17th Feb 2008, 18:48

Hi, just been reading some of the above comments and might be able to help.

I have had a '97 Clio for the past couple of years and I used to get showered too. The water used to come out from where the imobilizer and sun roof controls are every time I turned a corner. My foot wells would get soaked, had terrible condensation and the car had a horrible damp smell.

At first I thought the sun roof wasn't sealing properly, but on closer inspection I discovered it was the aerial. The rubber seal at the base had worn away and was letting the rain in. I bought a new aerial base from a local parts dealer and replaced it myself, cost about £15. Used a heater to dry the car out and the smell went in a week or so. That was almost a year ago and so far so good!

19th Feb 2008, 11:16

We couldn't stand it anymore, the leaking sunroof, getting our clothes soaked every time we turned a corner, the central locking not working, immobilizer permanently immobilized, so we were forced to sell our Clio to a dealer for £150.00. We daren't have sold it privately for fear of comebacks. It was worth a lot more, but it would have cost a fortune to fix at Renault prices and that was the highest price we were offered. Within 24 hours the Dealer had advertised it for sale at £1250.00, best of luck to him and any fool that decides they want a Renault.

26th Feb 2008, 16:02

Guess what...

Yep, another Renault Clio 2001 with a sunroof as watertight as Newcastle's back line.

Have emailed Watchdog - if everyone reading this did the same surely there would be enough of an issue for Watchdog to act.

I have read somewhere that applying a generous helping of Vaseline around the rubber seal on the sunroof solves this problem. Does anyone know more about this?!

27th Feb 2008, 07:24

Could I have a tip on how to remove the internal plastic to allow easier access to the sunroof connections, please?

3rd Mar 2008, 11:20

Hi. Just gently prise the internal parts out with a thin screw driver. Our parts were corroded, but I managed to find replacement parts at local car scrap yard for pennies. Electric sunroof working fine now, but still leaks. I believe the water is coming off the glass and when it builds up, it floods between the rubber seal and the underside of the glass.

14th Mar 2008, 12:20

Oh dear! I too have the same problem. My 02 clio is leaking whenever its raining heavily. The water leaks at the top front corner of the car and sometimes completely wet the front passenger seat : (

I had had the drain pipes cleared but it didn't solve the leak. When I returned to the garage that cleared my pipes, they basically told me to either to get a new sunroof for £400 or a new car!

I tried opening up the sunroof and clean the rubber around the sunroof frame but its not still working as the roof lining is still wet after the heavy rain : (

My roof lining is getting stain : (

Not sure what I can do..help?

20th Mar 2008, 10:57

We had the "water on the passenger side problem" with our 2002 Clio. It turned out to be a blockage of the water drain. I don't know the English term for this part. (I'm Swedish) In Swedish, we call this "the turbine", but don't ask me why. However, that's where the water goes when it flows down the front window. It seems that the holes in the bottom of this part are too small, and if dirt gets into the water flow, these holes can get blocked. We had ours parked under a tree. When these holes get blocked, the water starts rising until it reaches the air inlet for the fan. After that, it starts flowing into the passenger side, behind the front panel.

This might be the problem for some of you.

Btw, this design is very bad, and with strange dimensioning.

BR,

Johan.

21st Mar 2008, 10:17

Hi, my Clio is also leaking. I have a 1997 1.4 Sport. I sealed the sunroof shut and sealed the arial, and it still leaks with the rain. Over the last few days it has done the immobilizer and now it's not going anywhere. Does anyone know if you can just get a new sensor/circuit board from the scrap yard, or would the car have to be remapped? Thanks.

27th Mar 2008, 07:04

I also have a Renault 1.4RT 1997 model and I have had this since September 2007. All the bad weather we have had since my sunroof started leaking just after Easter 2008. It is also leaking from the roof console. I looked in haynes manuel that came with the car and it tells how to take off and clean but no sign of where drain holes are. I shall also be contacting watchdog as I do not need two showers every day on the way to work.

31st Mar 2008, 08:47

Well another leaky 1997 RT. I had to have a new immobliser 2 years ago (£350 and I needed a new key), I wish I had looked on this site before. I get water leaking from the central unit above, I think it is due to the drainage holes being blocked. My hubby blew air down the holes with his compressor which sorted it for a long time but today I got another soaking. I also have got a leak somewhere else that leaves a foul smell, the boot seems a bit damp and under the rear seats. I will investigate the foot wells after reading the other reports. Apart from that I really love my Clio it has been brilliant but I think this is its last year with me.