Hi
Please help me.
I purchased my 05 Reg Renault Espace in 2008 from a renault dealer and have had nothing but catastophic problems with it ever since.
The car had a years warranty which went out in September 09.
From December 09 (car aged 4 years) the car has had problem after problem. 2 weeks before christmas, the altenator blew, coincidently or not, the dealer where we purchased the car just happened to have an altenator for my model sitting on the shelf.
After that, we have had continuous warning lights, ranging from handbrake fault to check esp etc. All of these things have been checked and found to be in perfect working order, however, the warnings continued.
At mot last year, i was informed that the handbrake would require replacement before mot this year.
The car is now sitting in the garage with total engine failure.
I had a top up oil level displayed on Friday afternoon, two weeks ago. The car remained stationary over the weekend until Monday morning when i took my son to school. Upon stopping at the petrol station to buy oil, i opened the bonnet to put the oil in and found that there was oil pouring out all over the engine.
I put 2 litre's into it, to get it home (less than half a mile) half way up the road, the display was then reading that there was an oil pressure fault. I parked it at the house, contacted the local garage, who then picked it up. In the space of approximately 2 hours, the entire 2 litre's of oil that i put in it and whatever was already left in it had leaked all over the road outside.
The mechanic suggests that the engine seized because of lack of oil and is preparing a full report as to what has caused this oil leakage.
After consulting Renault about this situation, i was told that they will not help towards the cost of a replacement engine because the car is out of it's warranty. Then had the utter cheek to tell me that i should take it to a renault dealer and pay £55 per hour for them to investigate and prepare a report in order to try and prevent it happening to anyone else.
I am at my wits end, i have 2 children to support and am relying on the kindness of others to help get my children to school and back. I absolutely cannot afford to pay for a new engine in a car that age which should not have faults like this in the first place. I have read again and again about engine failure's in these cars.
I am awaiting word back from watchdog also.
Has anyone else had a same or similar fault that they can give me some advice about.
Would be greatly appreciated.
Please help me.
I purchased my 05 Reg Renault Espace in 2008 from a renault dealer and have had nothing but catastophic problems with it ever since.
The car had a years warranty which went out in September 09.
From December 09 (car aged 4 years) the car has had problem after problem. 2 weeks before christmas, the altenator blew, coincidently or not, the dealer where we purchased the car just happened to have an altenator for my model sitting on the shelf.
After that, we have had continuous warning lights, ranging from handbrake fault to check esp etc. All of these things have been checked and found to be in perfect working order, however, the warnings continued.
At mot last year, i was informed that the handbrake would require replacement before mot this year.
The car is now sitting in the garage with total engine failure.
I had a top up oil level displayed on Friday afternoon, two weeks ago. The car remained stationary over the weekend until Monday morning when i took my son to school. Upon stopping at the petrol station to buy oil, i opened the bonnet to put the oil in and found that there was oil pouring out all over the engine.
I put 2 litre's into it, to get it home (less than half a mile) half way up the road, the display was then reading that there was an oil pressure fault. I parked it at the house, contacted the local garage, who then picked it up. In the space of approximately 2 hours, the entire 2 litre's of oil that i put in it and whatever was already left in it had leaked all over the road outside.
The mechanic suggests that the engine seized because of lack of oil and is preparing a full report as to what has caused this oil leakage.
After consulting Renault about this situation, i was told that they will not help towards the cost of a replacement engine because the car is out of it's warranty. Then had the utter cheek to tell me that i should take it to a renault dealer and pay £55 per hour for them to investigate and prepare a report in order to try and prevent it happening to anyone else.
I am at my wits end, i have 2 children to support and am relying on the kindness of others to help get my children to school and back. I absolutely cannot afford to pay for a new engine in a car that age which should not have faults like this in the first place. I have read again and again about engine failure's in these cars.
I am awaiting word back from watchdog also.
Has anyone else had a same or similar fault that they can give me some advice about.
Would be greatly appreciated.
