Vehicle
Renault Kangoo
The small van, and one of the highest-volume light commercials in Europe — also sold as the Mercedes-Benz Citan, which is worth knowing because a Citan is a Kangoo with a three-pointed star and Mercedes documentation will send you to Renault parts. Short urban delivery duty is the whole diagnostic context: the 1.5 dCi never reaches the temperature a particulate-filter regeneration needs, so a blocked filter presents as an engine fault when the duty cycle is the cause. The Z.E. is a full battery electric on the same body.
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Generations
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First generation 1997–2007
The original van and MPV, on the Clio platform — simple, and mostly pre-particulate-filter, which makes it the easier of the two to diagnose.
- Body styles
- Van · MPV
- Platform
- Renault X76
- Engines
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- 1.2 16v — petrol
- 1.4 8v — petrol
- 1.6 16v — petrol
- 1.5 dCi — diesel
- 1.9 dTi — diesel
- 0.5 — LGW523 · diesel
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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Second generation 2007–2021
Shared with the Mercedes Citan, and the generation where the particulate filter meets urban delivery duty — the filter loses.
- Body styles
- Van · MPV
- Platform
- Renault X61
- Engines
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- 1.2 TCe — HRA2 · petrol · 84 kW (113 hp)
- 1.6 16v — petrol · 64–78 kW (86–105 hp)
- 1.5 dCi — K9K · diesel · 55–85 kW (74–114 hp) · 160–260 Nm (118–192 lb-ft)
- 22 kWh electric — electric · 44 kW (59 hp) · 226 Nm (167 lb-ft) · Kangoo Z.E.
- 33 kWh electric — electric · 44 kW (59 hp) · Kangoo Z.E. 33
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · Single-speed reduction
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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Third generation 2021–present
CMF-C/D, and considerably more networked — driver assistance and a full CAN body architecture on a working van.
- dCi (badge, not an engine)
- E-Tech (badge, not an engine)
- H5Ht / M282 (1.3 TCe) 1.3 L
- K9K 1.5 L
- TCe (badge, not an engine)
- Dual-clutch (DCT / DSG) dual-clutch
- EDC (badge, not a gearbox) dual-clutch
- Single-speed reduction gear (EV drive unit) reduction
- Body styles
- Van · MPV
- Platform
- Renault CMF-C/D
- Engines
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- 1.3 TCe — petrol · 75–96 kW (101–129 hp)
- 1.5 Blue dCi — K9K · diesel · 55–85 kW (74–114 hp) · 160–260 Nm (118–192 lb-ft)
- 45 kWh electric — electric · 90 kW (121 hp) · 245 Nm (181 lb-ft) · Kangoo E-Tech
- 1.3 turbo — petrol · 75–96 kW (101–129 hp)
- Transmissions
- 6-speed manual · 7-speed EDC dual-clutch · Single-speed reduction
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
Service information
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