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I can only speak of my experience with an X Reg Scenic 1.6 Auto - the previous model. The electric window winder failed, due to a poorly designed component costing about 5p to make, but requiring a complete mechanism to get the window working again. They are notorious for failing. The coils for the plugs on this model (X Reg) are very vulnerable to water damage due to poor location immediately below a vent in the bonnet. The failed coils resulted in an MOT failure on exhaust emissions but the Renault garage could not find out why, despite doing a £70 diagnostic. A reliable independent garage sorted it within minutes, using old-fashioned mechanics' expertise.
The worst thing about the vehicle was the auto box which packed up at about 37,000 miles. Impossible to fix, as the insides were knackered and costly even to replace because of the design of the gearbox and engine. £2,200 for a new box and fitting and that was less than the main dealer quoted.
The ex-Renault works engineer who ran the indy garage was excellent and told me a lot about Renaults! They're fine for a while and then you must expect problems - either minor but irritating or major and expensive. The car was very pleasant to drive and if it were not for the costly component failures I would probably still be driving it but I traded it in for a Toyota.
This is only my experience of an earlier model and others who have the newer model may have different views and/or the design faults may have been corrected. Renault UK were absolutely no help at all, denying that there were any known faults with the auto gearboxes. All I can say is that this was not the view of the mechanic who fixed mine, who had also fixed numerous others with the same symptoms.
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