Ive got a 1.9 laguna diesel.

3rd. 4th. 5th. 6th gear... under acceleration.. the whole car vibrates.

1st and 2nd are fine.

Once at speed no vibration at all.

In cruise control its fine.

any suggestions?

 

Uhm normal for a French car?

 

Totally unusual for a french car, if it were german it would have broken down though (amazing the amount of german cars i see broken down on the motorways, virtually no french cars )

OP, id ask here >>>> www.renaultforums.co.uk

Tony

 

Has the dual mass fly wheel failed?

Had this in a volvo diesel, was horrendous to drive

 

Probably because French cars wouldn't even make it to the motorway
They are truly awful things
I've had many French cars from a Matra to my current kangoo and the quality and reliability is that bad it makes me laugh ( seriously )

 

I've owned 12 french cars, only one let me down but that was because of a bodged hg job, otherwise they all ran very well
If you want reliability issues then german is the way to go, they are terrible, even worse than fiat (and french cars happily make the motorways thanks )

Funnily enough talking about french reliability and me adding that german are worse, my mate had his works kangoo and an audi (no more than a couple of years old, 10 plate i think he said), pulls up next to him (it was a 2ltr tdi) and tries to burn him off at the lights (one of those where the lane goes from 2 down to 1), well.... lets say the french car carried on and the german one had its pistons all over the road when it let go and my mate wasnt going fast (well you cant really in a kangoo )

French cars are normally mechanically good, its the electrics that use to suffer on them.

 

I've had a car history of German cars , and to be totally honest no big issues at all , but you are correct I think it's the little things with French cars that are the issue , not so much major failures
Tbh I think kangoos are quite nippy and the fuel economy is unbelievable , the only real issue I have is not having rear windows so it's not that easy to see what the latest part to drop off is

 

Tone, you normally hear whats dropped off when it hits the german car driver who is tail gating you

 

You can argue this one any way Tony, cars are built to an ever restrictive budget these days.

German cars might suck on reliability especially compared to the old days, but the figures would suggest French ones suck harder. And are rattly too. I've got another friend moaning about a gearbox on a nearly new Renault on Facebook at the moment.

Get a good one though and you'll have a good car and a bargain too they are still built with a little flair, I will not dispute that.

 

My other half wants a ds 3 and must admit I do like the style but I can't help thinking in the very near future the random dash lights will start flashing , telling many tales of woe

 

So weve established German and French cars are equally sh1te.....

Any more advice on my laguna?

 

Its not just french cars, most manufacturers go down the same line, dmf's for instance, total nightmare for a lot of diesel owners no matter what marque, and rattly, new cars are not that bad, my little c3 diesel is great, no issues with her in the first 20k miles and she has covered most of the country from north to south (and a little further ) and im still trying to find the rattles, none yet

The biggest issues are the dealers and their mechanics, sorry, technicians..... if you love german cars then you will know that replacing parts on say a vw means you have to re code that part to the car.... why?!! and the mechan....(sorry), technicians are glorified oil changers because that is all they can do.

Tbh, french cars are pretty good these days, german ones have never been as good as they have been made out to be, they live off their previous reputation for being good and the french have their reputation for being bad (just dont mention fiat ), but really they are all the same.

 

Did you follow the link to the yellow brick road i posted?