written by on 11/02/2011
i bought mine from a used car centre,fine untill this year.my gear linkage cables broke £300 to repair and just this week slave cylinder went, only to find so had the clutch and then to top it off the fly wheel too.placed car in for repair to my horror its £725 to repair this includes parts and labour but the misses loves it so any thing for a quiet life. i just wish we had a bit more info about the problems that could arise before hand but all said and done so comfy,laods of space and a dream to drive so looks like i will be spending more on it in the future.to finish i hope renault do sort out some of these issues because it is reflecting on them after all
written by wayneogleby on 22/04/2010
just bought a used T-Plate Renault grand espace 3.0 V6 24V automatic to find the rear door dont poxy lock which is going to cost £35 fitting it myself which is ok...i can handle that,oh and the rear windows dont work from the back doors but they do from the front??? havent figured it out the problem yet but i will!!!im sure this aint going to be the last problem im going to have but fingers crossed.OH...went to get new wipers to find halfords dont stock them and the at the dealers it was going to cost bout £55 OMFG!!! back to halfords and they can get them for £35 plus a trade card discount finally paying £26.88
Getting the feeling this car is going to be EXSPENSIVE!!!
written by on 06/04/2009
I love the Renault Espace. I have had five in the past eight years.
The Mark 2 3.0 litre V6 manual was the best for performance - could overtake almost everything in sight and still did 30mpg on a long run! I prefer the shape of the Mark 3. The early 2.2 dT engine is much the best and gives up to 45mpg on a long run if driven carefully. I love the driving position and visibility. It is like driving an ocean liner. I have helped several relatives move house. My last grand espace comfortably held an extending dining table and six chairs, a three piece suite and (an upright) piano (not all at once)!
written by biggar on 26/07/2005
Bought a Grand Espace RXE 3.0ltr V6 (6 year old T Reg) a couple of months ago to add a little comfort to family holidays/ breaks. The first planned trip was made in a courtesy Espace due to a radiator leak found when changing the timing belt prior to pickup. A few hours after collection, and it's first exposure to rain, I found that both sun roofs were also leaking. The rear hatch seal also fell off the first time I opened it. So much for the 150 point check, service and MOT that was supposedly completed on it 2 days previously. Two visits to the garage later (Reg Vardy, Edinburgh East), and the problem with both sun roofs was determined to be more than the seal, but the entire frame, and confirmation that there was little chance of a replacement before my second planned trip, due to a lack of the necessary parts anywhere in Europe (yeah, right!).
The second planned trip to the South of France went well, the Espace came into it's own, both in terms of space and comfort for both driver and passengers (apart from when it rained, although the internal shower from the sun roofs was quite refreshing). More than enough space, comfortable ride, and the revolving driver and passenger seats makes in car picnics a breeze. A few more problems did however surface during the 3500 mile round trip (apart from the fuel bill @24.5MPG): both rear wheel bearings went, a problem with the front wheel tracking causing low speed tyre squeal, and a failure of the engine temperature monitor that feeds the dashboard (which according to Reg Vardy is a wear and tear component, and not covered under my 12 month warranty!). I'm also still not 100% sure that the V6 is sounding as sweet as it should.
The car is sitting in the garage as I write, 7 days after dropping it off for the planned 2 days of fixes. The whole job taking longer than expected,, probably due to so many other Renault failures keeping them busy, one of the replacement sun roof frames having a buckle in it so a third replacement being required, and me refusing to pay a penny toward the engine temperature monitor! Sir Peter Vardy thank you very much!!
Overall this is a great car for a family. The diesel engine may be more economic. but the petrol is more fun (~200BHP and 0-60 in ~10 seconds,) if you can afford the cost of running it. Fully loaded you could leave most boy racers standing at the lights if you are so inclined, but don't watch the fuel gage too closely when doing so!! I tried just about every MPV on the road before going with this aging (6 years old) Grand Espace. Nothing comes close in my estimation. Reliability would be my only concern, so keeping everything crossed that the gremlins will be sorted before the warranty expires.
written by ndh on 16/09/2004
I have a 1999 (T) RXE Grand Espace. 63,000 miles. Charging the mobile phone by the hand brake using the cigarette lighter plug caused the need for a new computer!! New clutch (whilst on holiday in France) and slave cylinder. New gear-box cables (whilst on holiday in France). No other car beats it for what it does
written by Jools. on 29/06/2002
The Renault Grand espace is probably the daddy of all other mpv's. Lets face it, they all originated from this one! The exterior colours of this range are excellent. The little touches of hidden space and the fold away seats are excellent. The digital dash also is very good and to be perfectly honest, the fuel consumption of my 16v 2.0 litre is very good - around 35mpg on motorway. This is simply the best MPV in the market place. My only wish was that I could have bought the next version up of this one, RTX.
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