PLEASE HELP !!!!!

[jasonleah1]

Hello all, I've recently bought a 53reg 1.9 megane dci tourer privillege. driving it home i noticed there were 1 or 2 problems, if i list them could anyone give advice or shed some light on the problems??
1. The wheels/tyres have sensors fitted, telling me i had low pressure in my tyre on my o/s front ??? tyres were fine.. fault turned into a puncture fault which stayed on the display and threw up a stop fault too i think, see problem 3.
2. The car has aircon, but this isn't working, neither are the heaters or blowers, Checked fuse in glove box... Really frustrating too as it was very hot today!!!
3. Injection fault with stop light (which was covered with black electrical tape I only found this out when my wife pointed this out) The stop light could possibly be from the tyre sensor. Point 1. The car pulls very well without any hesitation / cutting out at all, drove a good 250 miles home without fault and hardly uses any fuel whatsoever, but obviously it's illuminated for a reason???
4. The electric mirrors fold in and out electrically (doh) but they do not adjust at all. Either of them.

I've heard some scary stories about renault electrics but didn't expect them to happen to me before i'd even got home from buying the damn car, lol

Please don't laugh, i wouldn't buy a car with problems but these problems started to occur as i'd driven nearly 200 miles home, tried phonng seller and he's not answering, But a plus point is the car has got a full stamped history from renault and is very very clean and in excellent condition so as you can guess the problems listed above really did PI** me off, but hopefully they wont cost the earth and i can keep the Megane...
Thanks in advance to any info given. Jason.

P.s where is the main fuse box lol... Can not find it anywhere, As much as i like my new megane i much prefer my Old 06 Zafira.....

[Paddy]

Did you not test drive the car before you bought it????

As to all your problems, they are all easly resolved.

Ill start with..

The aircon/blowers ect are controlled by a fuse thats under the bonnet(to the right of the battery under a cover)

Thats where the fault will be.

If aircon still doesn work check belt then pressure of coolant.

[Ray]

1. you might need these reset from a dealer - maybe a specialist garage can help you. if you have the tyre sensors fitted.. don't rotate your tyres. the sensor has to stay in each corner or they'll kick and error.
2. try the main fuses as suggested above.
3. If there stop light is on, it's usually a major problem and indicative to stop before the engine is damaged.
4. not sure. it's seperate motors so i can only suggest to check the fuses in the glovebox.

[tomalamix]

Hi Jason,

For the problem of the AC it could be only the fuse under the battery like someone said before, i think it will solve your problem.

The other problems i strongly suggest you to go to a garage with a EOBD scanner, scan for errors and bring here the error codes you got there, but its better doing it this way: first ask the mechanic to reset ALL errors, then go for a ride of a few days and read again the codes. This way we will not see the problems that are from the past and doesnt affect your car anymore. From that point i think we will be able to help you solving your problems. By the way, ive got a problem similar to yours regarding the "injection fault" and STOP light turned on sometimes, there is a post with that a few days ago but nobody help with that yet lol...

Best regards

[jasonleah1]

First thanks to those who offered help, here is what i found,
1. Yes i did test drive the car before buying it drove very very well with no faults or problems, like i said in my post, The problems started 200 miles down the motorway!!
2. I let all of the air out of the suspect wheel / tyre then re-inflated it, i also checked the pressures in the rest of the wheels, this cured the problem, also got rid of the stop light as it must have been the puncture fault that threw that up! There is now a tyre sensor fault, i looked at all of the wheels, 1 wheel has a different tyre to the rest and a different valve, 3 have the sensors fitted, 1 is a std valve so 1 is now on order from ebay.
3. Been informed that the injection fault lies with the glow plugs or at least a couple of them, common problem aparently... low voltage??? Also on order...
4. Heaters / Aircon, Haven't looked for the fuse yet as wife thought she was going into labour and had to spend a bit of time building cot and getting suitcase ready lol. Unless baby comes in the middle of the night i'll be looking tomorrow, and hopefully sorting out,
A BIG thanks to all who offered me help and advice....

[jasonleah1]

Checked all fuses under bonnet and in the glovebox, Pulled them all out and all were fine, Blowers still not working??? I'm not too fussed about the aircon working at the moment just the blowers, The thing is it all lights up and you can aadjust the fan speed, temp, and everything else Just no air!!! I didn't think it would be a fuse as it all works, but i checked them all just in case. Any other ideas???

