If you are allowed to believe the popular saying, then often pays twice who buys cheap. This is true for some small cars. A model is particularly prone to repairs.
A title can no longer be taken from the Sandero: When the Dacia model came in VW Polo format in 2008 to the dealers, it was with a list price of just under 7,000 euros Germany.
Technically, the cheap model from Romania is based on the Clio. That sounds trustworthy at first, because the small car of the parent company Renault is not known for pronounced unreliability. In addition, Dacia gives three-year warranty on new cars. But in the main investigation (HU) makes the Sandero many mistakes.
Cheap car with problems at the HU
The “Auto Bild Tüv Report 2019” calls him defects giant and writes: “If a new car is so cheap, that is not just the omission of softly foamed-down dashboards.” And the quality suffers. ” This is already proven by the first HU deadline, when the suspension of the axle causes above-average problems.
From the second porous exhaust systems are added to the third in the vehicle age of seven years often joins deficiencies in steering system and drive shafts to do so. Typical of all vintages: functional restrictions of the foot brake and the deceleration light, and the exhaust emission test (AU) too often he does not master right away.
That’s what the ADAC says about Sandero
The fact that the HU-relevant deficiencies do not necessarily lead to a poor roadside performance, shows the performance of the car in the ADAC statistics. The car club notes to the Romanian compact: “The Sandero actually provides a good picture.”
However, according to him, the balance sheet beats the frequently striking batteries, a shortcoming that occurred especially in the years of construction from 2012 to 2014. Occasionally, the breakdown helpers had to disengage, among other things, because of broken starters on models from 2010 to 2012 and ailing exhaust pipes and pots (2009 and 2010).
That’s what the Dacia Sandero does
Compared to the other price breaker, the Kombi Logan, something shapely succeeded, rolled the four-meter-long Sandero 2008 to the dealers. A year later, the jacked-up Stepway variant moved on. If the first edition still had a poor safety feature with only front airbags, side airbags and ESP have been available since the second generation, which debuted in 2012.
Despite its technical inadequacies, the Sandero has a fairly comfortable chassis, with 320 liters of competitive storage space and can be operated to save fuel. This is mainly due to the relatively low weight of about one ton, which curbs the thirst per se.
Only the first generation can be run alternatively to diesel and petrol with bioethanol (77 kW / 105 hp). But held from 2012 with the Sandero II three-cylinder engines collection. Depending on the edition and design, the pure gasoline engines cover a range from 54 kW / 73 hp to 66 kW / 90 hp. The diesel come on 50 kW / 68 hp to 70 kW / 95 hp in the latest diesel, which came in the fall of 2018 under the hood. The LPG versions with LPG versions, available as Sandero I or II, come to 53 kW / 72 hp to 66 kW / 90 hp.
Fresh badge is required
For used buyers applies: On a fresh HU badge they should exist to exclude defects. Another peculiarity: The low new car prices lead to comparatively little loss of value, which is why many Dacia models are considered “residual value giants”. The result: many young used are hardly cheaper than new cars.
If you want to buy used, in the case of a Sandero 1.4 MPI LPG with 55 kW / 75 hp from 2011, the average selling price of 3,800 euros, which the “DAT market mirror” of the German automobile trust in view of a statistically expected mileage of 104,000 kilometers calls , If you are looking for the Sandero 1.6 16V 105 ethanol with 77 kW / 105 hp in the crossover variant Stepway, you have to expect 4,575 euros and 92,000 kilometers in the case of a 2012 model year.