Two latest Renault models must undergo "technical operation" due to risk of breakdown

A major blow for Renault's latest racing car, voted car of the year 2024. Nearly 16,000 units of one of the French manufacturer's latest flagship models, the "Renault 5 electric" and its sports version the "Alpine A290" , must go to the garage, due to a technical problem, the group announced on Tuesday. In total, 15,722 cars - assembled between September 1 and December 23, 2024 - are affected, Renault announced, confirming information published on the specialist website L'Argus . All owners of these cars, although new, have been alerted by mail and via the application.

In a press release sent to Le Figaro , the diamond brand assures that it constantly monitors the "vehicles it puts on the market, and this throughout their entire lifespan". In this case, this "technical operation" - which is not a "recall" , since it is not "a security issue" , the company is careful to emphasize - aims to invite customers to bring their car to a Renault network representative, to proceed "to the reprogramming of the main electric motor inverter calculator. This, in order to avoid a potential inability to start, accompanied or not by the display of the STOP light and the message "Electric motor failure" on the dashboard" , explains the manufacturer. The operation takes "30 minutes" , it also adds.

Last March , the company had seen two of its models - Zoé electric city cars and Megane IV - recalled, due to manufacturing problems. Enough to cause risks for consumers. "Due to a manufacturing problem, a short circuit can occur in the high-voltage battery" , which increases "the risk of fire" , indicated the Rappel conso website, on Zoé cars.