Faults:

ABS system failure after brakes being replaced at a cost of £300.

3 engine coils failed at separate intervals at a cost of £50 each.

Electric window motor failed at a cost of £60 to replace.

General Comments:

A nice handling car with comfortable seats and a good driving position.

Most controls in a good position except for the hazard warning switch; every time I needed to use it, I had to take my eyes off the road to locate it!

Not much leg or head room in the back, but the seats are comfortable.

Fair sized boot for a coupe, and the seats fold down for larger items.

The engine is under powered, and struggled with a full load, but returned 34MPG even though constantly used at high revs to get power out of it.

General Comments:

The car is comfortable and there's' loads of space for the people sat in the front but there is no leg or head room in the back, and it has all the con's like fog lights, air con, half leather, electric windows front ant back, 6 disk CD changer, with all the controls for the CD player on the steering wheel.

Reliability isn't too bad only thing which as gone wrong is the coil pack went after 20.000 miles, but it's a common fault with renault's, and the paint work chip's and dent's really easy apart from that it's been great.

Performance is really rubbish for a 1.6 16v engine you read on site's 0-60 is about 9.3 seconds it's not true it's a lot slower, the revs go up so slow and in gear acceleration is rubbish my old 1.4 16v fiesta zetec had a more willing engine.

Faults:

No major issues until lately.

Back in January it needed a new windscreen wiper motor, and now this week it needed a new cat due to a mis-fire. Located the mis-fire, and it was due to pencil coils, purchased those off ebay at a huge saving compared to Renault. The problem was still there, but not as bad, so changed all sparks and now OK. Currently at 70k, and I love my car.

General Comments:

Bought the car 2 and a half years ago; nice looking, does what I want when driving, good to great sound and performance, looks good, mpg good, general wear and tear good.

The 6 CD changer is good as I'm always changing my music tastes.

The seats are very comfy!!!

Cat costs £220 fitted.

Bearings cost £25 per wheel

Coils from Renault £45 each (you need 4 to change them all).

General service £99 incl plugs/filters.

Faults:

I have had 2 failed shock absorbers, one front and one rear. The rear shocker failed at 44,000 miles and the front at 60,000. Both were replaced under warranty.

Engine coil failed at 66,000 and was also replaced under warranty. This caused the engine to shake very violently and caused one of the engine mounts to fail, this has still not been repaired.

The boot has been the source of several rattles. It creaks and groans when going round corners at low speed and on rough roads it rattles and vibrates. On one occasion it opened while I was driving at 50MPH.

Within a week of owning it the roof started leaking at the radio aerial. This was easily fixed by the dealer under warranty, but the headliner still has water marks and the inside roof light tends to fail more often than you would think.

The bulbs in the headlamps need replacing every 4 months or so as they fail frequently. I have also had the change the fog lamp units twice are they are broken easily by stone chips.

Over the past 2,000 miles there has been a hum and rumble coming from the front wheels. This has been diagnosed as a worn wheel bearing (which is to be expected at 69,000 miles) and worn drive shaft (which is not to be expected at 69,000 miles. Have not had this repaired yet.

General Comments:

This is my second Renault Megane and I experienced just as many problems with the first one as I have with this one, although these faults were different in nature.

Even though I have had several problems with this car I still enjoy driving it. It is fast and at high speed the suspension copes very well will rough roads. At low speed the suspension does thump over pot holes too much.

The gear box is not to everyones liking, but you do get used to it although the change is rubbery and loose.

The brakes are the most powerful I have felt. They stop the car in no time and the ABS kicks in just at the right time.

The sport seats are much better padded in this Megane than my old one, this makes the car more comfortable over long trips.

I usually return 41 MPG which is very good considering I am a very enthusiastic driver. The service intervals are 18,000 miles and servicing costs are reasonable.

I love the interior and apart from the occasional rattle it is a very nice place to spend time, especially with the excellent sound system. The driving position is still flawed, the steering wheel is set too low even in the highest position it rubs on your legs.

I do enjoy driving this car, just as I did with my last Megane, but there are far too many problems for me to consider buying another. The only saving grace of the ownership experience is the fact I got a 3 year warranty with the car and it has covered a lot of the repair costs. If Renault would improve quality control and testing on their cars before they start selling them they would have a lot more happy customers. This will be the last Renault I buy for a while.