Hey Dacia fans,

I’m considering replacing my Opel Corsa B 1.5 TD with a Dacia Sandero (Bi-Fuel or gasoline). My main priorities are:

Reliability & low maintenance – I want a car that won’t constantly need repairs.

Fuel efficiency – I drive about 250 km per week, so economical running costs are important.

Practical comfort & space – Not looking for luxury, just a functional, comfortable interior.

Simplicity – Prefer fewer electronics and more straightforward design, like my old Corsa B.

From what I’ve read, the Sandero seems to fit the bill: low running costs, easy to maintain, and simple yet functional. But I’d love to hear from people who actually own one.

Questions:

How reliable has it been for you long-term?

Any hidden maintenance costs I should be aware of?

Is the ride and comfort acceptable for daily use?

Would a Sandero really be a practical replacement for an old diesel Corsa B? Any experiences or advice would be hugely appreciated!

Thanks!

https://media.dacia.com/a-new-powertrain-range-for-duster-and-bigster-with-hybrid-lpg-4x4-and-automatic-transmission/

I am still speechless.

Automatic 4x4 with paddle shifters and LPG.

Hi everyone, I have a duster eco g 100 LPG. At the dealership the told me about ECO mode and advised me not to use it all the time because it causes engine wear. Do you guys use it ? I tried once and I saw that completely eliminates the turbo's spikes and needs more press on the pedal for acceleration.

Ciao a tutti, possiedo una Jogger Extreme Up acquistata a luglio 2025 (Italia). So che le mappe possono essere aggiornate con Toolbox o con l'app Dacia Map Update. Utilizzando Toolbox, ho scaricato un aggiornamento sull'unità flash USB seguendo la procedura. Oggi nelle informazioni di sistema ho capito che la versione del software è 6.0.11.5. Se collego la chiavetta USB al sistema MediaNav di Jogger, si aggiornerà la versione del sistema che ho letto oggi su MediaNav (6.0.11.5)? L'aggiornamento interessa solo le mappe o l'intero sistema multimediale? L'aggiornamento influenzerà il sistema multimediale, ad esempio l'uso di radio, multimedia, AA o Carplay? Grazie

Hi everyone - I have purchased a 2025 Dacia Duster Extreme and for the life of me I cannot get spoken turn by turn directions when using Maps and Apple Car Play. What am I doing wrong?

Planning on buying a new Duster Journey and saw the Youclip thing. What are guys using there? Any STL you found interesting?

O que acham do dacia duster 4x4 Prestige?

Hello,
I bought a 2019 Dacia Duster 4x4 (1.3l - 150hp) and I am looking to buy a set of rims/tires.

I'm trying to understand whether or not I need pressure sensors as well.
Googling I understand there is direct TMPS vs indirect TMPS and that with indirect I wouldn't need the sensors, but I can't find whether my model has one or the other.

Could someone tell me whether or not my model implements one or the other?

Also, for learning purposes, is there a way to visually check the car for sensors around the tires?

Ok, not great at being succinct, please bear with me.

So, I have a 1 week old Bigster (love it) but a question on connectivity.

In my previous Duster I had to connect to Android Auto with a USB cable. This allowed me to enable my phone’s wifi hotspot, in turn allowing me to connect my laptop so I could take a work meeting while waiting to pick my daughter up from school, without disconnecting from Android Auto apps running on the car.

In the Bigster, my phone now connects wirelessly to Android Auto, which is better and neater, except if I try to use the hotspot then Android Auto goes into connection spasms so I have to turn everything off entirely in the vehicle and just use the hotspot for the meeting.

Today, as it went into the usual psychotic drama, I noticed on my phone’s hotspot settings an entry something like ‘dacia_hotspot’. I haven’t read anything about it in the manual, but to be fair, the manual is over 300 pages, even longer than my ramble!

Does anyone know anything about this, tried it? Tomorrow I’ll try get there earlier so I can have a little play, my guess is I connect to Android Auto with my phone and then connect my laptop to dacia_hotspot. I’ll post an update on how that goes.

I have a dacia logan 2007 1.4mpi but both the fuel line and the fuel return line from under the car have melted, I cant find replacement for them since I don't have the part number if anyone can help thx

I have a 2013 Dacia Duster (Laureate). In exceptionally heavy rain like we’ve been having recently the back left door leaks rain water onto the carpet. My sister has a 2015 Dacia Duster and has the exact same issue.

On mine it appears that rain is getting into the door cavity and then dripping down around the speaker and out of the bottom of plastic door inner and over the bottom rubber door seal.

I’ve checked the two little rubber bungs at the bottom of the door and they don’t seem to be blocked - I’ve popped them both out and given them a wipe. Bit dirty but not blocked.

The seals at the outside of the window seem ok. As do the seals at the around the door.

Anyone else had this problem and how did you fix it?!

Hi,

Stupid, high, ridiculous and annoying sound warning every time I start my car with low LPG. The low LPG warning can last for up to 200 KMs! How can I disable it? Dacia give us control of how we want to use our car!!!

