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Renault Laguna 2 - 1.8 16v Throttle Problem*FIXED*

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#1 ·
I have Renault laguna 1.8 16v 2002. It has an on going problem whereby after travelling about 8 to 10 miles if I stop and start the journey again, the car starts ok but after few minutes the electrical fault light comes on and the engine starts to rev betwwen 2000 and 4000 revs. and the accelator has no control over the engine speed. The car has been in the garage and they have replaced throttle body, spark plugs and the injector E.C.U. After the ecu was replaced car was ok for couple of months and now the problem have again surfaced and is getting worse. Initially problem was occuring one a month or so but now it is occuring regularly whenever and I make start stop journeys. The distance of the journey I thionk is not important but whenever the car is stopped and restarted within half an or so the problem occurs . If the car is left standing for few hours and then started it will take longer for the problem to reoccur.
I shall be greately obliged if anyone can suggest a solution.
Many thanks in advance.

Kuildip Obhi
 
#129 ·
hello i am a new member on this forum! i am an indepented renault garage and i have a laguna ii 20 16v and i have a problem related to this one above!
i replaced throttle body, accelerator pedal and engine ecu!
ihad to replace engine wiring harness but i took it out of car and fixed it( broken wires common problems for this model). anyway the car starts fine but the revs stay up and i get this fault code only!
DF097 AUTO TRANS MULTIPLEXED EMISSIONS MISSING
any help would be much appreciate!!
 
#127 ·
[Quote = Kuldip S Obhi; 185365] Jeg har Renault Laguna 1.8 16v 2002 Den har en pågående problem der etter å ha reist omtrent 8 til 10 miles hvis jeg stoppe og starte reisen på nytt, starter bilen ok, men etter noen minutter det elektriske feil lampen lyser og motoren begynner å ruse betwwen 2000 og 4000 omdreininger. og accelator har ingen kontroll over motorturtallet. Bilen har vært i garasjen og de har erstattet spjeldhus, tennplugger og injektoren ECU Etter ecu ble erstattet bilen var ok for par måneder, og nå er problemet har igjen dukket opp og blir verre. Utgangspunktet problemet var skjer en en måned eller så, men nå er det forekommende regelmessig når og jeg gjør Start Stop reiser. Avstanden av reisen jeg thionk er ikke viktig, men når bilen er stoppet og startet innen en halv eller så oppstår problemet. Hvis bilen står ubrukt i noen timer, og så begynte det vil ta lenger tid før problemet oppstår på nytt.
Jeg skal greately plikt hvis noen kan foreslå en løsning.
Mange takk på forhånd.

Kuildip Obhi[/QUOTE]
 
#125 ·
Hi there I have recently joined the group and I have just bought 2004 Laguna 1.8 16v and it is stalling when I have my lights in and when I am signalling left or right. Not sure what this could be it also has a funny rattle when it's just turning over but the noise disappears once I have started to drive can any one help.

Cheers
 
#124 ·
Ok... I can't read all these 25 pages, I got a headache!
So can I ask for someone to RESPONSIBLY answer to this thread?
I have the same problem with my Laguna, between 2800-3000 revs, and I have to dissconect the battery polls to take affect... So what I have to do to fix it???
Thank you :)
 
#123 ·
Hi, guys

the same problem for me, since 2 years by now. Renault Velsatis 2.0 T, GPL system.
Last time 2 weeks ago, on rainy weather.
I was determined to open up everything including ECU wiring and everything for a check, but I started with a easier try before: cleaning the batery connections. They were fully covered with a white thing...
Disconected the baterry and acceleration wheel block, lay down for 15 minutes during cleaning the batery connections,put all toghether,started engine,wait until warmed up, and made a drive throuh city...
Since then, no problem regarding this!
Maybe this post will help somebody...
I also asked my mechanic about this and he told me that it's very important to have a clean connection to the baterry terminals, otherwise this would affect the ECU function...


All the best to you!
 
#119 ·
Hi Guys,

New to the forum and indeed Renault ownership!
Bought a 2002 1.8 Estate last week, after being made redundant needed a workhorse to replace the company van and this fitted the bill.

However,after a couple of days the car went into limp mode from startup, and only returned to normal after restarting it a dozen times, rest of the day it was fine.Got the error code cleared and it was "intermittant fault- throttle sensor".The mechanic informed me that its had a new one fitted.Unfortunately, everyday since its happened again after so many times of stop/starting it.

I read this thread and got excited about the possibility of a cheap and easy fix.So today my mechanic friend removed the ecu,got rid of the spots of blue gel and cleaned thoroughly with electrical cleaner as per the instructions,unfortunately i stopped at the shop on the way home and guess what? Back into lim when i restarted it.

This is obviously why the previous owner sold it(after spending a fortune on it i might add),problem is im not in a position right now to do the same,so unless someone could suggest another possible cure its gonna have to go straight back on the market,which is a shame cos apart from this the car is pretty much faultless. TIA
 
#116 ·
From earlier in the thread, I picked up on this:

@trevstamf: "Now I'm told by a reliable source that when they are first put together at factory they spray a anti corrosive gel onto the plugs and contacts to prevent corrosion or water ingress, after a few years this gel sets rock hard and then loses it properties and hey presto u get corrosion and duff contacts on the plugs n pins at the ECU under the battery tray "

I was hunting the exactly the same issue on a DCI Lag II.

