Dacia Duster problems

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Just reading a Google translation of a German long term report (100,000km) on a Dacia Duster - the car seems to have 'teething problems' :eek:
(You'll have to figure out some of the 'translation' )

If 'saving money' is really 'expensive' !

What can you expect from a cheap SUV like Dacia Duster? Not too much, as we now know. In the endurance test than 100,000 kilometers, it disappointed with susceptible gears and rust.


Starting in the bargain bin, and then it suddenly went to nearly 20,000 euros on the bill - what went wrong then? Nothing! We were just a little immodest basic 2011 Duster sells for 11,990 Euros on our 100,000-kilometer marathon, but a "full Options" with all-wheel drive, leather, hi-power diesel, ESP and shiny metallic paint. The whole thing is in Dacia then "Prestige" and, despite its 19,600 euro still a bargain. Even the Koreans a comparable compact 4x4's would much more expensive. How do the Romanians do that? It's simple: you recycle technology that the parent company Renault has long been written off - in this case from the old Clio . They produce cheap in Wallachia,Romania. And they never use swank and Premium. . "A car without antics - hach, how beautiful," exults a colleague after the maiden voyage.
The excitement does not last long. Early gets the loud diesel off his fat. "Due to the short translation one is at 125 km / h at 3000 rpm on the road already," notes a test driver in the logbook. "No wonder then that he starts drinking." 8.2 liters/100km, it was concluded in the section - which is, however, also at high motorway proportion, which is unavoidable in the missions of the editors. Private drivers get with the 110-hp 1.5-liter in city and country roads easily a six/100km
Annoying: Just a few months after the start of the test provides a wobbly seat adjustment for annoyance. Also, the criticism does not stop at the little things - the lack of automatic function of the windows over the cargo space blind from labberigem material up to nonexistent outside thermometer. Even the pungent plastic fumes, especially if the Duster is parked in the hot sun, many stink. "Do you wonder at this price just does not expect," says editor Andreas Lübeck Solomonic.
Effective technology there is. But also here, the disillusionment not long in coming. Even at almost 18,000 miles, the transmission shows signs of weakness. "The third gear scratches when loading" falls editor Diether Rodatz up as he rolled with the Duster to the home visit to Romania. The six-speed gearbox is becoming increasingly unruly, which almost 8,000 miles later, back in Germany, requires a pit stop. The Renault-Hamburg branch tried it with the replacement of the transmission fluid, but the action in the logbook do not stop. Especially when switching back Bucks third gear, silently engage. This eventually leads to the gearbox change at mileage 33,413. And perplexed faces, because of the problems Dacia has no explanation
( Dacia factory says ...

... to gearbox problems: "In the final analysis of the replaced transmission at the factory contaminants and debris were noted reason for this may be a transmission oil used, which did not meet the manufacturer's specifications.."
the fuel sender: "The problem is known to a solution through improvements in the production process at the supplier we work The service partners are instructed to change the affected vehicles the entire tank, including the instrument panel The original mileage is so lost, but thanks to seamless... documentation in service any time partners represented...the clutch slave cylinder: "It is known that this problem may occur in individual cases, the affected users will be helped by the exchange under warranty or goodwill through a solution )
Also a new fuel sender builds the Renault garage a - again, the digital bar display was between "full" and "half empty" back and hergesprungen and had therefore also the remainder range display of the onboard computer confused which to the chagrin of the Duster driver at 89 kilometers drop out completely. "Insolence", Diether Rodatz foams. "Especially when I go to the last drop, but I want to know if I even make it to the next gas station." Curiosity on the side: As the donor can not go alone, because the repair instruction provides for the replacement of the entire instrument unit, rolled the odometer Duster with 000 km minus. 33,413 kilometers already done !!


Conclusion


As a cheaper all-rounder, it won the heart to forfeit the sympathies with high error rate again. The Duster comes with the realization that even on cars where there is 'nothing much to go wrong' but a lot can cause problems. On price alone should be the defaults but do not push. Many expensive candidate has not done better here.

In other words- temped by the price but it was a let down as there were so many problems. But it was not alone as other more expensive cars have also disappointed