Aurélien Fleurot, edited by Romain Rouillard 06:14, June 04, 2022

A hundred motorists complain of having been confronted with a defective engine on certain models of Renault and Dacia.

They issued an ultimatum to the manufacturer, which has until June 5 to provide an answer, failing which it risks being faced with collective legal action.

Renault will have to explain itself to several hundred motorists.

The latter accuse the French manufacturer of having marketed vehicles equipped with a defective engine, in this case the "1.2 TCE".

This engine, very common on many models of Renault, Dacia, but also Nissan, caused many inconveniences to these complainants who gave Renault an ultimatum.

Without an answer by June 5, they will take legal action. 

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The disputed engine block was fitted to around 400,000 cars between 2012 and 2018 and for a quarter of the motorists concerned, reliability problems were noted.

Among the first concerned, Olivier Blanchet, who has since become president of the association "victims of motorgate".

"From the first years, we had small enough innocuous symptoms. They were little jerks when accelerating, machine gun noises. Until, 5 years after the purchase, the engine was diagnosed as good. to be replaced. The bill was around 8,000 to 9,000 euros".

Already nearly 1,100 complainants 

In his case, the manufacturer refused any support but the motorist realizes that he is far from being the only one concerned.

He discovers in particular testimonies of drivers whose engine broke on the highway, at 130km / h.

If the legal action materializes, they are already nearly 1100 plaintiffs.

Me Christophe Lèguevaques is their lawyer.

"It is known to all the mechanics of the network, it is known to Renault. However, they do everything to refuse support. We will see what Renault's response will be at that time, and if ever Renault does not respond to our amicable proposal, we have the means to sue them". 

For its part, Renault recognizes the problems but explains how to solve them on a case-by-case basis.

According to the manufacturer, 93% of affected customers have been taken care of.