's a good car when new, but believe me things get a LOT worse past the 50K mark.

AVOID LIKE MAD!!

Faults:

Seized rear brake caliper at 96000 miles.

General Comments:

Renault Laguna 1.8 Prestige.

I purchased this car new in July 2002 as a company car, I drove over 45,000 miles in the first year with no problems at all apart from vandals dropping a brick onto the roof from a motorway bridge. The finish and equipment on the vehicle were excellent and the vehicle far exceeded the finish and reliability of my previous company Vauxhall Vectra’s and Cavaliers. She has averaged over 38 mpg constantly by regular use of the cruise control and speed limiter and driving within the legal speed limits. I retired from my full time job and have continued to use the vehicle daily on business and pleasure. She has proved most reliable apart from servicing the only other repair needed was to replace one seized rear brake calliper, which was done by my local Dealer who has been most knowledgeable, reliable and efficient, the car always completed at the stated time. The vehicle has never missed a service and has now completed 107,000 miles with no further problems. (This really is the answer to constant reliability of a vehicle and missing them is false economy in my experience)

I have now traded her in for a new Dynamique Diesel 1.9 and hope to achieve the same motoring standards I have come to find with Renault cars (My wife has a Renault Megane Coupe and my two daughters each have a Renault Scenic.

Faults:

Inter cooler failed (replaced under warranty) lighting on instrument panel failed (replaced under warranty)

Driver's seat squeaking-repaired 3 times!

Bottom ball joints both needed replacing along with rear suspension bushes.

Various dashboard squeaks and rattles.

General Comments:

A well designed car let down by poor materials, shoddy workmanship, and dodgy electrics.

The suspension problems show a lack of development on badly surfaced roads (Renault, it's about time you came and tested your cars on northern Irish roads!)