Daewoo Lanos
Owners filed 435 complaints across 5 model years of the Daewoo Lanos. The 2000 drew the most (209).
Model years5
Complaints435
Recalls33
Fires6
Deaths3
Which Daewoo Lanos years should you avoid?
Going by 435 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Daewoo Lanos years to avoid are 2000.
- 2000209 complaints, 2.2× a typical Lanos year, most often about the engine; and 2.7× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (4 fires, 8 crashes, 3 deaths).
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Daewoo Lanos model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2001 | 129 | 5 | 1 | 6 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2000Avoid | 209 | 6 | 4 | 8 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Fatalities reported | |
| 1999 | 62 | 9 | — | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 1998 | 5 | 9 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.