[tomalamix]

Jason,

The aircon maybe not working but the blower should work as its independent of the AC system...you may need only air circulation without the AC on right? But AC WILL NOT start if the blower isn't turning, that's for sure.

BR

[jasonleah1]

Jason,

The aircon maybe not working but the blower should work as its independent of the AC system...you may need only air circulation without the AC on right? But AC WILL NOT start if the blower isn't turning, that's for sure.

BR

Hi thanks for the info, even if i try to put the blowers on, on their own without AC nothing happens, The fan fills in (electronic display) as i increase the fan speed i can even adjust temp etc, etc, but no blowing at all... stupid electronics... It's not a massive problem but very annoying as, if something is fitted to my car i like it to work. Even the blowers in my 22 year old Capri 280 work perfectly...

[dkingy11]

Sounds like the fan motors have gone.... well that would be my guess as everything else works. Its probably not your air con thats the problem, just the fact that your blowers dont work.

Have you got a current testing tool? Although your fuses seem ok, the fusebox feeding the power may be faulty (as ive just found out the other day. Check your arch lining on passenger side to make sure its there, or water gets in and causes all sorts of problems.

As for the tyre pressure problem, my opinion would be to just disconnect the wiring and check manually if your just gonna have more problems...

[jasonleah1]

The arch liner is there, but there is an opening which should be covered which isn't. i presume for changing lightbulb (i've got the same thing on my Zafira), How do i disconnect the tyre pressure sensors, i dont mind checking them myself, Would disconecting them show up as a fault?? I'll have another mooch with the car when it stops raining, Looks like dashdoard out time i think..... need those bloody heaters / aircon to work, Although i've been told the aircon wont work anyway unless the fans work soo that could actually be fine.

[AlexB]

The manuals may help...
https://ray-lee.co.uk/megane/dialogys/MR364MEGANE6.pdf
https://ray-lee.co.uk/megane/dialogys/MR366MEGANE6.pdf

This is all from me, as I never had any problems with the aircon.

[dkingy11]

The arch liner is there, but there is an opening which should be covered which isn't. i presume for changing lightbulb (i've got the same thing on my Zafira), How do i disconnect the tyre pressure sensors, i dont mind checking them myself, Would disconecting them show up as a fault?? I'll have another mooch with the car when it stops raining, Looks like dashdoard out time i think..... need those bloody heaters / aircon to work, Although i've been told the aircon wont work anyway unless the fans work soo that could actually be fine.

They always fall out.... ive just put a whole new lining in mine about a month ago as i didnt have one, and now i have no hole cover so just used duck tape to patch up until i find one at a scrapyard. If you dont and weather is bad, the rain will get in to your fuse box (which is the problem i had) and everything goes mental. My latest problem was that all lights went out. Finally got a new fusebox and everything is spot on.... FOR NOW!

If you can find a new fuse box (well one without water ingress) it may sort all your electrical problems out. Well it did for me, worth a shot.

As for the tyre pressures, there should be a conncector behind the wheel to disconncet (i think) mine is just tucked away safely... Well if this isnt for tyre pressure then i havent got a clue, ha

[MéganeDynamique]

Hi Jason,

Renault's tyre pressure monitors are hopeless. I very rarely come across one that works as it should. I've actually had the sensors de-activated on my Vel Satis - it was just one error after the other. It would say SENSOR FAULT, I would replace the sensor, then another would go. And then everytime I went on the motorway a voice would go TYRE PRESSURES NOT SUITABLE FOR DRIVING SPEED. More trouble than they're worth! Renault deactivated them for the best £17 I have ever spent in my life!

[jasonleah1]

Hi Jason,

Renault's tyre pressure monitors are hopeless. I very rarely come across one that works as it should. I've actually had the sensors de-activated on my Vel Satis - it was just one error after the other. It would say SENSOR FAULT, I would replace the sensor, then another would go. And then everytime I went on the motorway a voice would go TYRE PRESSURES NOT SUITABLE FOR DRIVING SPEED. More trouble than they're worth! Renault deactivated them for the best £17 I have ever spent in my life!

I'm going to book mine into renault to get then deactivated i think, It's just another thing to go wrong isn't it. Thanks for thr help!!