Renault Models
Every Renault we hold parts enquiries for in South Africa. Pick your model, or send the VIN off your licence disc and we will work out the derivative for you.
Triber
Renault has sold the Triber here since 2020, and every one of them uses the same naturally aspirated 1.0-litre three-cylinder. What changes is how it drives the wheels: a five-speed manual, or the Easy-R automated manual, which is a manual gearbox with actuators bolted on to work the clutch for you. The badge on the boot will not tell us which you have, so please say.
Kwid
The Kwid landed here at the end of 2016 with one engine, the 1.0 SCe three-cylinder, and it has never had another. For parts the line that matters is the 2020 restyle: new headlamps front and back, and wheels that grew from 13 to 14 inches. A pre-facelift car and a post-facelift car are the same model and, in several places, not the same parts.
Kiger
The Kiger reached South Africa in September 2021 with the most tangled gearbox story of any Renault we handle. The naturally aspirated 1.0 came with a five-speed manual or a five-speed automated manual; the 1.0 turbo came with a five-speed manual or a CVT. Four combinations under one badge, and a CVT part is a turbo-car part only.
Sandero
Two different Sanderos have been sold in South Africa and they were not even built in the same country. The original B90 cars were assembled at Nissan’s Rosslyn plant north of Pretoria. The cars sold from March 2014 until stock ran dry early in 2022 were imported from Romania, and those are simple: one 898 cm³ turbopetrol, one five-speed manual, no automatic and no diesel.
Clio
Several Clio generations have been sold new in South Africa, but not the very first — the nameplate only started here with the Clio II in 1999. Clio IV ran from April 2013 with four petrol engines and no diesel at all, because the 1.5 dCi sold overseas never came here. Clio V was a Slovenian-built, turbo-only, manual-only car. Almost every parts question turns on which of those you are standing next to.
Duster
On the Duster, the country of build matters as much as the model year. First-generation cars arrived in October 2013 built in India and moved to Romanian production when the revamped version came in, which is why two Dusters of similar age can differ. The HM-series that followed in October 2018 was Romanian throughout; its 1.6 petrol was dropped at the November 2021 facelift, leaving the 1.5 dCi to see that generation out. Two newer Dusters have arrived since and both are petrol — so if yours is a diesel, it is one of the earlier cars.
Captur
The J87-series Captur was sold here from May 2015 and came out of Renault’s Valladolid plant in Spain, not from India or Romania like most of the range. Underneath it is a Clio IV, which is useful when we go looking. The catch is the gearbox: the 1.2 turbopetrol was dual-clutch only until the August 2017 facelift added a six-speed manual, so engine and gearbox are not independent choices on this car.
Koleos
Two Koleos generations have reached South Africa and they have very little in common. The first took its running gear and its all-wheel-drive system from the Nissan X-Trail of the day. The second launched here in September 2018 to replace the Kadjar, with a 2.5-litre naturally aspirated four and a CVT. In September 2021 Renault dropped all-wheel drive from the local range altogether, so on this model the year settles the drivetrain question.
Megane
Renault sold 34 747 Meganes in South Africa across the model’s life here, in hatch, Coupé and convertible form, before withdrawing it as local buyers moved to small SUVs. The fourth generation arrived in 2016 as an all-petrol range — no diesel was offered at all. The RS cars are a separate world again, right through to the RS 300 Trophy that closed the book, and they need to be treated as such when we source for them.
Kadjar
The Kadjar had the shortest life of any Renault on this site. It launched here in 2016 and the last local units were registered in January 2018, after which Renault stopped importing it and put the larger Koleos in its place. Every one sold here was turbocharged, and the 1.6 dCi came only in the four-wheel-drive car. Two model years of stock is exactly the situation a stripping yard exists for.
Scenic
The Scenic II was sold here from 2004 to 2009, and CAR magazine’s own retrospective is blunt about what dented it locally: long waits for parts, thin service facilities and too few technicians who knew the car. Scenic IIIs followed and a handful are still running. This is the smallest Renault parc we cover and we will not pretend otherwise — but the reason people go looking has not changed in twenty years.