Is Omoda (Chery) crashing in South Africa already?

I recently bought an Omoda ( Chery) from Omoda/Chery Northcliff. 9October 2023)

This is a true story. All facts can be verified by vehicle owner or reference Chery/Omoda Northcliff or Sandton

The vehicle itself is a complete failure. It’s as if China is building the **** made them infamous in the 80s. And they are still dumping there failed products on the world. Well South Africa. The OMODA is Chinese junk.

In the meantime Northcliff dealership's service department "closed down". Not enough sales they say. Testament to the junk I speak of. Now I have to drive to Sandton for service, maintenance, and other issues (many, many,many). Which, trust me are part of the joys of owning this cheap Chinese junk I refer to. The car is *******. The vehicle software ( Onboard and Android Auto) has never fully functioned. The screen display shows in half the screen (if that makes sense). All the applications "hang or freeze in one way or another. Waze being the biggest problem. How to navigate when your GPS freezes during loadshedding traffic…….!!!!! The aircon does not work. The fuel economy has never been close to what they said it was. For a 1.5 engine 13-16 litres/100kms is pretty steep I’d say. They can’t fix that. Run it in “sport” mode was their recommendation for the trying to bring economy in line. Even the little wheel cap on the front right fell out and they don’t have stock of that. This is all true today the 15/03/2024. Oh and the brakes were completely trashed (metal to metal) at 9000 kms. For which they wanted to charge me!! So expect brake change every 9000. Not covered under motor plan apparently.

So after taking it to Northcliff we came away unfixed and nothing resolved and no better off. They then closed down. Except for the advice described above. Just pathetic service.

So……Sandton here we come. First round…..surely after three weeks in the shop we'd (they) would be able to fix issues. Wrong!!! No clue. None what so ever. THREE WEEKS!! So after then had to collect it last Friday (08/03/2024). Returned Monday (11/03/2024). Them on Wednesday....hello your cars ready!! Thursday morning....sorry we were wrong your car is still broken.

FUN FACT: OMODA Sandton cannot be in the same place as Chey Sandton. Is that because Chery does not want to be associated with a crumbling Chinese junk brand like Omoda??

Them: We actually have no idea. We see it's broken. We see it doesn’t work. We admit it's faulty. But unfortunately, we have no plan or the any clue. No idea how to fix it. So please take your car back broken and we will get back to you when we have some news. THIS IS AN ACTUAL VEHICLE DEALERSHIP IN JOHANNESBURG IN THE YEAR 2024……..Omoda Sandton.

One can see why now….they are in serious trouble. It appears this brand isn’t making it.

So as it stands I have an OMODA that the software is faulty, the motor (consumption) is faulty, it’s still missing that little wheel cap and there is no service to speak to of or any real future plan of action to remedy this.

FUN FACT: I have a 3.0L, V6, twin turbo, C43 AMG. It uses less fuel than an OMODA C5 or whatever the Chinese call this ****py derivative!! The stats say 7-8 litres/100kms…..show me one single Omoda that does that. It is false advertising.

Have I bought a dud, is OMODA (Chery) going **** up in SA already. Is Chery looking to distance themselves from the OMODA brand because it really is such Chinese junk that they do not want to be associated with it anymore or be dragged down with their apparent imminent demise?

Chery? Omoda? Whats the deal here guys?

This is a true story. All facts can be verified by vehicle owner or reference Chery/Omoda Northcliff or Sandton

Kind Regards, Michael Foster Managing Director VERISEC SA