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Hi Guys, I haven't posted on here for a while so hope all is well. I have a 2006 197 with 65k on the clock. The majority of the time its been a reliable engine but for the past year I have had this intermittent starting problem which over the past 1 month it has got worse and worse. You can...

Hi Guys, :D Hope all is well. I have a albi 197 06 plate. I've been experiencing this knocking sound which sounds like it's coming from the boot lid when going over slight bumps in the road and gets worse the worse the road gets. It started off quiet months ago now its got noisier and more...

Hi, I realised today that only my drivers side indicator light is half flooded. It flashes now and again but now all the time like all the other indicator bulbs due to the water being in it. How do I remove this to drain the water out? Is there a way I can just remove the indicator and not the...

Hi Guys, I never thought I would wright a post about this but here goes. I have a albi 197 with 55k a tad over on the clock and I do a max of 6-7k a year. Over the past 2 months when I start the car when the engine is cold, I hear a gurgling sound , which sounds like it's coming from behind...

Hi Guys, I have experienced this electrical problem for the 2nd time now, firstly it being 3 months ago. I wondered if anyone has had the same problem. I got in the car this evening and I put my foot on the brake and pressed start button as normal and steering lock unlocked. The car was...

Hi Guys, Hope all is well. My 197 went in for it's MOT last Thursday and passed with flying colours, not even an advisory which I was really pleased about. :D I have got a 2006 197 with 41,500 approx on the clock. However, on Sunday when I was reversing into a parking space a...

Hi Guys, :thumbup1: I know alot of you on here including myself like attending the Renault World Series event at Silverstone. I have been a couple of times and pleased to see it back at Silverstone for 2013, I am just keeping my fingers crossed that it's a nice hot day if not a mild but...

Hi, I have a 06 plate 197 with 40.5k on the clock. It's running fine, apart from one thing and that is the button on the door handle that you press to lock the car. I replaced the button battery in my key fob a couple of months ago and it worked fine, and as time as gone on I can't lock...

Hi, I've got an albi 197 and just recently over the past 2 weeks been having problems with my wheel that you scroll up and down to change tracks on my 6CD changer. It still works however when scrolling it back and forward on CD there seems to be something catching it sounds like a piece of...

Hi guys, I came across this on Pistonheads Classifieds this evening. I am sure it's a wrong typo on the price as it's a 09 plate Megane Sport 250 (brand new shape) with just over 23k on the clock all for 5k. Either that or it's the wrong pics and they have put the brand new megane model...

Hi Guys, Well after 5 years driving I had my first car crash. Thankfully it wasn't my fault it was another driver's fault. I finished valeting my car at 8pm last Sunday evening and it looked in showroom condition until Tuesday evening. :( I was apsolutely gutted when it happened as my 3...

Hi Guys, I hear the clio are really tricky when coming to change a front headlight bulb (H1) So far all lights exterior and interior lights are working. When one front headlight goes out i'm thinking of upgrading to either one of these...

Hi, I was coming out of Tesco's in Chineham at 8:10pm this evening and saw an 08 LY R27 parked up. I was walking back to my Albi blue 197. Whoever owned the car, it did look nice. Albi blue and Liquid Yellow are the two best colours without doubt in the clio sport range. :D Who's was...

Hi. I bought a Sprint booster Gen1 for my Clio 197 but unsure how to fit it? I have watched a video on you tube on someone fitting a Gen2 to a BMW. He had to remove his accelerator pedal to clip onto the fly by wire. I have had a look and I can see a cable running down below where the...

Hi, Over the past few months I have noticed a slight bit of my standard black front splitter starting to unclip itself from the bottom of the bumper. With all the rain and puddles we have had over the past few weeks it has made it worse and started to unclip more of it off around the bumper...

Hi Guys, I like to keep my albi 197 in mint condition and looking as good as possible. :thumbup: I have a box full of detailing cloths, Megs wax's , AG SR polish, AG, Shampoo & conditioner, microfibre cloths etc. However, I have polished my car once until another 4 months passes, but...

Dear All, Happy New Year to you all, hope you had a fantastic christmas. :) I have a 06 plate albi 197 with 37k just shy of 38k on clock. I bought it off Morty197 earlier in the year and very pleased with it indeed. Don't get me wrong there are a few negatives about the clio like most...

Hi Guys, I attended the Pistonheads end of year meet today at Goodwood circuit in Chichester. It was my first time there and saw a few clio sport owners, 200, 197, 182, and 172 owners. I came down in my Albi 197. I was an 06 reg clio parked in the bay. I took a look at all clios and...

Hi Guys, I had to replace a blown fuse in the fuse panel underneath the 2nd air intake hose for the first time over the weekend as when upgrading my plate, boot, and door card lights to white LED's not only did they not come on again but neither did the passengers rear light or passengers...

Hi Guys, I am wanting to upgrade number plate bulbs, boot, glovebox and door cards lights to white LED's. Just been out to check what size the festoon bulbs that shine on the number plate and took one out when lights were on to see what I was doing. Next min the other one went out. :( lol...