This isn't Hot Rod magazine. They're very popular in snowy alpine regions, cheap, light, and they'll go anwhere. Don;t believe what the manufacturers claim". I thought France still levied a tax on diesel, albeit not as large as UK tax. When you press the gas pedal from a stopped position, the vehicle may accelerate normally initially. Whilst they were all great fun and the A5 could comfortably return 40mpg they each became impractical for me - kids being born, kids growing larger, hobbies meaning the need to carry more kit, changing jobs etc etc. I don't know the difference between how far a litre of 95/98 unleaded gets you vs how far a litre of diesel gets you; but I do know that diesel is generally 0,30ish per litre less expensive and back in the days when "Some nut blew up a pipe? As per the reviewer of this one the car is mahoosively underpowered for it's size - but then doesn't make up for it with economy. Renault spokeswoman Emily Fadeyev says: "At this time the diesel Captur isn't on the plan for Renault Australia.". But I did hire a Captur for 10 days and it compared reasonably well with my high in the range Audi. I drive a Volkswagen. at least you HAVE an option for a tight, efficient diesel motor. Don;t believe what the manufacturers claim. The keyless entry and start buttons work well. It took half an hour to find the bonnet (hood) release, passenger side? No, don't be silly. Strange, I thought Atomic were an Austrian company. They are a joke. Daniel Defense firearms, parts and accessories. Comfort was good and more space, not less! The latest and future car tech from around the world, We're here to help you with any car issues. Of course, for the keen driver this means being able to corner well, but it also means being able to maintain control in a tricky situation. Shortly after I got the Prius I was stuck in traffic on the M6, and in three quarters of an hour made barely a quarter mile of progress. These days I just drive and pray the car keeps going. Mal . The safest cars are usually the best to drive. is not liable for the accuracy of any information provided in the answers. Long time ago French diesel was noticeably cheaper than French petrol so lots of people bought diesels. The car seems perfectly fast enough and my wife enjoys driving it. Part of the same group that Suunto and Salomon belong to. Create a new account Or wait for the new wave of baby SUVs including the Mazda CX-3 and Renault Captur. I've driven a Prius for around 20 000 miles (before I needed something that could tow). SJG; Jan 20, 2020; 0. Be prepared for expensive spare parts and dealers that often appear to be inept at diagnosing problems. Some problems will only occur after many years of operation, others are related to technical solutions and forced the manufacturer to issue a recall. As a result, it may become detached from the vehicle, posing . Watching the little processing icon is as tiresome as it is dangerous. Although the latest Captur hasn't been on sale long enough for its long-term reliability to be properly After 6 years seems got faulty after the check from service center. You certainly notice a lack of rear leg room then, you want as much space as possible between your seat back and the back seat in those circumstances. I saw a Fiat Panda 4x4 - the original boxy one - just last week parked next to the Oetztal station in Austria. The Skoda Yeti did though and it is just as practical "Now try to go around a badly designed roundabout in the wrong gear in, say, a Micra, and then things do get thrilling". Easy to drive means "easy to drive". I speak as an unhappy Nissan/Renault owner who has enjoyed the flimsy products that this alliance has gifted to Nissan (who were once reliable, but never had a name for durability in the first place). Why wont Renault admit there is something majorly wrong with the R-Link system. I agree with the consensus, in as much that for the people that car is aimed at it'll probably be just fine. Ayrton Senna was devout Catholic, and when once asked how he got around corners so well answered: "Jesus is there pointing to the apex for me". Faults & Problems | Renault Captur Forums Home Forums Captur Technical Faults & Problems Filters 1 2 3 47 Next J R Link Fault/ replacement Gulp, a uni student able to afford a 2019 Captur 1.3. well, the red and black is certainly a good colour combination and the 1.3 engine gets some good reviews. However, what would help your case no end would be independent proof that the problems you experienced in warranty were the same ones that ultimately caused the entire transmission to fail. Even taller adults wont have a problem with knee or headroom, and the rear bench can be moved backwards for even more space. You want the right tyres for the conditions, and you want the best grip available because that is the safest configuration