Dacia Jogger MPV - Reliability & safety
Dacia is working to improve customer satisfaction, if not safety
The Dacia Jogger is a new model, but it doesn’t come with the same level of safety equipment that you’d typically find in rivals. As for reliability and owner satisfaction, we can only go off Dacia’s other current models, where the picture is rather mixed. It seems buyers drawn in by the brand’s low prices become unhappy with certain aspects of their cars, but love other parts.
Dacia Jogger reliability
Our 2023 Driver Power survey saw Dacia ranked 26th out 32 manufacturers, which isn’t particularly impressive, but does rank more highly than parent company Renault in 29th. A high proportion of owners (26%) reported faults in the first year of ownership – roughly on par with Renault with 25% of owners reporting an issue. However, while the Jogger didn't appear, the Dacia Duster finished in a very strong fourth place out of the top 75 cars on sale, with running costs, value and, surprisingly, its infotainment all rated highly.
The previous-generation Sandero finished 75th in 2021 and has since dropped out of the rankings, but the new Sandero and the Jogger are based on far more modern underpinnings. They’ve received numerous interior improvements, and we didn’t find the Jogger too noisy on the move, so perhaps Dacia’s ranking will improve in the next couple of years.
Safety
Safety is an area that Dacia has previously admitted not focusing a great deal on, saying that its customers would rather pay less than have too many annoying or overbearing safety systems. Still, a one-star score (out of five) from Euro NCAP is undeniably disappointing.
Primarily, its low rating seems to come from the lack of protection given to people sitting in the third row of seats. There are no airbags or seatbelt reminder warnings for the sixth and seventh seats. Meanwhile, adult occupant protection was described as ‘adequate’ or ‘marginal’ depending on the type of crash.
The Jogger does feature autonomous emergency braking as standard, which is a relief, but it won’t brake automatically for pedestrians or cyclists like other systems do. Hill-start assist is also included, along with front and side airbags.
