I intend to make this post as a journal for my Big "O" experience. Who is Big "O" you may ask. Is my Captur manual gear box, diesel with all the options the Renault had to offer: heated seats, light and rain sensors, R-Link etc.
Big "O" is thenickname my wife and child found for our brand new Captur. After 3 days and 100 km in town, I cannot say anything but the best about this car. Driving Skoda was fine. Driving Captur feels like heaven!
Of course, I went driving knowing the major issues raised on this forum and I think all was helpful (btw, a great place to be as a Captur owner).
So, as I was saying, I went driving and it was good. Start-Stop system works very well but I did encountered the dead engine issue I've found on this forum. Twice! But I managed to find an explanation so I will need help on confirming if I'm right or it was just acoincidence.
The Sart-Stop system stop the engine if you're not in a gear and your speedometer indicate 0 (zero) km/h. But the system is not that sensitive. I've stopped at the red light, the speedometer was 0 but my car was still moving very slowly. Before the car to full stop, the green light appeared and I've pressed the clutch but, instead the car to start (as usual), the engine went dead(the green A light on the dashboard went dead).
I will keep an eye on this.
The second thing that I've found not working was the contact sync between my Galaxy Note II and the Rlink. Problem solved as I described in this topic.
http://www.capturownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic1208_post13903.html#13903
The third thing was the noise coming from rear. I think the rear seatbelt are to blame. If they are not properly arranged they hit the plastic parts of the car on any bump.
Ok, the final thing (this one I've found disturbing) is the quality of the plastic quality. Don't get me wrong. I like the plastic quality and texture. But it gets dirty VERY QUICK!!! After three days, it looks like weeks driven on dusty roads! And trust me, I love this car and I'm taking very much care.
Even the rubber carpets are getting dusty so fast that I have to clean them each time I get off the car.
But...
I LOVE IT!
UPDATE (12-05-2014)
I have found some disturbing aspects of this car.
Today I was driving with my windowopened. I have reached my destination, I parked with the window open and cut off the engine. Then Irealizedthat my window was open and I tried to close it. Surprise! **** window did not close! I had to restart the engine, close the window and than power off again. I find this veryannoying. It really left me a bad taste. Is not the end of the world but... I will try and see if I lock the car if the windows will close themselves. But I have a serious doubt.I'll keep you updated.
Second thing: I was waiting for my son at the swimming lesson. I waited in the car so I can play a little more with the R-Link and listen some music. After 10 minutes (as it write in the manual), all the electronics in the car went dead. "No problem" I thought "I willswitchthem on again". It was a biggerchallengethan expected. Pressed the power on the R-link.... dead. Pressed the start/stop button on the car and the electronics came to life but the engine was preparing to start also. I have had a diesel car before and I know that if you leave the engine on the starting point without actually starting the engine you could damage the ignition system. So, to have another 10 minutes of music, I had to start the car, stop it, open the door, close it and then press the power on to the R-Link again. Now I'm thinking that simply opening the door was a much simple solution. But... I'll have to test this. I'll keep you updated on this one too.
Edited by: geodor
Big "O" is thenickname my wife and child found for our brand new Captur. After 3 days and 100 km in town, I cannot say anything but the best about this car. Driving Skoda was fine. Driving Captur feels like heaven!
So, as I was saying, I went driving and it was good. Start-Stop system works very well but I did encountered the dead engine issue I've found on this forum. Twice! But I managed to find an explanation so I will need help on confirming if I'm right or it was just acoincidence.
The Sart-Stop system stop the engine if you're not in a gear and your speedometer indicate 0 (zero) km/h. But the system is not that sensitive. I've stopped at the red light, the speedometer was 0 but my car was still moving very slowly. Before the car to full stop, the green light appeared and I've pressed the clutch but, instead the car to start (as usual), the engine went dead(the green A light on the dashboard went dead).
I will keep an eye on this.
The second thing that I've found not working was the contact sync between my Galaxy Note II and the Rlink. Problem solved as I described in this topic.
http://www.capturownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic1208_post13903.html#13903
The third thing was the noise coming from rear. I think the rear seatbelt are to blame. If they are not properly arranged they hit the plastic parts of the car on any bump.
Ok, the final thing (this one I've found disturbing) is the quality of the plastic quality. Don't get me wrong. I like the plastic quality and texture. But it gets dirty VERY QUICK!!! After three days, it looks like weeks driven on dusty roads! And trust me, I love this car and I'm taking very much care.
Even the rubber carpets are getting dusty so fast that I have to clean them each time I get off the car.
But...
I LOVE IT!
UPDATE (12-05-2014)
I have found some disturbing aspects of this car.
Today I was driving with my windowopened. I have reached my destination, I parked with the window open and cut off the engine. Then Irealizedthat my window was open and I tried to close it. Surprise! **** window did not close! I had to restart the engine, close the window and than power off again. I find this veryannoying. It really left me a bad taste. Is not the end of the world but... I will try and see if I lock the car if the windows will close themselves. But I have a serious doubt.I'll keep you updated.
Second thing: I was waiting for my son at the swimming lesson. I waited in the car so I can play a little more with the R-Link and listen some music. After 10 minutes (as it write in the manual), all the electronics in the car went dead. "No problem" I thought "I willswitchthem on again". It was a biggerchallengethan expected. Pressed the power on the R-link.... dead. Pressed the start/stop button on the car and the electronics came to life but the engine was preparing to start also. I have had a diesel car before and I know that if you leave the engine on the starting point without actually starting the engine you could damage the ignition system. So, to have another 10 minutes of music, I had to start the car, stop it, open the door, close it and then press the power on to the R-Link again. Now I'm thinking that simply opening the door was a much simple solution. But... I'll have to test this. I'll keep you updated on this one too.
Edited by: geodor