available. Does anyone know those comparative figures for hybrid vehicles? They are bringing specifically modified cars, with overinflated tires for example, different clutches etc to the test". The point is, if reviews don't give you a clue about performance, you don't realise how much trouble you are in until you are neck deep in a Lola Pootling around is exactly all you are going to do in this: it's a school run car, with trips to the hairdresser and Tesco and dogwalking thrown in. Our earlier comparisons are out of date with the arrival of new XV opponents including the Mazda CX-3, Honda HR-V and Renault Captur. The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. Put a tall person in the front and the seat behind is only good for dogs. It's because you asked in Englishe mon ami, some pre-processing translation job kicked in: voiceCommand = translateFromOtherInferiorLanguage(DefaultLocalLanguage); // delaying bit, DefaultLocalLanguage variable is set to "English" in the UK. Not at all. Compared with with 20 years ago most cars are good. Any straight line road is dull after a while anyway; when I worked in Germany and tore up and down the autobahns in my three and a half litre white car at over 110mph and I found that thrill went. The Captur drives as well as it needs to. As I recall, it was around a 2002/2003 and he found on one MOT that to change the headlight bulb required the removal of the entire front bumper! No problem! it has one of those proximity cards instead of a key. If I want an underpowered yet utilitarian city/econo car, I am lucky to find something that queefs out any useful torque at all (HP numbers be damned) and still barely see 35 real world MPG unless I spend 2X on some hybrid heavy battery backup system. If there was a problem with the car that was logged with Renault while the vehicle was still covered by the factory warranty, then conventional wisdom says its Renaults problem to put right. The rear seats could be stripped out in minutes to turn it into the van it really was - perfect for when the kids need a new bedroom suite from the local DIY store. An owner, with an orange one similar to the pictures, got it stuck less than 6 ft into the glenshee snow covered car park last week. Price is no guide with tyres. (esp from the mountains). The good people at VW obviously took some care to make sure that they tried to make their cars as RHD friendly as possible at the design stage. The engine horsepower is irrelevant. > Subsidy is money contributed by a government to make an item or commodity cheaper than it's cost? I suppose that depends on what you mean by 'enjoying the driving'. And it looks liable to roll over if you take a corner at anything approaching a normal driving speed. After all, its a Renault, therefore it is French! If you have a problem with your car, this is the first place you should look. Lucas (prince of darkness) has multiple french spawn. The or buy a two year old car cheaper is stupid because you could say buy a 2 year old Captur and that will be half the price of your 2 year old Gof! It would be the driver side of any European model.". There are several little patches and version upgrades Search on the forum and you'll find instructions for updating Media Nav Evolution. Francouzsk automobilka Renault svol zhruba 15 000 kus modelu Captur, kterm uprav motor tak, aby sploval emisn normy. around 50-55mpg at a steady 70. Pootling around is fine if that is all you are ever going to do, but joining fast-moving traffic (as another example) from a short slip road is no picnic. We bought cars with enough rear legroom that we didn't have to replace them as our kids grew up. We've listed all relevant models here. :o). A lot depends on whether you will buy it new and turn it over in 3 years (capped priced servicing) or not but some of these cars, and the French are bastards for it, have absolutely bizarrely laid out engine bays that are a total and utter c*nt to service. Great fun. Apart from that, what was so bad about the PS/1 except its eye-popping price (which was expected since you bought the IBM sticker actually, not the machine underneath). etc. Renault Captur Forums Since 2013 A forum community dedicated to Renault Captur SUV owners and enthusiasts. Clutch-packs and the dual-mass flywheel have all been found to be wanting in this transmission. I am aware that I can unsubscribe at any time. That won't suit everyone, of course. Actually, the Captur is a Nissan or Alliance B platform, shared with the Juke, Note, Micra, Clio and Dacia Duster, the Quasqai is a CMF, which shares with the X-Trail. on my Wifes Megane 1.5 replacing the headlight bulbs entails jacking up the car, removing the front wheel and then reaching through an access panel that can barely accommodate my hand. They do tend to spend more hours being fixed than rolling down the road. Not a quality made car, just cheaply made and a straining engine that will failed at 30,000, the breakers yards will be full of these in 3 years time. This is why the Toybaru is so liked. Perhaps I misunderstood them; they explained the skis were made just down in the valley, so I assumed they meant on the French side of the border; however we were very close. 