2005 Dacia Logan Ambition review from Romania

No central locking working (one door was not shutting by central locking; needed to be close manually). Repaired in warranty period.

Cooling radiator leaking. 3 months after I bought it. Repaired under warranty.

Weak brakes even with ABS (Not well dimensioned for the car weight and dimensions). Construction fault.

Water leaking inside at the windows if raining or washing the car. Never solved.

Many detail problems like electric windows not working. Repair one problem, and another problem appears.

I sold the car because I could not pass the periodical inspection, and the service could not help me. They told me that this is not their job to help me with this problem.

The list may continue.

The only thing that was good regarding this car was the engine. Otherwise it is a piece of crap. Very poor performance, very poorly built, poor quality, cheap materials, a lot of detail problems, bad technical support. Good engine (old timer in fact) on a bad car.

The stability is poor. Suspension was noisy after 10000 Km. Believe it or not, Solenza and SuperNova are better cars, probably the best cars built by Dacia after 2000 (after 1990 in general).

Also, if you buy a Logan and want to resell it, its value decreases dramatically (from 9000 Euro down to about 6000 Euro) a loss of 3000 euros in JUST 2 YEARS! While the Solenza & Supernova are quite expensive, they are better as far as reliability (however even those are having problems, but the Logan is a big flaw). Hope the Sandero is better! But I don't think so. I own now Chevrolet Aveo, which is far better than Logan at the same money. Never had trouble with it, and it has 12500 Km.