Faults:

Rear right bearing went and was replaced.

Intermittently the external temperature sensor gives an in-correct value. This is a minor fault which I do not plan on fixing. It has being correct now for a month or so.

General Comments:

In my opinion this is an excellent all round car.

Good value when purchasing second hand.

The fuel economy is excellent, (approximately 46 MPG mainly open road driving, but some city driving mixed in also).

Safe and comfortable, it seems most content cruising at around 90 - 95 k.p.h. (56 to 59 m.p.h.) at 2750 r.p.s.

If you were doing a lot of motorway driving, maybe the 1.6 liter engine would be more suitable.

Would advise anyone thinking of buying to wait until a good one comes alone (one that was well looked after and has had no major problems.)

Overall, very happy with my Megane.

Faults:

Watch the roof aerials on these, this is the first Renault I have owned and they leak.

If you live in Scotland like me expect to find the area front/centre on the roof where the courtesy lights are soaked form time to time through water ingress, recently it was raining heavily and I had a nice puddle inside the car just in front of the gearstick, careful too as the area that leaks here also houses the remote sensor for the locks and immobiliser :-) tightened the aerial bolt myself until I can get it looked at, but very common problem so I hear with Clios also.

Car isn't that good at starting also when cold, but going back to the dealer with this so hopefully it will be resolved.

Gearstick a bit wobbly when stepping on and off the gas at low speeds, again have since found out this could be worn gearbox mountings which are cheap to do so another problem for the dealer as this is still under warranty.

General Comments:

Apart from a couple of general annoyances which I'm sure can be resolved quite easily the car is great, brilliant equipment levels A/C CD changer full electrics etc, very fast too 140BHP just need to make sure I keep my driving license intact as the power is quite a surprise the first time you drive this :-)

Would just also add watch out for imports on these and other cars in the UK, I never realised until after buying this that its probably a parallel import, no alarm which it should have and no glass etching, apparently an orange dipstick instead of yellow is also a telltale sign, not saying theres anything wrong with this as it is UK spec more or less, but since examining the documents I suspect its from Cyprus originally and possibly worth less in financial terms than a pucker UK car on resale :- (

Faults:

Sunroof has leaked on this car since I have owned it and none of the dealerships I have been to can fix it.

One Ignition coil failed on the car recently.

General Comments:

Great looking car and good performance. Fuel consumptions is also great.

Faults:

Rubber Seal coming away from windscreen.

Gearstick moves backward and forward when pressing or releasing accelerator.

CD multi changer not working.

Windscreen washer jets not operating correctly.

General Comments:

This car is very fast and has great acceleration, unfortunately the chassis is not built to cope with the engine power.

The handling is appalling and the car wallows on all but the most gentle of corners.

The engine noise at 70mph is totally unacceptable for a car of this size and is very intrusive.

The throw of the gearstick is way too long and forbids any sort of enthusiastic gear changing. In addition the whole box moves when you press or release the gas. Quite unnerving.

The design of the exterior of the car is average, but the interior is really an exercise in mismatched design. An abundance of shapes which leaves the impression of the square peg in the round hole, i. e it really doesn't fit.

I have taken the car to 3 Renault dealers all of which demonstrated terrible customer service. The third was the most helpful and was convenient for my place of work, but still managed to return the car having not completed the work I requested to any decent standard.