Faults:

The car has had no major problems, but there is an unusual pulsating sound that's similar to amplified road noise.

The interior is showing greater signs of wear than I had hoped.

Rear window has discolored.

General Comments:

The automatic roof is very easy to use, but as with any convertible, luggage space is marginal.

Handling is tight and fun for a front driver, but the engine can't keep up. This car needs at least another 30kW. Acceleration is acceptable, but hardly scintillating. The trade off here is commendable fuel economy.

People constantly comment as to how nice the car looks (dark blue, with matching roof) and the kids love the roof-down experience.

Interior is comfortable, but the plastic rear window is now almost opaque (who cares, the roof is down whenever it isn't raining anyway...)

Faults:

All four coils have had to be replaced,

One decided to go faulty and in all fairness to Renault they replaced all four!

Luckily the car was still under warranty as this has since come to my attention that a designer fault is to blame.

Bad paint job which Renault tried to say was my fault even though I had only had the car 2 days.

General Comments:

Good performance for a 1.6, Very comfortable, Excellent at handling.

Faults:

We bought a Megane 2000 Coupe 3 years ago with the first 2000 motor. After a few months, it started cutting out for no reason and refused to start. Once it was in a Renault garage in Germany for 3 weeks before they were able to start it - they didn't know why it eventually started. Because Renault were unable to locate the problem they eventually changed the car. After less than a year, the new one starts missing very badly. Changing the whole injection system helped for one week...

After going to several dealers and the importer without them being able to solve this problem, we were reliably informed by a Renault source that there is a known design fault in this engine, and that it is now out of production.

The current owners sitting with this problem have no solution - Renault France respond by just saying - 'clean the injection system' which doesn't help...

Who else has experiences with this engine???

General Comments:

How can a Renault leave their customers with a design problem, which makes the car virtually unsellable and just basically say 'hard luck'. This is unbelievable...

This is a problem that even the worst manufacturer should accept responsibility for... but Renault - no way!!

Faults:

None as yet.

General Comments:

Absolutely fantastic. Equipment and comfort are excellent, with Air Conditioning, Electric Sunroof/Windows/Mirrors and CD Changer as standard.

Performance is excellent, very good acceleration even at high speeds and firm precise handling.

Excellent looking car matched by great performance.