Dacia Jogger 1 Year Ownership Report | Do I Still Like It?

This week on Buckle Up it's GOOD NEWS Harry give an update on his car, a Dacia Jogger Comfort 110 TCe. This is the Romanian brand's large 7 seat family car, though they refuse to decide if its an MPV, SUV or Estate. Starting from £17,435 it offers exceptional value, but is it any good?

Up against rivals such as the Citroen Berlingo, Ford Tourneo Connect, Peugeot Rifter, Renault Kangoo, Skoda Yeti, Vauxhall Combo Life and Volkswagen Caddy Life does the Dacia offer a thrifty but fun alternative?
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[UKMike]

I have a Jogger - only 1500 miles in at the moment but very pleased with the quality, economy and durability. I have squeezed 4 adults and 3 7 year olds into the car with no problem, and it didn't cost me £50 grand to do so. Great review, great and honest car. Reminds me a little of my first car (Renault 4), my FIAT Multipla Mk 1 and our Citroen 2CV, in that both cars never pretended to be luxury vehicles - they just got on with the job without fuss. I've had Fords, Alfa Romeos, Vauxhall, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, an Austin Maestro, and the Jogger is up there with the best of them for comfort, versatility and value for money. I love it.

[VickyWeekes]

I’ve had my jogger for over a year I’ve done just over 15 thousand miles. My 3rd Dacia car in just 7 years love it!

[ericg.]

My name is Eric from NL. Awaiting my first Dacia (LPG Jogger) in two weeks time. After 7 years sold my 350Z roadster. Main reason for the change is saving on maintenance and petrol. And the space available is very convenient when you need it. So let’s go for if! In light green obviously! Liked your video a lot. Very practical user experience and no commercial bs. Cheers

[listensqueak]

Good review, I've had mine as a second car since December and managed to clock up 13600 miles already. Nothing has gone wrong and as it is all motorway mileage, it's showing an average of 58mpg which is great for the size of the car. Nice to have a car which is just good at doing what a car is supposed to do.

[ghotiiii]

Update: just got back from family holiday with my six week old Eco-G Jogger. After a 3000km round trip to warmer climes, with five people inside luggage, paddle-board, boogey boards, fins etc. and a full size bicycle (yes, INSIDE the car, with one second row seat folded, and one third row seat stowed) I love the thing even more. Just gave her a wash and hoovered a ton of sand and now she's spotless. Also, cleaning gave me a really detailed look how she's put together, and you can really see the genius of the design, plus where costs were cut, with no loss of quality. It all just makes sense!

[tonyb]

I live in Spain and have the Jogger Extreme SE 7 seater, Petrol/LPG Version (LPG 0.76 cents litre here where I am) had it nearly 9 months, in U.K. £ cost me around £16500 at the time was €18600. Just before prices went up. Had to wait nearly 10 months for it but worth it. I’m so impressed with the ride quality I traded a 2019 Skoda Karoq for the Jogger and I consider the Jogger ride quality better than the Karoq I had. No problems, good honest car at a reasonable price. I also purchased the 4 year service plan. Forgot to mention where I am the road tax for this car is €24

[PanPuchacki]

I got to chip in as well. I own 2023 Jogger Extreme. I got it in March last year and by end of March 2024 I have covered nearly 12k miles. Last year we took it for the trip all the way from Sheffield to St Tropez, later same year we drove to Poland and back. So half of the mileage is motorway. It's two of us adults and two kids. The car handles perfectly, drives well on a motorway. It's not a racing car and we tend to tour at around 75-78 mph with a roof box on top. Back seats are generally in the garage. Most of the time we have a dog cage at the back but there is still plenty of space for a plug-in fridge and luggage. Very practical for trips to B&Q or Ikea. It was for a service recently and there were no amber or red indications. All good.

[ErnestasR-gxnx]

I have Dacia Stepway (2017), spent probably 200eu in repairs for six years. Very satisfied with this brand, very good everyday car. Before had Mercedes e320 (2012), total garbage, constant electric problems, sold after one year of financial suffering.

[christianbutler]

Had my Jogger for 6 months now absolutely loving it. Apparently i was a bad driver according to the onboard scoring system!
Was sitting at 45/100 points for the first couple of weeks and i was kind of annoyed at that fact. Started to accelerate slower etc and try to improve and now sitting with a score of 95/100 and my mpg is at 54.0 which is 3 more then the official stats.
So not only is the jogger economical if you care enough to improve your driving, its insanely cheap for what it is with camping trips and taxi service for the family (the only driver). Have done 5800 miles so far and no issues.
Best decision ive ever made!

