Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1999 record →
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 04V357000 REGARDING CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR. HOWEVER, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A DEALERSHIP IN CONSUMER'S AREA, AND COULD NOT GET IN CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. *AK
RECALL 04V357000 REGARDING CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. UNABLE TO LOCATE A DEALER TO HONOR THIS RECALL, AND DAEWOO CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER TOLL FREE NUMBER WAS UNABLE TO GET THROUGH. *AK
THE CONSUMER RECEIVED, NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN LETTER #04V357000 REGARDING THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. COMPANY IS OUT BUSINESS. NO DEALERSHIP AVAILABLE, THE PHONE IS PROVIDES IN THE LETTER IS NOT WORKING.
THE SWITCH UNDERNEATH THE BREAK PEDAL THAT CONTROLS THE BRAKE LIGHTS GOING ON IS CONTINUALLY MALFUNCTIONING TO THE POINT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME I HAVE NO BREAK LIGHTS, WHICH RESULTED IN ME GETTING REAR-ENDED.*AK
CONSUMER STATES RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER , CALL MANY TIMES AND NO WAY TO GET THRU TELEPHONE OPERATOR. NEITHER A HELP FROM THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02V131001 NOTICE FOR AIRBAG. DEALER IS REFUSING TO DO REPAIRS. *AK *SLC
CONSUMER CANNOT GET PARTS FOR RECALL 02V131001 CONCERNING AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT BECAUSE COMPANY WAS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE, THINKS IT IS UNSAFE.*AK
WHILE DRIVING, BOTH REAR WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED, RESULTING IN A LOUD ROARING SOUND. THIS VEHICLE WAS IN REPAIR SHOP A YEAR AGO FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK IDLE FLUCTUATED AND ENGINE SEEMED NOISY DUE TO A LOOSE FUEL PUMP HARNESS. THE SEAT BACK LATCH WAS INOPERABLE, DEALER REPLACED SEAT BACK. *SLC
VEHICLE HAS FAILED THREE TIMES. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY LAC CONTROL VALVE. *JG
CONSUMER STATES BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED EVERY 4000 TO 8000 MILES, THE LEFT FRONT SIDE SEEMS TO GRIND FREQUENTLY, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT IT WAS THE METHOD AND FREQUENCY OF BRAKING WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEMS.*JB
VEHICLE STALLED WHILE PARKING. TAKEN TO DEALER, RAIN WATER HAD GOTTEN UNDER HOOD AND DAMAGED COMPUTER CHIP THAT REGULATES ENGINE. $ 1500.00 TO REPLACE. CONSUMER FELT DAEWOO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS. *AK
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BURNING RUBBER AND BRAKE FAILURE, REPLACED BRAKES AND REAR-WHEEL BEARINGS, HOWEVER CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE DEFECT'S. *MJS
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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