1.6 16V K4M
Renault's long-serving port-injected 1.6. It's slow, simple and belt-driven, so the cambelt schedule is the one thing you cannot skip.
Overview
The 1.6 16V is the K4M petrol version of the Dacia Duster SUV (HS), sold 2010–2017 with 105 PS and manual_5. Manageable at level 2. Nothing expensive is recorded beyond the cambelt, though it's slow enough that people work it hard. 0 failure modes are recorded against its engine, gearbox, chassis and shared components. Prices on this page are illustrative placeholders rather than a sourced market sample. See the methodology for how the bands are derived.
Dacia Duster SUV (HS) · photo Dacia Duster HS FL Glacier White (2) by Damian B Oh · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ranked by probability × repair cost. 0 recorded in total.
Risk level −11 · all issues →
Pre-facelift or facelift, this engine spans both
The same badge either side of the changeover. Bands are split at the facelift year from the generation record.
| Phase | Years | Low | Average | High | Good buy | What differs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pre Pre-facelift | 2010–2012 | €3,600 | €5,600 | €8,500 | €4,600 | The specification the car launched with. |
| LCI Facelift (LCI) | 2013–2017 | €3,900 | €6,100 | €9,250 | €5,000 | New grille and lights; Better cabin materials; Media Nav infotainment added |
Known issues, ranked by expected cost
Faults recorded against this engine, its components and its chassis, ranked by likelihood × repair cost. Costs are indicative ranges with a stated labour basis.
No issues recorded yet for this engine.
Pre-purchase inspection
The same issue records, reordered into the sequence you can actually check them in: cold start, static, drive, paperwork.
Mileage and servicing
What the odometer does and doesn't tell you here, plus the service items whose neglect causes the expensive failures above.
There's no particulate filter and no high-pressure fuel system here, so the mileage means less than the service record does. A well-kept 200,000 km car is a perfectly sound buy.
| Service item | Interval | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Cambelt and water pump Belt failure bends valves. | 120,000 km or 6 years | €380–560 |
| Engine oil and filter Ordinary wear protection, and these often do short journeys. | 15,000 km or annually | €65–100 |
What to pay
What this engine sells for, against the median of every engine in the chassis. All figures are illustrative placeholders. See the basis chips.
Enter an asking price to get a verdict against this variant's band: cheap, fair, good buy or overpriced.
United States vs Europe
1 EUR = 1.08 USD ·US figures are the EU band converted at a stated rate. No US market differential is modelled: we hold no sourced US asking prices, and inventing one would be worse than saying so. What the comparison does show for real is availability. Most of this range was never sold in the US.
- ModelDacia Duster 1.6 16V
- ChassisHS
- EngineK4M
- Years2010–2017
- MarketCentral EU
- Windowrolling 12 months to 2026-07
Good buy isn't the same as cheapest. The good-buy figure assumes the known failure items are either done with receipts or verifiably not yet due. Full breakdown by facelift phase →
Buyer notes
Our judgement, kept separate from the records it's built on.
Everything above this line comes from the issue and specification records. This paragraph is our judgement on top of them. See how we reach it.
Full specification
Manufacturer figures for this engine and body, as recorded in the variant and engine data.
| Engine code | K4M 1.6 16V |
| Configuration | I4, naturally aspirated · 1598 cc |
| Fuel / injection | petrol · port |
| Model years | 2010–2017 |
| Facelift phase | Sold either side of the 2013 facelift, 2010–2012 pre, 2013–2017 LCI |
| Power / torque | 105 PS · 148 Nm |
| Transmissions | 5-speed manual |
| Gearbox families | Renault JH/JR five- and six-speed manual |
| Drivetrain | FWD · 4x4 |
| Economy (real-world) | 7.5–9 l/100 km mixed |
| Markets | EU |