Dacia Renault candidates, next to Orange, Beauvais airport or Alstom for one of Pinocchio prizes awarded to conpanies that mislead people through their ads. Renault is present among these companies because of an ad at Duster model in which the producer claims that the car respected the envrionemnt, which misleads clients since CO2 emissions are above average at car engines.

Dacia's ad claimed that the car respects the environment since the car has lower gas emissions compared to over SUV models but authorities demanded Renault to withdraw the ad which mislead its clients.