149: lucasro_2300: 46.110: 5th October 2022 - 13:41 Last post by: Lucian Octavian : Info suport telefon. It has a top 5* EuroNCAP safety rating. Strange, I thought Atomic were an Austrian company. Daniel Defense firearms, parts and accessories. I'd suggest you wait, just a little, and investigate the new breed of compact SUVs. It just depends what people want and everyone is different. 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. They grouped them by age for fairness. I've had a series of big Citroens, and the single abiding feature was the ability to drive in comfort all day long and arrive without fatigue after any journey, however long. for all it's ruggedness, boy is it awful in snow. It was lucky we thought of that. So here we are again..last night the radio would not switch off again and the sound as STILL on even when the volume was turned off, had to disconnect the battery to switch it off.again! In over 20 years of driving I've never claimed from my insurance and never had a speeding ticket. Bad news for you, sadly. Comfort was good and more space, not less! Unfortunately the Captur warranty was only 5 years. Bluetooth hookups work perfectly, the sat navs alright, the touch screen media panel is fine. > If you knew you were driving a torqueless car why did you try to overtake. OK, they game the system to get an astoundingly impossible result, but that's the fault of the test not the manufacturers. The point is that there are cars in this class which can do what this car is intended to do (be a people carrier) but can do it better. RENAULT CAPTUR II (2019) DETACHMENT OF THE GLASS SUNROOF, RENAULT CAPTUR (2019) AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT, RENAULT CAPTUR (2018) THE SEATBELT BUCKLE FIXING BOLT, Fire risk with French vans; detached roof on older Mercedes (week 8/23), BMW 7 Series and I7: Airbag control unit failure, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). You'll get an email notification as soon as your report is checked. The low opening at the rear looks ideal for dogs, perhaps I will not need that for too much longer for my arthritic elderly Lab, but still good for my daughter's two hounds. How did they miss them? This depends on how you define speeding. It's got bags of style (a personal thing I know). A certain make of Chinese made tyres beat many mainstream tyres like Michelin in a range of tests at half the price ! I've been impressed with my 02 plate Civic 1.6s petrol, 220k miles, still going strong. If you got out of shape it usually wasn't fatally so. A Diesel or petrol car without is using fuel all the time to do nothing. One week ago my car was back at the dealership due to hands free not working and more radio issues. All drivers should be carefully appraising all those facts (available space, vehicle performance, visibility and other road conditions) prior to any manoeuvre. If one can't get a thrill out of driving that then perhaps you're driving it right and that will never do. really? Looking for tips on how to carry or travel with your family? And any Iso fix seat is very similar. > I once asked a group of French ski instructors why they all used "Atomic" skis. Captur. >As for handling, the worst situation is that I'm going to need to swerve. Das ist jetzt 2 Jahre her. However, in the UK it made going around smallish roundabouts quite an adventure. RENAULT CAPTUR II (21/08/2019 02/09/2019) RECALL: Problem description: Possible detachment of the fixed glass sunroof while driving. I came to the conclusion many years ago that the French simply hate driving. WebCommon problems with the Renault Captur. Family focused reviews and advice for everything family car related. Even that would easily achieve 34mpg on the same journey. If Apple were *allowed* to claim its iPhone 6 can hold 40Tb of data (5TB?) Given all that and the comments he made I'm not at all surprised that the reviewer hated it. So this car isn't for you. Possibly, but the ones I've spoken to were all passionate about cars, and usually had a soft spot for at least one french model. Right now you can choose from the Subaru XV and Renault Captur, which I give The Tick, but soon enough there will also be a Mazda CX-3 that looks like the pick of the litter. The reality is that "efficiency" is a nebulous thing anyway - an internal combustion engine is at maximum efficiency at full load and under normal day-to-day conditions it's more like 2% than the 35% theoretical maximum for an otto engine. Problem Solving. We should petition the AA / RAC to hassle NCAP into downgrading the safety rating of any car where the light bulbs can't be changed at the side of the road using tools supplied with the car. Some people are just that way inclined. "I once asked a group of French ski instructors why they all used "Atomic" skis, when the brand had a piss-poor reputation of snapping in half after a weeks gentle use.". 