Hey, don’t mind the hair.. the two seats in the back are stuck… the red cord even got loose from one of the seats. When I put my hand under it I can feel a sort of lever but it won’t do anything. Help?!

I'm considering buying a sandero stepway (between 2020 and now). Is there anything I should consider or look out for when I get it. Also what trim should I get that's best value for money?

Well, the title says it all. Does Sandero display LPG instant consumption as it does for the gas? Is it somewhere and I can't find it? If not, I can't understand why they don't offer this. I mean literally the LPG versions are meant to be run mostly on LPG anyway and this metric is almost so basic nowadays. Even more, if it can compute average trip LPG consumption, what is the problem with instant??? What do you think?

Went to do a test drive on 2025 Duster bi-fuel, everything going great, but then I press the LPG button and we get a warning of "lpg not available" (or similar it was in Portuguese). The dealer was flabbergasted and didn't know what was happening.. Pulled over. Turned off and on, no improvement. Any idea what might be up?? Does this happen??

Well here we go again , disappointed but expected to be this way , 1 patch of bitum only on the whole roof... Gonna do soundproofing , anybody who did soundproof their Dacia have any tips?🤠

Well, I just got a brand new Sandero Stepway extreme with LPG yesterday and so far I love this car! I try to play around with the multimedia aspect so to be able to play my huge mp3 library. My question is about how you go about it? I'll describe what I have tried and the reason I make this post.

Initially, I'd like to know what are the formats that are being supported. I have played VBR mp3, does this unit support aac or flac too? I have some music in these formats too (especially flac which I have converted from my cds for storage purposes).

Now, what I want to do and fails: I don't really want to plug my mobile as android auto for navigation. I may do occasionally but I have figured out that if android auto is active, I can assume that the only way music is playable is to have the music in the mobile itself used for android auto. I want to avoid this really. I don't want to have any music in my mobile or having to plug it to the car.

I have several SD cards which I thought I could use with an SD card reader. This does work but it has two major flaws, or at least I can't find a workaround to that:

Issue No1) it seems the unit can only recognize fat32, not exFat can someone verify this? In my tests the unit could not read an 128gb SD card formatted as exFat, it did work on 32Gb SD cards formatted as fat32. I wouldn't have any issue with that (I could swap SD cards as needed on the card reader) however this brings the

Issue No2) if I want to change the SD card and use another one, the unit cannot understand the change, it remembers the directory structure of the older SD card. The only way to have the unit properly read the new SD card is by unplugging the USB plug on the car's side, so it can register it as a new USB drive. The problem with that is, eventually the USB port will become loose over the years. This is bonkers really, there should be at least a "refresh structure" option in the media player itself.

I want to avoid using USB sticks for the same reason alongside the issue that the stick will be under direct sunlight and this will potentially ruin it sooner than later. Not sure if I can have larger than 32GB USB sticks, if it can work with eg 256GB sticks, so to minimize plug-unplug cases all the time. Let me know if this works and what file system do you use to achieve that. I don't want to get one such huge drive only to find out it doesn't work. Still I prefer my original solution with SD cards on a card reader with a USB cable which avoids exposure to direct sun.

I had a potential different solution but unfortunately it doesn't work for some unknown reason. I own an mp3 player xDuoo, which has BT support and it has successfully been used to other BT receivers I have. It can read huge SD cards like 128GB so naturally I could just put whatever SD card I want in the player and have the BT connection from xDuoo play on the multimedia. Unfortunately, the car's multimedia unit cannot find the BT on xDuoo. I don't know why. Also there isn't any Aux/Line-in option in the car, this could work brilliantly too if such a plug was available (is there any??).

Any other suggestions are welcome. I want the most hassle free and easy to use solution, without spending a fortune to be able and play my music library. My main no-no is having to plug-unplug the usb port all the time (it will ruin it eventually).

How do you go about playing your own mp3 music library? What works for you?

Thank you for your time.

UPDATE: For those who might be interested, the xDuoo eventually got connected via bluetooth, not sure what was initially the problem. As for my main issue with the USB connection, I have solved this using a USB-A male-to-female extension cable. Now all I have to do is to unplug the card reader's usb from the extension cable and I have permanently attached the USB extension at the multimedia unit's USB. So, no sticks/SD cards are under direct light and the plug-unplug happens at the extension cable. What is left is for Dacia to release some firmware upgrade to the unit, to be able to support at least exFAT and use >32GB devices.

Does anyone know what this beeping is? It’s happening whether the ignition and electrics are on or off, there are no warning lights on the dash. Happening every 30 seconds to 1 minute.

I recently aquired my new project car, 2007 logan 1.6 16v, and i want to install 17 inch 7jt rims with as much sidewall as possible, im wondering if anyone here is rocking that setup and if theres any rubbing or fitment issues. Thank you in advance!

Good morning all. I'm looking for a boot liner for a 25 plate Jogger. We have the third row of seats in the car, but folded up. I was just wondering if anyone has purchased a boot liner whilst still keeping the third row in when not in use. Any help will be greatly appreciated