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 2000 record →
CONSUMER RECEIVED, NHTSA RECALL 04V357000 REGARDING CRAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR. COMPANY WAS OUT BUSINESS. NO DEALERSHIP WAS AVAILABLE, THE PHONE PROVIDED IN THE LETTER WAS NOT WORKING. *AK
A RECALL (04V357000) HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND NHTSA RECALL 02V131001 ON THE FMVSS 201/AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO FIND AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THERE IS NO DEALER IN THE AREA TO REPAIR THE RECALL . ON THE VEHICLE CAM SHAFT SENSOR.
CONSUMER RECEIVED, NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V357000 REGARDING THE CRAN KSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. COMPANY WAS OUT BUSINESS. NO DEALERSHIP WAS AVAILABLE, THE PHONE PROVIDED IN THE LETTER WAS NOT WORKING.*AK
THE CONSUMER RECEIVED, NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN LETTER #04V357000 REGARDING THE CRANSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. COMPANY IS OUT BUSINESS. NO DEALERSHIP AVAILABLE, THE PHONE IS PROVIDES IN THE LETTER IS NOT WORKING
WHILE DRIVING SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND CALLED FOR ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE. NO INJURIES REPORTED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICED 04V3570000 CONCERNING CAM SHAFT SENSOR FAILURE. DEALER WAS NOT IN OPERATION. *AK
CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT MOTOR MOUNT BRACKET SHEARED OFF. THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO BECOME LOOSE, AND LACK OF SUPPORT. *AK
CONSUMER HAD A DAEWOO VEHICLE AND WATER WAS COMING INTO THE VEHICLE FROM THE RESERVE HOSE. WHEN PUTTING WATER INTO THE OVERFLOW IT SOMEHOW FOUND ITS WAY INSIDE THE VEHICLE, MAKING THE FLOOR WET. CONSUMER TOOK THIS VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, BUT WAS TOLD THAT THE PART SHE NEEDED MUST BE PURCHASED FROM THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER. SINCE DAEWOO WAS OUT OF BUSINESS, AND NO ONE HAD THE PARTS VEHICLE COULD NOT GET REPAIRED. *AK
HEADLIGHT PLUGS MELTED, CAUSING THE HEADLIGHTS NOT TO OPERATE. CONSUMER REPLACED THE PLUGS, AND A SERVICE BULLETIN RECOMMENDED THAT CONSUMER CAN CHANGE THE TYPE OF PHILLIPS BULBS USED BECAUSE IT COULD BE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *AK DEALER WON'T REPAIR DAMAGE, REPLACE BULBS OR TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILURE OF THE PLUGS. *LA
THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER FOR MY LANOS AND MY SONS NUBIRA BOTH FROZE AND CAUSED THE TIMING BELT TO BREAK JUST AS THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE SO THE TENSIONER DOES NOT DAMAGE THE BELT. THIS ENDS UP BEING A VERY COSTLY PROBLEM BECAUSE THE ENGINE ON BOTH CARS HAD TO BE CHANGED.*AK
REF COMPLAINTS 80068888 897127 10002881 ON HEADLAMPS. BOTH CONNECTORS HAVE DETERIORATED ASSUME FROM HEAT OF HEADLAMPS. CAN JIGGLE THE WIRES AND GET CONNECTION, WITH INTERMEDIATE RESULTS ON EITHER HEADLAMP.
THE FRONT BRAKES ON MY 2000 DAEWOO LANOS KEEP WEARING OUT AND WARP THE FRONT ROTORS TO THE POINT THEY MUST BE REPLACED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. *AK
ENGINE STALLED WIYHOUT WARNING. *AK
CONSUEMER STATES THAT THE CAMPER HARNESS IS TOO SHORT FOR THE HOOK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, CONSUMER FEELS IT IS UNSAFE BECAUSE THE LIFE WIRE IS BEING EXPLOSED.
THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. *JB
THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING.*JB
DAEWOO MOTOR CORP. WENT BANKRUPT WITHOUT DOING THE RECALL.
