Renault Megane 03 - Corroded wires

Hey all,

Not sure if this is suited to here or one of the sub-forums, but sure here goes..


Brother has an 03 Megane. For no apparent reason the windows wouldnt open for him yesterday (or the day before.. one of the two).

Brought it to Renault and they opened up the doors to figure out what was wrong, give a price, etc.

They reckon the wires/loom has corroded over time and it's fecked. Apparently Renault are aware of this and have therefore offered a 10 year warranty on it.

However, it's 2014 now, and his is an 03, so he's not in the 10 year period anymore. ( :rolleyes: )

Was wondering is there anything he can do here at all? Would Renault Ireland (assuming there's a HQ of sorts in the country) help out at all? Perhaps extend the warranty to cover him out of goodwill? Or offer a discount on getting the work done?

Not that Im expecting people to fall over doing free work, but "corroded wires" seems like a fairly serious flaw in a car and not something I'd expect to have happen over time naturally. (well, not within 11 years, anyway).


Or is it just 'bite the bullet'?

Cheers.

slimjimmc

Unfortunately I can't see anyone giving goodwill on this but go ahead and ask anyway, at worst they'll say no.

I had a similar problem, passenger door window stuck. I heard of the possibility that a wire could be corroded near the fuse box but decided to try a few DIY checks rather than bring it to a dealer. The following worked for me so it's worth a shot.
Take the black controller box off the window motor, spray a dose of WD40 (or similar water displacer) into it, slosh it around to coat the inside then tip out any excess. Leave it on a warm radiator to dry out over night then refit. If the window works again then the problem is moisture getting into the controller (a common problem) and not the wiring loom.

visual

Never heard of 10 year warranty on corroded wiring with renault.

They are renowned for electrical problems but thats with connections switches window regulators etc

was the car swimming during the floods ?

slimjimmc

visual wrote: »

Never heard of 10 year warranty on corroded wiring with renault.

They are renowned for electrical problems but thats with connections switches window regulators etc

was the car swimming during the floods ?

Never heard of it either. After a bit of digging I manage to find on a UK forum that they might be giving a 10 year warranty on window regulators. It's not a full warranty but apparently they will cover 75% of the cost.

That's UK, it may not apply here and it may not cover wiring looms.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2488335

I did have a corroded wire under the main fuse box once about 6 years ago. It was caused by a missing port cover in the wheelarch allowing road spray to get up under the fuse box. Main dealer found and fixed it in less than an hour and replaced the missing cover but it was not done under any warranty.

Hi guys,

I'll suggest the DIY fix to him and see what he wants to do.

It was Renault themselves that were saying that they have a 10 year warranty on it as they know it's a problem, but unfortunately he's outside of this period (which just seems a tad rough to me - I'd have always thought that warranty period would be made with a grace period in mind, so although they say 10 years, they'd actually cover cars for 11-12 years or so, so people would have a good experience of them, of if they were only doing it for 10 years, to say it's an 8 year warranty or something).

Wouldn't feel so bad if his car was a 00 or such, but an 03, (11 years, and it's only April of 2014 at the moment) just seems a bit of a kick.

But sure such is life. I'll direct him to this thread and see what he decides to do.

gallag

No chance of warranty on an 11yo car! This is exactly the sort of think I would expect from an 11yo car.

gooner99

Sorry cant help, but....

A friend just had to have the corroded loom replaced on a one month old ford!

naughtysmurf

With that era of Megane, water does actually get into the wiring loom so a new loom may well be needed

gallag

gallag wrote: »

No chance of warranty on an 11yo car!

But they'll cover a 10 year old without batting an eyelid.

naughtysmurf wrote: »

With that era of Megane, water does actually get into the wiring loom so a new loom may well be needed

Surely this is a bit of a design flaw, though, no?

naughtysmurf

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Surely this is a bit of a design flaw, though, no?

Yep & a well known one that Renault Ire were shamed into providing some kind of a fix for, in fairness 10yrs is reasonable

bazz26

Deleted User wrote: »

But they'll cover a 10 year old without batting an eyelid.




Surely this is a bit of a design flaw, though, no?

You could try but in fairness a line surely has to be drawn somewhere, 10 years is probably as good as you get on anything like this from a manufacturer. Otherwise where do you stop, 15 years? Then someone with a 16 year old car will feel hard done by.

Ah, I do see where they're coming from with the 10 years, but I always assumed a 'goodwill' timeframe would have been added on for the majority of people who are just outside of the warranty period (even if only marginal).

But sure look, onwards and upwards. I'm sure it'll be sorted.


Thanks for your help folks. Much appreciated.