Re-Call Renault: Fire Extuingisher

[MovingShadow]

Received a letter from Renault that I needed to replace the brace that holds the fire extuinguisher. Apparently it makes it unable to read the chassisnumber which could result in an (you English call it MOT) fail.

I've also noticed another problem. At the right frontwheel, plastic wheelcase on the inside has fractured. How this happend or how this can happen is a little bit a mystery for me.. hopefully its going to be under warranty. The guy from the garage said they had to look at it first before they could place this under warranty but should be fixed within the hour.

 

[Sam]

As for the fire extinguisher we don't have that problem here as it's not a legal requirement to fit them in cars as standard thus most cars here don't have onboard fire extinguishers, so it wouldn't fail an MOT here.

Shame about the wheelcasing though, but it should definitely be a warranty job. Possibly caused by a bumpy road or something?

 

[MovingShadow]

really its not a necessary requirement? thats weird :shock:

Nope, no warranty, but its only 20€ though. They looked at it and they found it strange as well because they didn't see any viewable damage that could have caused it.
Will be replaced next week and takes about 30 min.

 

[singlespeed]

really its not a necessary requirement? thats weird :shock:

I wouldn't be surprised if the next year or two sees mandatory safety equipment in new cars to bring us inline with several parts of Europe.

 

[HigtonA]

really its not a necessary requirement? thats weird :shock:

I wouldn't be surprised if the next year or two sees mandatory safety equipment in new cars to bring us inline with several parts of Europe.

I think that would be a good thing to have in your car, just in the off chance you need it. But I can see chavs/neds(anti-social people) taken the piss with them!