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I have (I think) the original Renault diagnostic prog can't wait to try that.

...I had a man scan my car a few weeks ago and he charged the equivalent of 10 pounds, got one code, misinterpreted it, and I actually connected it and did the reading! Others here in Trinidad can charge as much as 3o pounds for the scan. That's why I got a cable (it says ELM327) to do my own...

I have been trying to use my laptop to scan my car, but only one of the programmes seems to work - do some of these OBD2 apps have to be ELM327 specific?

I must say the people in this forum are friendly and helpful.

I changed my belt several weeks ago, but that obviously is not the problem - the auto transmission works reasonably well, but I can't seem to get the engine to run properly - it idles badly, and in the 1500 to 2000 rpm range, it is rough and hesitant - one chaps says injector problem, another...

We no longer have a Renault agent here, and engine and transmission swapping is very popular. The Nissan engines are cheap and reliable. An after market ECU would be dreadfully expensive (like everything else here in Trinidad).

Everybody is giving different opinions as to why the limp mode is coming and going - the problem is you do not know where to start and this could cost a helluva a lot of money changing this part and that... Perhaps it might be a good idea to dump the whole engine and tranny and install a Nissan...

No, I don't want cross-ply tyres and drum brakes in my car - although for normal driving it is hard to spot the difference between discs and drums when the latter is equipped with a good booster...

So, I'm not supposed to say that I heard something, or perhaps an opinion - are we in a court of law? Well, my friend this is a universal trait of human conversation. Where I heard something, I have said so, and not treated it as fact. Opinions and suppositions are extremely common in human...

You seem to know little about cars except your own. My reference to what I've heard or seen on the internet is a rudimentary form of a survey in which people express their experiences - quite acceptable in many circumstances...owners' surveys and all that. 1 The timing belt change you mention...

That is not so at all...suppressing limp mode is not going to destroy anything provided the driver monitors his instruments. Before cars had ECUs people didn't go about destroying their cars - they simply monitored their warning lights or gauges. I am inclined to think that in the future there...

It takes a Siemens unit

Thanks for that advice...must be a sensor or something, because the transmission works reasonably well...if it were on the way out, it would have done that ages ago. So you see. if there was no limp mode, there would be no problem; it is like being punished as a child for something you didn't...

Oh by the way I am an automotive engineer, unfortunately not a computer engineer.

Yes limp mode is there to protect the engine, but in most cases it is due to a defective sensor sending the wrong information to the ECU. It is a damned nuisance where a warning on the dashboard would suffice. A good example is the auto transmission - when it is going bad, three major symptoms...

I'd rather be in the UK with a VW than with a Renault in Trinidad.

Thanks and glad to be here.

Hi everyone...I have a question I would like to ask and which some may think utterly ridiculous. I own a 2002 Renault Clio 1.4 16V which is always going into limp mode and no one seems to know what is wrong...it seems Clios like to do this and it is only after a ton of money is spent changing...

Hi all...got a Renault Clio and joined this forum so I can get more info on remapping the ecu...I am from Trinidad in the West Indies where Renaults have a terrible reputation...