2023 Carsguide Autotrader Media Solutions Pty Ltd. All rights reserved. DO NOT BUY ! I don't give a rat's a*se how a car drives and I'm proud of it. However, in the UK it made going around smallish roundabouts quite an adventure. I'd keep the Jazz. Seriously, would you trust a Reg hack with anything they could do serious damage in? If I can, then I am interested. Some problems will only occur after many years of operation, others are related to technical solutions and forced the manufacturer Also made in Europe, in Germany where they drive on the right hand side of the road too. Here, then, we're going to do our best to help you avoid such a fate, by counting down the 25 worst performers in our survey. Just another way to try to tie you to the manufacturer. I'm not defending Renault, it's only Clio and Megane that make some sense for me, but even in that class I'm more for a Peugeot or Citroen. Not true, I'm afraid. The Rapid Alert System enables quick exchange of information between 31 European countries and the European Commission about dangerous non-food products posing a risk to the health and safety of consumers. Or spend half as much on a 2-to-3 year old Focus / Civic / Golf etc. WebThe details of the recall actions that are related to RENAULT CAPTUR are shown bellow: Click on a RENAULT CAPTUR recall Action number to see the detail of the retail action and the affected VIN (Serial) numbers. Just have a quick word with your mechanic before looking at buying and gauge their reaction. If the problem is corrected in time, it may not affect the overall reliability of your Renault Captur. The so-called Gordini's since the Renault Sport take-over have been lukewarm hatches at best, as shown by the fact that Renault had to go to Bertone for the mid-engined Renault 5 Turbo. Is driving all that exciting/fun anymore? This is because my wife sits in the back. A freedom of information request was lodged to find out the cars that failed the MOT test the most and those that failed the least. My wife had one for years and it went up and down hills, over roads covered in mud, snow and slurry, through farmyards and the occasional flood, encouraging the occasional cow and sheep out of the way with total reliability. I think a mechanic friend told me about the Renault Fuego 30 years ago, non standard spark plugs and god knows what else. Remember me on this computer? I guess that Clarkson, et al could rid Blighty of the dreaded Captur invasion by forceful use of pianos. That doesn't make it a bad car - it makes it a bad car for you. That's the problem with underpowered cars. Nope. would buy this, then it will probably be a great sales success as 95% of the world is clueless about cars so they should love it. Diesel is subsidised (here in France). They are just not better than other cars so anything that makes them less affordable is surely crackers. The positive terminal of the battery can come into contact with the heat sink on the alternator. "The good people at VW obviously took some care to make sure that they tried to make their cars as RHD friendly as possible at the design stage. WebIt was a great car but the frustration was on the A/C compressor. I want power - it doesn't need to be a petrol guzzler to do so. In many other cases a speed above the limit would be safe, but there needs to be a defined limit and it wouldn't be sensible to change it on every bend. I also agree with the other comments - no, you don't _need_ a vehicle that fast or powerful but yeah they're great fun. Post anonymously? Then there's the engine management control unit, I hate them with a passion. Every now again taking of from a junction on the stop and go it To be absolutely fair though, generally their favourite cars were other nationalities e.g. Felt solid enough with doors having a solid thud when closing. The safety cell comprising of ultra strong high tensile steel does away with the rear airbags, removing a device which saps up interior space. I've had sports vehicles that could lock the wheels up using "performance summer" tyres, but that could not lock up the tyres running slicks on track, no matter had hard I stomped the pedal. The Register Biting the hand that feeds IT, Copyright. How did they miss them? Hell is where the cooks are British, the mechanics French, the police German, the lovers Swiss and the whole thing's run by the Italians. In case you want to park it with 2 wheels on the grass? Most of it behind cars poodling along in the middle