5th Feb 2009, 06:29

I get these problems with my 2002 1.5DCI Clio (it judders like made on idle, I get all the coil light issues and the loss of power when accelerating).

It has been in the garage for the past month, costing me a small fortune, and it has just gone back as it's still not working. It looks as if it's the injectors, but I'll see when I get it back.

By the sound of things, this is a common problem and I was wondering if anyone had put any pressure on Renault with any positive results?

8th Feb 2009, 08:53

Please help.

I have a Renault Clio 1.2 R Reg 1997, which has some of the symptoms from all other Clios. It is misfiring, only working on 2 cylinders & losing power when I accelerate. The car starts without a problem & none of the engine management lights are lighting up. It has been in the garage for 8 weeks & I eventually got it back last week, but it's still the same. The garage completed a diagnostic check but only problems showing is dirty fuel. The fuel & sensors have been checked & are all working. The ECU has been sent away & checked & is working fine. The coil pack, fuel pump & an injection rod have been changed. The manifold has been taken off, so I think the garage has checked the throttle thing as well.

When the car first started losing power, I had a strong smell of petrol in the car then the car started misfiring & losing power. Hope this information helps.

I have also checked the fuses recommended on some of the other comments.

Can anyone help me with this problem?

Many Thanks

Janet.

9th Feb 2009, 09:38

Can anyone help me please??

My 2002 Clio Expression 1.2 16v is having some issues!

About 4 weeks ago the engine management light came on, the garage said that she would be OK to drive until they could pick it up in a couple of days, so that was fine, but I noticed a loss in power and sometimes she would cut out when sitting at a junction. Then a day later just as I was about to drive off, I noticed that there was no power to her, she wouldn't rev at all.

The car has been in the garage 3 1/2 weeks now, they thought it was the throttle housing so they changed it, didn't work. Then another Clio came in with the same problem, thought they fixed that, 2 days later it broke down with the same problems again!

Does anyone have any clues?

Email me - tld591@hotmail.com

19th Feb 2009, 13:47

Hi, I bought a 51 plate 1.2 16v Clio Dynamique for my son a few months ago, but it has lots of problems with it most of which are in common with listings on this site.

The car starts but will not rev above 3k rpm. The orange coil light is on all of the time. I have had an auto-electrician look at it who wants to replace the engine loom and throttle body at a cost of £600.

The other comments he made were that the diagnostics checks that he made were showing a problem with the throttle potentiometer. He has removed the dreaded black box, which had started to wear through the insulation of the wiring loom and expose the copper wire, which he has insulated with black PVC tape. To his credit he hasn't charged me so far.

I have looked at all of the advise on here and the first thing I have done is to replace the 3 black 5 pin micro relays in the main fuse box... No improvement whatsoever, but only cost £5 ea off eBay (Durite Part 0-728-13 Micro Relay Change Over 15/25 amp 12 volt + diode) plus P+P so no major spend incurred.

Going to try cleaning the Throttle Body next in the hope that this resolves the problem! I have found new ones on eBay for £95, so will source one here if needed.

Also the Central Locking has stopped working too. The Auto-electrician is stumped as to what is causing the problem, but has said that there is no power going to the Multi-Timer Unit, but as I understand it, if you remove this it then needs reprogramming or you lose lots of systems, so not sure how best to proceed with this problem.

Like many people who own one of these cars, I am regretting ever buying it and I think that it WILL put me off buying another Renault as long as I live! This is likely to be the first and last one we will own...

I will keep you all informed of my progress and hopefully I will get some early success, fingers crossed.

CDM.

20th Feb 2009, 02:55

I have a Clio 1 with 1.2L, mark 98. It will not start, no gasoline is injecting. The Renault shop told me perhaps it is a ECU fault. They want to replace for 1500€, I said thanks.

So I wonder if somebody has an idea what to do?

22nd Feb 2009, 14:27

I have the same issues on a 2002 Clio 1.2.

I have changed the ignition coil and leads plus plugs.

Taken off inlet manifold replaced the small rubber washer, cleaned out oil - cleaned throttle body.

And its still running rough and very low revs/misfire?

Any other ideas?

24th Feb 2009, 16:25

I find it incredible that Renault have not responded to this site, do they think it is coincidence that all these cars are having electrical faults?

My daughter's 53 Clio is having the same electrical problems. We took it to the Renault dealers to go on the diagnosis machine, they have had the car for 7 days. They have just told me they want to put a new computer on, £550, but could not guarantee this would cure the problem. "I am taking the car to a proper auto electrician tommorrow".

Renault need to stand up and accept their responsibility, there is an obvious fault with these cars that needs rectifying.

28th Feb 2009, 07:53

Regarding the post above dated 19th Feb 09.

I also had the engine management (+ toxic fume light) about 2 years ago now. A diagnostic check also showed a problem with throttle potentiometer being out of range. This was reset by Renault and solved the problem with my car (well, it took them 2 attempts as it would with Renault, but it was sorted in the end).

Good luck.

Chris

3rd Mar 2009, 18:11

Hi Guys.

My Clio is a 1.2 16v Expression 01 plate. I recently took it through one of those new Tesco 'Arc' car-washes which absolutely blitz's your car. Unfortunately as soon as it came out the other end, orange coil light switched on and absolutely no power from accelerator. Waited 10 minutes and still nothing. In the end I disconnected battery as a last ditch hope and reconnected, the car suddenly back to normal. This apart from the orange coil light, which is now switched on continuously!

Looking at the other posts, the car-wash may have been a complete coincidence (I hope it's not the beginning of things to come), but I think this is unlikely. Water must be getting into the electrics somehow. Any ideas of how to check this and switch off the light?

Tom