[alunhoskins]

I bought a new Duster in 2016, I live in Ireland now; rural area, loads of hills and the roads…..variable🤗 In the 5 years and 76, 000 km, I had it it was 100% faultless. Despite some of the roads best efforts nothing rattled, squeaked or fell off. And…the person who owns the car now reports exactly the same. In 2021 I bought a new Citroën C3 Aircross. (Which is also an Opel Mokka underneath with Vauxhall badges instead of the original Opel ones for UK) and also a Peugeot 2008. Also an excellent car but in real terms - touchy feely bits aside - is no better than the Dacia but costs more of course. And it had a few minor teething problems.
I think the Jogger has become the new Duster, and we’re tripping over them both here.
The Irish are very, very tough on their cars - I moved here from UK 15 years ago - and anything that sells well has to be good.
It’s the land of used E Class Mercs and cars like the Dacia here. Oh, and Toyota Landcruisers for the farmers.
Loved this video👍

[lewlewis]

Thanks for the update, i like the presentation chaps, friendly and informative without being too clever by half which some car reviewers get wrong.
Whilst the 1.0 litre would do us fine and previously i hadn't been too bothered about going back to manual, a 4 week stint with one of my daughter's manual Civics soon put that idea to bed.
So, if we do go for a Jogger its going to have to be the hybrid unless they offer a decent autobox option for the 1.0 litre, which probably won't happen.
Going to hang fire a while and see how reliable the hybrid drive proves.

[JohnGreenshields-vn]

Got my Jogger in Sept'22 and have done 12000 miles .
All was great till start of November - clutch gearbox issue. Took 2 weeks to get it into a Dacia garage been there since. Known issue but I've not seen anything in reviews.
3 weeks at the garage and counting.
Got a hire car 2 weeks ago after much Pfaff.
Worthy of note, particularly if buying used -22 plate once the warranty is about done
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[chrise]

I've got the Xtreme model and I'm very happy with it.
I reckon that the Jogger is Dacia's "Skoda moment". They've gone from cheap, no nonsense cars to a more prestige offering. The Bigster looks like it's going to be another step up. Only downside I can see is that the prices are going to go up. This has already started with the Jogger which is over £3k more now than when it first appeared.

[Stevirobbo]

I have had 4 sanderos each one 4 years and then passed them on me and my wife 2 each and they have been the most reliable cars we have ever have with nothing needed on any of them. Compared to our vw polo we had before them which fell apart. So if you are thinking of getting a dacia great go get one theres now a waiting list of about 3 months but worth the wait and you can choose your own reg 😊 we are currently waiting for a new Duster extreme 😊

[tomfuller]

Back in August we flew in to Heathrow from the States and Leased a Jogger to go to Norfolk, Norwich actually, to visit some old friends. One of whom was doing poorly. Anyway, the Jogger was great, roomy and economical. It transported the four of us and our bags and baggage just fine. Rode well. To bad they are not sold in the States.

[Rossbott]

Just bought a brand new Dacia Jogger it’s the SE Extreme….I’ve only had it a week but I’m already finding it pretty amazing in all aspects especially the price ! Definitely best to go for the se extreme model in my opinion 😁

[joaomarquesfaisca]

I just watched your video because I have a 2024 brand new duster incoming and after many Dacia videos this one seems to be very down to earth, detailed and real life enlightening. Glad to know the quality is exactly what we should expect from a Dacia, not bad at all and does the job fairly well, if I had 3 kids instead of 2 I would definitely trade my Duster for the Jogger without thinking. For now hopefully the quality, clever design and practicality will also propagate to the new model. Cheers

[parkecorepersonaltrainingp]

Really like these and great to know it ticks all the boxes. Always nice to have a car that is reliable and just works as it should. 👍👍 great review

[kenweir]

Liking the look of the jogger more and more…..it’s definitely on the list of possible cars to buy. 😊

[blakdog]

I have had a Dacia sandero stepway for the last 5 years and have found it very comfortable, economical and actually quite fun to drive. I drive to Devon a few times a year which is about 190 miles and it's a pleasure to drive. Had an Alfa Romeo 146 and after a long drive I would have back ache. Also the Alfa was always going wrong. I will be sticking with Dacia I think.