Customer reviews for Dacia DusterDacia Duster according to those who use it on a daily basis

This is my fourth Dacia (third Duster). Great value for money and great cars.

Smooth easy drive, very capable engine train that performs well when needed

Excellent value for money. Give a manual rather than online.

Good range of equipment throughout. No notes 🙂

High specification car at a very good price.

Very good duster for the price . No problems

Adam did a brilliant job start to finish.

The connectivity to radio is not great

Great team and turnaround

This is the sixth Duster I have had - all but one have been from new. So when I purchased the latest I felt I that I would know what to expect. This has not been the case. The issues are as follows:

1. The driving seat is uncomfortable and it is very difficult to engage the seat belt (the stalk is too short).

2. The start button and hand brake button cannot be seen due to the instrumentation on the steering wheel furthermore the hand brake button seems to be on the wrong side. I have had the occasional difficulty applying this automatic hand brake.

3. Gear ratios are different to previous models - only on the motorway was I able to get into fifth and sixth gears. I seem to constantly be using third and fourth gears the consequence is that fuel consumption is never greater than 35m/g.

4. The engine seems noisy.

5. The over complicated electronics are not easy to use and are distracting to the point where they are more dangerous than if using a mobile phone. It does not seem possible to turn off some features. The most annoying is the lane control feature where you seem to fight the car with this being on.

6. The shorter rear windscreen does not allow good visibility.

7. With the thickness of the rear seat the room inside is less convenient.

8. The spare wheel-well is very useful but the cover over it is very flimsy – heavy shopping tools etc. cause it to bend and sag.

9. The roof rack is not as practical as I had imagined.

As you might imagine I have not found this latest Duster to give a pleasant hassle free driving experience and it looks as though this will be the last Duster I will be purchasing. In short I wish I had kept the earlier model I traded in.