Hi all,
I recently purchased a brand new Dacia Duster the purchase price was £15500,
we had only owned the car for two weeks when we noticed that the inner front wings were badly rusted,on taking the car back to the main dealers to be inspected by the service manager we were shocked to hear that it was quite common and that they usually rust under the seals above the doors,he took the seals off and there was rust there too,on inspecting the car more thoroughly he found actual corrosion under the rear number plate,he said to us that he could book the car into a body shop but couldnt guarantee that the rust wouldnt reappear after a couple of months, he
actually laughed and said the car was a rust bucket,which we couldn't believe.
We were contacted by Dacia customer services a couple of days later who said they wanted to repair the car to its previous condition,while weve had it its been rusty so we wernt holding out much hope i said i would like to reject it but she said it was Dacias policy to repair rather than replace.
I would just like some advice,as we've heard that rejecting a car can leave you car less for months whilst its sorted out,maybe seeing a solicitor might help we just dont know.
What i do know is that if you buy a brand new car it shouldnt have rust issues like this one,and for dealers to be aware of the problems with a relatively new brand in the uk at such an early stage is a disgrace.Looking on Dacia forums it would appear that this is not an isolated case.