Thats good to hear, our brakes were shocking and nearly had us into two serious accidents.
One day it sailed through a set of traffic lights on red, even though there was plenty of time to stop. That day was the finish, we went and traded it in for a new shape scenic 1.9DCi, which was 10 months old.
The brake pedal would press right down and hit a metallic stop, so it could not be pressed any harder. We had it back to renault loads of times, they said thats how they are and indeed when we tried a few others thats how they were. They worked fine in normal driving, but come to rely on them for a quick stop and they had nothing more to give.
But it never needed ABS as the wheels were unable to lock, even in the wet. You could drive along, put the car in second, floor the accelerator and stamp on the brakes, it would slow but it still kept on going faster.
I know its not something you wuold ever do but as a test it was pretty scary.
I also heard of a practice of doctors in scotland bought 3 RX4 petrols, all cars were returned within a few months after they found how bad the brakes were.
Someone i was speking too was hospitalised after an RX4 smashed into the back of their car on a motorway. Its driver said they could just not stop it.
Only when we traded it in did the renault dealer admit that there is a known fault, or should i say, weakness on the RX4 petrols brakes. The diesels have much better brakes as they have a vac pump.
So im pleased you have one with brakes, they are a fantastic car, look really good even now and so much better than the new shape, which is not as well thought out and falls apart most of the time. I could write a book on the issues that had