It does not make sense that the two systems should show exactly the same behaviour when they are so different unless the same issue was causing it, where the two share a common architecture.

I took out my ECU recently and found the same gel stuff that looks like some kind of silicon sealant stuck to several of the pins on the connector of the ECU.

A lot of contact cleaner and a brush later, I had cleaned it all off.

I put it all back together and after a couple of spins, there has been no light.

Now, I had thought I sorted this out before only for the damn light to return, but I had never checked the ECU pins before.

Might be worth a check for anyone else experiencing the issue.

A
 
#114 ·
disconnect the battery, remove gas pedal from the floor, 3 nuts 10 mm hex, open it, clean 4 resistor paths with alcohol,sand resistor paths with sandpaper 320 or more gently,clean paths again, also clean 4 resitor hairs, reasemble the gas pedal, put it in laguna, go for a spin.

report back
 
#113 ·
i had my ecu replaced 2 weeks ago and all was well, untill today, fuel inj warning came just as i left work ... had to get recovered home !!

car going back to the garage tomorrow, the recovery guy seems to think i have a faulty fuel pump as its very noisy ... no idea how much that will cost me !!!!
 
#111 ·
Hi All, i`m now having this problem, car went to the garage today to have my throttle body cleaned. found it has recently had a new one fitted. so its a old problem ive got.

the garage did some adjustments to the throttle and reset the errors...

if it returns again the garage can fit me a 2nd hand ecu with new working cards etc for £180 but reading these posts i shall ask them to check the ecu connections !!
 
#110 ·
Well, final I can say that this silicon gel was the main cause of all problems. As soon as I have cleaned the connector with silicon solvent, dry it with air compresor and grease it contact spray, all problems gone away....

Also my electrican said as you.... this can not be a problem... but it was!!!!
 
#108 ·
Hi,

As mentioned before I still have problems with my F4R 2.0t vel satis, complete fuel injection faults...
all important modules were replaced: ECU, body throttle, acc. pedal, ecu-throttle wiring, wiring with pedal,... but still no luck
also new FW on ECU

The problem remains; fuel injection fault, ...and all related faults: body throttle, acc pedal, ESP, handbrake,..it happens very often (in two days after leaving the R garage)

Well, yesterday it happened again. I have opened the location of ECU; and found that ECU connectors have like silicon gel inside the pin hole, that connects to ECU pins.
I haven't done anything else, but just as I could clean away these silicon.
After that I started car with no problem... Could this silicon gel be the problem of insuficient electrical connection of modules to ECU.

Did anyone heard about like silicon gel issues?

In one post for Clio, there was also mentioned that wires of ECU were worn by the metal housing, causing the short circuit to ground.
 
#106 ·
The 3 input voltage's to ecu are ag2-bd4-ad1 the 3 ecu earths are chi-ag4-ah4 Which i do not believe will help with your problem. The bm4 is a 12v out put voltage to the throttle position motor which is ecu controlled If you can't find the 12v's at ecu output terminal then you have a ecu internal fault
 
#105 ·
Have you resolved your problem yet? I cannot get any answers of where the ECU gets its feed to the throttle body motor from? I know the output from connector B pin M4 is the positive but I need the Input to the ECU not the output pin. If someone knows please reply its doing my feeble head in.

regards
turbineguy
 
#104 ·
Hi,
I have quite the same probems...I am owner of VS 2.0t with LPG installation, 2002 year with F4R, same as laguna II.
Two months ago, while driving, the car prompted Fuel Injection fault(body throttle regulation is switch off and motor is at cca 3500 RPM).
At the R service, the body throttle was replaced (new), as they said that the potentiometers of both measuring tracks were dead. After replacement the problem occurred again and again… INJ fault, ESP & ABS fault, handbrake… this is all connected with ECU fault behavior, as I was told.
They checked all the wiring of ECU, body throttle, gas pedal, …. all the connections to the injection ECU, replaced all ECU relays, connection between ECU and body throttle…
Finally they concluded that ECU is faulty and I bought used one. But the problem stayed…so ECU seems it is OK…unless both ECU had the same fault
ECU was also upgraded with last FW (some posts suggests upgrade for laguna).
They have no clue how to help me,…. I forgot to mention, that car was moved also to second R dealer/service…but also no luck…
Now they are waiting me to allow ordering new ECU which is 1350€… but I am worried that it is not ECU faulty, as the problem is the same from beginning

It is interesting, that after throttle replacement problem/fault occurs when the car is started (during initialization), and not during the drive (during the drive happened just at the beginning, two months ago), or maybe this only by chance.
What else to do...
 
#103 ·
Hi, I too have the problem but I have narrowed mine down to either a positive feed problem to the ECU or the ecu itself. Do you know where the positive for the throttle body motor comes from ? I know where it leaves the ECU at the centre plug but where does the positive go in to the ECU?
Thanks in advance

(there is only one turbineguy)
 
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