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. Independent Renault Forums Since 2005 RenaultForums.co.uk is the best place to discuss the French automakers cars including the Megane, Clio, Modus, Captur Always fancied one myselfmaybe time to make an electric one with a few batteries and a motor from somewhere. Is it safe? Reliability, well we haven't had any problems yet except a flat. No problem! The Commission nor the car-recalls.eu does not take any responsibility for the accuracy of the information provided. I'm currently ratting around in a Puma, which is hilarious on the backroads and capable on DC/motorway stuff, if a bit noisy. Put a tall person in the front and the seat behind is only good for dogs. Renault Captur Forums Since 2013 A forum community dedicated to Renault Captur SUV owners and enthusiasts. etc. But then, such quirkiness has always been part of the charm of French cars, no? It should not. If you can lock the wheels up, the brakes are good enough. Our automotive experts are here to help, If you're wondering, we've probably got the answer. However, Atomic is actually a good ski brand. I have no idea how they even got the engine in it, probably from underneath. Anyone who isn't already going a noticeable amount faster than the vehicle ahead shouldn't be in the lane to the right failing to pass it. You can still get Panda 4x4s. It took half an hour to find the bonnet (hood) release, passenger side? 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. Great fun. it has one of those proximity cards instead of a key. Not at all. "waah!" "Cars may get more efficient, bit actually they are getting more powerful.". 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. Some people seem to be motoring masochists. Perhaps having the transmission inspected by a specialist would give you this information. (hell, we never got the Fiat 500 with the Twin Air in California either :( ). I don't give a rat's a*se how a car drives and I'm proud of it. Petrol costs (excluding OPEC's current strangle hold on the US oil), speed bumps, restricted limits, speed vans, mums in 4x4's blocking the roads at school time, lorries everywhere, morons driving and texting etc. Captur drinking lots of fuel and high mpg. The solution was to encroach on the right hand side wheel arch. Is it reliable? I also agree with people that say an under powered car is as dangerous as an overpowered one. Dann vor 14 durch Zufall an der identischen Stelle ber der chromleiste wieder ganz kleine Blschen. I would guess he wrote the review because he thought people would be interested, and with over a hundred comments so far I'd say he was right. Most cars these days do not communicate. I drove a 205 once, and you'd measure its 0-60 with a calendar. Dear dear. We don't have a monopoly on mental petrol-heads in the UK, there's a lot of them elsewhere as well :). And the manufacturers of obscenely overpowered cars? 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. Are you affected? Over 8,000 questions answered by CarsGuide. 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. You could very clearly tell it was french though as there wasn't, strictly speaking, enough room for both the engine and the 6 speed 'box. Random Picture Google search Last addition; cutare personalizat Unsurprisingly, you don't like it much. The fact that many don't is mainly a slur on their own skills :(. 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. TBF renault have previous in making "interesting" looking cars. Some good handling cars do not actually grip that well but you can find the limit and know how far you can take it. Some problems will only occur after many years of operation, others are related to technical solutions and forced the manufacturer Tahoe blue and ivory 1.5DCI EDC. This from the country that insists you carry a spare bulb kit so you can change them by the side of the road. Horses for courses indeed. Come join the discussion about performance, purchasing, Why ? A Diesel under the same conditions will use much less fuel by volume, because Diesel versus Otto cycle and Derv is much denser than gasoline. Also, we hold onto our cars for a long time - one car is 17 years old, another is 11 years old. ", unleaded was very sensitive to price rises(*) while diesel seemed to lag a bit. The manufacturers don't claim the MPG figures, they're the real result of standard EU tests. The content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the. Not really much space for luggage either: my tools fit in the boot of an Insignia, but took up the whole car behind the front seats. We downloaded the MediaNav toolkit to a Windows PC and following those instructions, aimed to put a formatted ( FAT32) and empty USB stick in the Media Unit to see if having the toolkit review the current config, would trigger some form of update. 807. Not a member of The Register? Feb 24, 2022 (Edited) Hello everyone, I am pushed to the wall with my Renault Captur 2014 1.5dCi. Get over it. The seatbeat mounting positions are comfortable and don't dig into your shoulder. 