Just driving to Briancon in France in my newley converted Renault Trafic camper. Annoyingly the clutch has started slipping – I think these things go terminal quite quickly. Hopefully we’ll get there but I’ll need to find a Renault garage who can change it quickly (to avoid a ruined holiday).

So not speaking the lingo, can someone google me an independent garage that services Renaults?

Thanks!!!

Have you tried googling “renault garage in Briancon” ?

Assuming you are in/near/going to make it there as you don’t give any other location.

clutch = embrayage

I think the Midas chain of garages also do clutches

http://www.midas.be/fr/garages/

Leffeboy – aren’t all those garages in Belgium ?

@leffe has it – it went on the (French) wife’s car. Symptom was slipping in higher gears first (typical). It should be cheaper than in the UK as its a Renault and labour costs are lower but beware its holiday season, its worth phoning around. you don’t necessarily need a main dealer either “garage locale” worth checking at both to compare.

My email address is in my profile – if you need help email me with your phone number and my wife can try and speak to the garage for you.

Good luck.

list of garages in Briancon using french yellow pages :

http://www.pagesjaunes.fr/annuaire/briancon-05/garages-d-automobiles-reparation

Oops sorry. That is the belgian list. I’ll see if I can find the french list

Edit: Try http://www.midas.fr and then towards the bottom of the page ‘ou trouver’

You got AA / RAC with European cover? They can do the lingo bit for you and sort you out. Even without the Euro cover they may be able to help or sign you up for the cover for a year.

Cheers everyone. I’ve got ADAC cover who I might see if they can recommend a garage – will need to get through fge German barrier there tho!

I think we’ll try and get to Briancon via gap which is pretty flat. Find an aire and then try and call around tomroow.

I will let you know what happen s!

Don’t stop (breakdown 😉 ) on the motorway as I think any recovery will be much more expensive

good luck finding anywhere open on a sunday . and if you call assistance they will probably try to tell you that you need to pay some excess in cash .

i would wait monday and go to a garage .

^^^ this

I learnt “embrayage” and “bague d’etancheite”* when we took out VW camper to France :-/

* = Oil seal, but literally: “Ring of watertightness” (presumably as fitted to ducks.)

Hi everyone, just to provide the ending to this story. We were driving down the hill Ailefroide camp site and came across a Renault garage. Long story short the van is sorted, I’m 900 euros poorer and the holiday is back on 🙂

We love an update. Enjoy the trip.