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Accelerator won’t respond after engine wash
Renault Clio 2000 Hatchback 220000 miles
I washed my engine at the bay and afterwards , the accelerator doesn’t respond. What might be the problem please ?
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Starting failure and trembles 
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Renault Clio 2004 118321 miles
Buddies, I need your help. When starting the engine, it is really hard for the vehicle to start working and, when it finally does, it trembles considerably. In order to keep the car turned on, I accelerate it but it keeps shaking and it seems as if it were about to stall. Another thing I want to mention is that it is usually quite accelerated; reaches 3000 rpm and I need to speed up and release the clutch with the brake pressed in order to lower the revolutions. I would appreciate your help and comments about the possible failures.
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It must be the speed sensor that is failing. I also recommend you to scan your car.
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I recommend you to service the throttle body and IAC valve. If this has already been done, you should replace the IAC. It is quite probable that no failure is indicated when scanning your vehicle.
Thank both of you very much for your help. It turned out to be that two coils were failing, as well as the IAC valve.
CommentStalls and yellow indicator
Renault Clio 2007 72000 miles
Hi, some time ago, my car started having starting failures. When starting the engine, it did not respond like it used to and stalled without any reason. When I tried driving it with not enough strenght, the car stalled once more. The car sometimes started without a problem and seemed to be working perfectly but, when accelerating, again it stalled. This happened time after time until the normal temperature was reached. These days, the car has been working better, and I am convinced it has to do with the temperature outside being higher. I would like to mention as well that a yellow light appea… Read complete
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Hi, it happened to me that the car started losing power, even though it was new. And its problem was that the catalytic converter was blocked. Check if this is your case.
Thanks, Hattie. I'm gonna check it and tell you, thanks for your opinion.
I would like to share with you what happened with my vehicle. I took it to an electrician who scanned it again and about 8 errors were indicated. Immediately, he doubted that there was something true in all that and what called his attention was a sudden acceleration drop. He decided to change spark plugs and coil, as well as welding all the wheel hubs to the chassis. Amazingly, all the failures disappeared. I hope my experience helps someone else and thank you for the comments.
CommentAcceleration failures
Renault Clio 2002 150000 miles
The car accelerates by itself and, when I turn the engine off and start it again, the car normalizes. This has already happened to me a couple of times and there is also an indicator turned on, like a resistance, and it does not go away. Hope you can help me.
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It is the stepper motor that is failing and causing your acceleration problems. Try replacing it, in my case it was the perfect solution. Good luck.
Thanks for your help and time, buddy. On the weekend I'll replace the stepper motor as you indicated and I'll let you know what happened.
CommentStalling and rough idle
Renault Clio 2010 50000 miles
Renault Clio 3 start and idle nicely when is cold after some time when is worm start stalling and cut off the engine then gave me hard start
Temperature problem
Renault Clio 1999 hatchback 1.4 cc 55 kW 100000 miles
The engine does not start below +3C. After 1 hour driving, speed and mileometer stop functioning.
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