lane when the lane to the left is either empty, or with a car ahead actually going faster than they are. A forum community dedicated to Renault Captur SUV owners and enthusiasts. How many drivers that this vehicle is aimed at (the ones who view it as purely a transport tool) would actually ask themselves that question prior to attempting an overtake manoeuvre? Latest 2021 Renault Captur Problems. I was given a Captur with the .9 litre turbo petrol engine just before Christmas. See my last post on this. I know a few that hate certain models despite the extra money they bring in by requiring more hours for the same job as the grief they cause just isn't worth it. Carsguide Are you sure is actually subsidised for private drivers, as in: Subsidy is money contributed by a government to make an item or commodity cheaper than it's cost? Check to see if all of the potential problems with your Renault Captur have been resolved in the past. Have people who comment on here actually driven one or owned a Captur? If your Capturs engine wont crank or cranks very slowly, then the most likely culprit is weak or dead 12v battery. Investigating more closely and doing a battery voltage test will clarify whether the starting problem is due to the battery. Das ist jetzt 2 Jahre her. Arguably it's only when they are adult size, when they can plant both feet on the floor while sat in the seat so that the feet go underneath the front seat that leg room becomes less of an issue. Be fun to watch. I'm big and tall and it's comfortable in the front. My 2017 Captur has been at the dealership MULTIPLE times due to radio not switching off.radio sound not coming on, phone hands free not working, satnav guidance not working, audio warnings for backup and parking sensors not working. A car with stop/start is stopping and starting the engine every time a few yards progress is made, causing a lot of wear. And anyway, if one wants a thrill out of drving then I suggest that one can get a thrill out of any vehicle given the circumstances or the road. Pedals which work well on LHD Pugeots end up being an utter bollox on RHD ones and let's not forget the issue of brake pedals being a linkage under the carpet to the left side of the cabin, resulting in a passenger who knows where to put his foot being able to stop the car. Of course it will never compare to the kinds of cars I had previously - the A5 and Porsches comfortablye did 0-62 in under 6 seconds, were electronically limited to 155mph and cornered like they were on rails, whereas the truck does 0-62*. It's not about good car/bad car. Not that I can afford it, or if I could afford it, that I would buy it, but it's a means of transport, like facebook being not the means of communications with your friends. I own an 1.0TSi Audi A3 (0-62, 9.6secs) so have no axe to grind. Good stuff IMO. Was it the car's fault or yours? Safety isn't just about whether you die or not if someone crashes into you. WebRenault Captur 2018 Radio Connect R & GO. Certainly, there are plenty of other Renault owners out there with similar stories to tell. Sadly my VW is now the same. I regularly drive between Cardiff and Southampton and back again. Review an S-CLASS or a flying Delorean and I'm with you. By the sounds of it, Renault does not (or didn't in the case of that car). Is it big enough? Here's what to look out for and buy smart, Get to know the personalities behind the team every week, The most interesting hints of what's to come. really?". So does this car (ridiculous name, by the way), to take you from A to B and be trendy, or the right colour, whatever. To be fair to Renault, and having owned one I'm not usually inclined to be so, most modern cars are absolute buggers to fix yourself. I know bugger all about cars, I see them as a tool nothing more or nothing less. While a hatch might be best for your city needs, it probably wouldn't suit your camping needs, so I would rule that out and focus on a compact SUV. One week ago my car was back at the dealership due to hands free not working and more radio issues. If you mean not going so quickly that you are potentially unable to stop then you're right. That's the people who have a "JESUS SAVES" sticker on the bumper. And most of the time, safety is about keeping a good distance and not speeding. But it could get two kids, baby cot, dog, suitcases and all the other stuff you need as a parent down to the seaside. By the sounds of it, Renault does not (or didn't in the case of that car).". A couple of guys at a place I used to work got Priuses on the company scheme when they came out. If all you are transporting is a few ledgers and a laptop, most 4x4s are complete overkill. Higher spec models get good brakes and the entry level models get crap brakes. "My hire car managed 28.8mpg on diesel . 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