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Renault Fluence issues/problems?

  • 26-10-2020 07:29PM
    #1
    kala85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,914 ✭✭✭


    How are people getting on with the fluence.
    Any more problems with them


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  • #2
    vandriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,480 ✭✭✭vandriver


    kala85 wrote: »
    How are people getting on with the fluence.
    Any more problems with them
    My Fluence taxi has 378 k up.The engine is still sweet.No smoke at all.


  • #3
    kala85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,914 ✭✭✭kala85


    vandriver wrote: »
    My Fluence taxi has 378 k up.The engine is still sweet.No smoke at all.

    Did you have to replace anything else or did anything else go on it?

    How often do you get it serviced.


  • #4
    vandriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,480 ✭✭✭vandriver


    kala85 wrote: »
    Did you have to replace anything else or did anything else go on it?

    How often do you get it serviced.
    Serviced every 15k km.

    What I have had replaced would not be representative of ordinary car use,because taxi-ing is hard on every component.
    But...clutch alternator starter motor and a recon gearbox.


  • #5
    kala85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,914 ✭✭✭kala85


    vandriver wrote: »
    Serviced every 15k km.

    What I have had replaced would not be representative of ordinary car use,because taxi-ing is hard on every component.
    But...clutch alternator starter motor and a recon gearbox.

    Thanks for your help.

    How much did these parts cost. Are they expensive.

    How much would a 15k service cost normally. Feel free to pm me.


  • #6
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Moved out from old thread.


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  • #7
    byronbay2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,772 ✭✭✭byronbay2


    kala85 wrote: »
    How are people getting on with the fluence.
    Any more problems with them

    I bought a Fluence new in Feb 2011, just passed 200K km on Saturday. Got a brilliant scrappage deal at the time, think I paid €15.5K. Have found it a great car, still running perfect now. Only problem I have had, outside normal wear and tear, was the motor for the front passenger side window went wallop about a year ago, cost €200 to replace. I put that down to the children continually slamming that door over the course of 9 years!

    Only other issue for me is that the engine is a bit loud by modern standards. When I drive newer cars, I notice how much quieter they are inside than the Fluence.

    I used to do a lot of motorway driving (Cork-Dublin) and the car is incredibly frugal for these journeys. It is a bit more thirsty around the city but still decent.


  • #8
    naughtysmurf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭naughtysmurf


    We've nearly 300,000km on ours, only thing we had to replace was the heater blower, has all the original suspension parts, had to pick up a mirror / window switch for a few euro on ebay, other than that just regular service once a year.


  • #9
    kala85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,914 ✭✭✭kala85


    biko wrote: »
    Moved out from old thread.

    Why did you move it from the old thread. Its the same topic. It would be handy to keep all the information together.


  • #10
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    The old thread was from 2012 or so.
    Don't worry, there is room for another thread for your questions.


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