Huh? Dacia were the third MOST reliable manufacturer in the 2016 Auto Express reliability survey.
Why do new cars not have built in trackers ?
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Huh? Dacia were the third MOST reliable manufacturer in the 2016 Auto Express reliability survey.
Had a killswtich in my classic hidden away . Always flicked the switch before leaving the car . Would never fire up . A guy bought it off me and forgot so a phone call the next day stating the car wouldn't start wasn't a suprise .
On a side note my cars sat nav comes out of car and when I power it up it finds the location of the car . Not sure if it's showing me the last location Or current though.
On a side note my cars sat nav comes out of car and when I power it up it finds the location of the car . Not sure if it's showing me the last location Or current though.
The nickname didn't come from nowhere lol
Quite a few people found rust on them from the factory. Along with corroding electrical contacts. Maybe they fixed it recently.
They were severely lacking in the safety department as well last time I heard. With very weak chassis that like to fold in half in a hard impact.
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Ah yes, the old 'a couple of people had issues' so it will be forever repeated on internet forums, regardless of the empirical evidence.
The car received a 3-star NCAP rating back in 2011, so I really doubt the chassis would fold in half on impact. You can read the report yourself if you want the evidence.
Not a couple of people, a LOT of people. Just google it. They moved production to Europe and away from India to try and improve things. So maybe that fixed it.
A 3 star NCAP rating isn't good. That was back in 2011 which means it's probably equivalent of 2 star now, or even 1. It didn't even have ABS to start with and no ESC in 2014.
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You've got this tremendous tendency to quote completely random things as fact. This seems to be another. Dacia is a Romanian brand originally, they do not appear to have any production facilities in India nor are any cars sold there under the Dacia brand
ABS has been a legal requirement on all new cars sold in the EU since 2004! Where do you get this stuff from?
You've got this tremendous tendency to quote completely random things as fact. This seems to be another. Dacia is a Romanian brand originally, they do not appear to have any production facilities in India nor are any cars sold there under the Dacia brand
https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/m...-duster-production-after-rust-issues-surface/
Production moved from India to Romania after corrosion issues.
"After" not necessarily meaning "because of", but interesting nonetheless. Seems like the number of complaints were around 90 (out of 20,000 sold) and it was related to surface corrosion.
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Another article http://www.carscoops.com/2014/12/widespread-corrosion-issues-makes-uk.html
It's more than just surface rust.
Obviously this was 2014, they may have improved things now but a lot will still be on the road (the bits which didn't turn to dust anyway
).
It's more than just surface rust.
Obviously this was 2014, they may have improved things now but a lot will still be on the road (the bits which didn't turn to dust anyway
).
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