customer reviews for Dacia Spring

Love it but can be a bit tinney

For a small little town runner it does perfectly for me. The regenerative break-in feature is brilliant for local and the standard drive feature is brilliant for motorways. At 70 mph on the motorway you can expect your range to be no more than 70 to 80 mi. But at 56 mph you can expect about $120. If you do what I do, I'll lower it down to 45 or 50 when there's no traffic you can honestly expect To reach the advertise range (if not, running accessories). My honest guess is that the air conditioning or heating will affect the range by about 10 mi, I'm just travelling at night icing. The headlights take off are possible 5 mi (accessory use figures are just my own opinion).

I am 6'1 tall and I do struggle with the low roof for my size. When stopped right at the stop line for traffic lights, I have to crane quite a lot forward until my head sideways to be able to look up at the traffic lights. The sun visor is of zero used to me unless I wish to drive like Stevie Wonder.

I find the driving position very close to the driver's door, so much so that it's hard to relax, but I figured this before I bought it being as it is only a small car.

It is feature rich and all controls are very easily accessible. You can fully control this car without having to touch the screen at all, although the screen does have a lot of useful functions, it's main purpose is entertainment. Android auto compliant and works very well. The dachsha app works very well for monitoring, charging and battery state and also to activate air conditioning or to flash the lights and beep the horn three times when necessary.

All in all this is a wonderful little car but is not going to be useful. If you are a giant who wants to do many, many miles. I will finish on the most important part which is charging. From 10% to 100% on a fast charger will take around 60 mins. 20% to 80% takes around 22 minutes.

The computerised functions seem to have a life of their own and are not, so far as I am concerned, easily controllable - eg why when I take the car out of the garage and my I/phone is connected when having closed the door and get back in the phone is disconnected and does not come back on automatically?

Similarly, when I take the car out of the garage the map of the area comes on.

Then, having driven for about 10 minutes sometimes -not always- a message comes up telling me to take a break.

Annoying matters which the incredibly complicated handbook does nothing to help.

Nevertheless, I really like the vehicle and its obvious economy over a petrol car.

My Spring has most of the extras and I find it fun to drive. It has all the tech I could possibly need, including an APP. A 100% battery charge gives an indicated 131 miles range, which would probably stretch to over 140 with regenerative braking. I rarely drive in ECO mode. I would like the gear lever/switch to work in the opposite direction, push forward to go forward. Having a proper handbrake is a bonus but using an ignition key to start 'the motor' feels a bit weird, but I easily got used to it.

I love this car and I love driving it: I like the trim, it looks nice, it’s nippy. It’s cheap to run on a home charger.

The negatives are:

The boot can be difficult to open;

The back windows should open and close from the front AND the back

Mileage is misrepresented - never achieved 140 on a full charge - usually 131/2

Needs better tyres - feel EVERY bump on the road

Connecting to Apple Car play is never guaranteed!

Longer mileage would be great, but for the price it’s a lovely little car.

You get what you pay for, a fun little electric car which is perfect for local journeys.

Positives: fast charge is a must, enjoyably fast acceleration, very comfortable for a small car. Negatives: boot doesn't shut without a slam, the media screen sometimes takes a minute to wake up.

I would recommend the Spring to anyone with the proviso that person knows what they want. It isnt a luxurious long range car and is never going to be....

Glitchy electronics, a boot lid that will only close if your hand is in a very specific place, tyres with the ride quality of 2p piece's, a heater that really struggles to keep you warm (that will be due to the lack of insulation) and a regeneration system that actively fights you, you can feel the car buck as is kicks in and out, oh and a fault with the charging system that they are fixing but aren't telling anyone about.

I had a problem with my radio in the Dacia Spring which had stopped playing. Booked in for a service to sort out the problem. Just before the car was to go in, the radio resumed playing. I spoke to Vicky Oakes in the service department to say should I cancel but she said there must be an underlying problem and to bring the car in. The radio required an soft wear update and has been playing ever since. Thanks Vicky.

Very comfortable and easy to drive. Plenty of room for a small car. People comment how good it looks.

It doesn't seem to charge to the full amount, and some of the controls seem to be a bit complicated. The younger generation find it no problem, but the Seniors like myself, who are more likely to use this car, sometimes find it awkward. However, I still like the car as it suits my needs admirably.

The Dacia is a fab little car, so economical to run if just pootling about locally. My work is 10 miles round trip, 6 days a week, and I only have to charge once a week.

Downside is the Infotainment system. Have to reset weekly at least as the radio will just stop working, clearly shows the station playing and the volume is high, but nothing comes out. It randomly changes radio station also.