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. Come join the discussion about performance, purchasing, "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. my Wifes Megane 1.5 replacing the headlight bulbs entails jacking up the car. Seen those. When I see a bumper sticker that says: "God is my co-pilot", I generally suggest to the driver that they allow Jesus to drive. In any case, it would also be wise to sample the Japanese and South Korean contenders at this end of the market, too, as there are some interesting offerings there as well. But nobody is going to query whether you *really* need a car engine with more power than that on a 52-seat passenger bus. If wife is sitting in the back then the front passenger seat can be slid forward for more legroom on that side. However, the fault can often remain unresolved because the previous owner didnt know about the recall or ignored the manufacturers letter. I doubt that it would have braked that hard thiough. The XV is now trailing those three, at least. 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. You mention one important factor which is directly attributable to how a car drives: is it safe? Tahoe blue and ivory 1.5DCI EDC. These days I just drive and pray the car keeps going. Ordered on 27-Feb-2014, delivered on 16-July-2014 (20 week wait). Come join the discussion about performance, purchasing, Neither brakes nor lights were adequate, and it rolled like a tea clipper on the easiest of roundabouts or bends. 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. Others by the same manufacturer vary from big upright sports car, to slow and ponderous and not sure what lane it wants to be in, via 2CV levels of roll. 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. But the number of people who need to buy cars is much greater than the number of people who care about the process of driving them. 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". 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. @HarryB Damn it, you got there before me. So disappointed ? First time I went to replace a bulb I lifted the bonnet to see an embossed sign saying something along the lines of "Go to a garage to change the bulbs". And no, you don't really *need* that engine, but fuck it, it's fun to have it. I agree the french market is chock-full of people that "buy french", and therefore, we indeed build crap to maximize income. Read our Articles. WebThe Capturs enlarged dimensions really pay dividends for passengers in the rear. When you press the gas pedal from a stopped position, the vehicle may accelerate normally initially. When you start the car after a few seconds on the dash shows up a message - Battery Charging Fault - with battery indicator ON (RED). When baby starts screaming my wife can comfort her, give her a bottle etc. Not sure how they convinced the gov especially if you consider Greenpeace, grey beards, hippies, and the French Green party kept saying it was utter bollocks. Apple analogy: Apple claim its iPhone 6 can hold 40Tb of data - well, because the prototype with new generation flash ship showed that in its tests. I'm inclined to think he reviewed this car because Renault were willing to let him. VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter Street, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, Canada. The Renault Captur (Dynamique MediaNav dCi 90, to give it its full name) is the kind of car people who buy them describe as easy to drive. Watching the little processing icon is as tiresome as it is dangerous. Jan 20, 2020. by SJG. For me though, the biggest crime is that this journo was driving this car while blind . that can be the only explanation for describing this assault on the eyes as good looking. My next door neighbour, who works for Nissan/Renault UK, got one partly due to their large dog. Under the terms of Annex II.10 to the General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC) responsibility for the information provided lies with the notifying party. The economy was the worst of any modern car I've ever driven. The problem at the moment is that the hybrid package still costs too much up front to be usable down in the economy-car segment, which is where it's needed most. So now I have a truck. "Can you reach 70 mph up a steep slip road to be able to filter into a busy motorway? I bought a new car when she came along and rear leg room is very important. "I feel inclined to point out that, since you drive on the other side of the road, having the bonnet release there is perfectly logical. SJG; Jan 20, 2020; 0. It is also cheaper to run/maintain than the Nissan Quashqai and Nissan Juke, all three of which have the same chassis. etc. Come join the discussion about performance, purchasing, I thought France still levied a tax on diesel, albeit not as large as UK tax. Where the Clio city car on which the Captur is based is supple and controlled, the high-rider feels wooden and clumsy by comparison. Are you confident that you can stop safely if someone or something jumps out in front of you? 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