BOTH CONNECTORS THAT CONNECT TO THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE DETERIORATED, APPARENTLY DUE TO HEAT FROM THE HEADLIGHTS, SO BADLY THAT THE CONNECTION DISENGAGES WHILE DRIVING AND THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT. I HAVE TO STOP AND JIGGLE THE CONNECTION TO REGAIN HEADLIGHTS. THE WIRE HARNESS CONNECTION IS DEFECTIVE AND MAKES FOR A VERY HAZZARDOUS SITUATION WHEN TRAVELING IN WASHINGTON DC TRAFFIC AND SUDDENLY THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT.
WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLEW. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE SWIRVED OUT OF CONTROL, BUT CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP SAFELY. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB
WHITE HOUSE REFERRAL /CROWTHER RE DEFECTIVE CRUISE CONTROL ON A 2000 DAEWOO LANOS... THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIND A DEALER THAT WHILL SEVICE THE VEHICLE, BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER HAS GONE OUT OF BUSINESS. *JB
NO SUMMARY. DT
TIMING CHAIN FAILS AND BENDS VALVES. WATER PUMP AND OTHER COMPONENTS FAILED AS A RESULT OF THE TIMING CHAIN FAILURE. CAR JUST WON'T START AT ALL. NO WARNING PRIOR TO FAILURE. REPAIR IS VERY COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING AS PARTS HAVE TO BE ORDERED AND TAKE WEEKS TO ARRIVE. DESIGN PROBLEM ACCORDING TO MECHANIC AT CENTRAL VALLEY CHRYSLER IN MODESTO, CA- WHERE THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. DT
DISC BRAKE ON RIGHT FRONT FROZE IN THE CLOSED POSITION AND HEATED UP THE BRAKES AND WORE THEM DOWN METAL TO METAL ON DISC BRAKE. HAD TO BE TOWED IN TO DEALER , CENTRAL VALLEY CHRYSLER IN MODESTO , CA. FOR REPAIR. WARRANTY WORK COMPLETED BY THE DEALER. BRAKE CALIPERS AND DISC WERE REPLACED DO TO DAMAGE. DT
ENGINE STILL MAKES A TAPPING SOUND, AIR INTAKE LEVER CABLE DEFECTIVE(DEALERSHIP CAN'T GET PARTS), WHICH CAUSES A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE. STEERING STILL PULLS TO ONE SIDE AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES, BRAKES STILL DON'T FEEL RIGHT ( HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS AND RESURFACE ROTORS AT MY EXPENSE) BUT BRAKES STILL ARE NOT STOPPING RIGHT.
ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON SINCE JAN 2002. HAVE REPLACED CAM SENSOR ONCE, FUEL FILTER ONCE, OXYGEN SENSOR TWICE AND NOW THEY SAY IT MIGHT BE THE FUEL INJECTORS. THEY ORDERED THEM BUT THEY ARE ON BACKORDER AND COULD BE WEEKS BEFORE THEY COME IN. THE CAR IS MISFIRING AND HESITATING TERRIBLY AND CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AND HASN'T MOVED SINCE OCT. 4, 2002. IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT AN AGGREVATION SINCE I BOUGHT IT. IF I COULD I WOULD GIVE IT RIGHT BACK TO THE BANK OR DAEWOO. I HAVEN'T HAD MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN MY CAR IN OVER A MONTH BECAUSE THE CAR SCARES ME TO DEATH. AND BECAUSE DAEWOO HAS FILED BANKRUPTCY THERE IS NOTHING ANYONE CAN DO TO RUSH THE PART OR GET ME A RENTAL. I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND A DAEWOO TO ANYONE. AND IT IS ONLY WORTH ABOUT $3000.00 AND I OWE ABOUT $9000.00. ONE MORE PROBLEM AND THIS CAR WILL BE SITTING PERMANENTLY IN FRONT OF BB&T BANK OR IN FRONT OF LESTER RAINES IMPORTS OR C & O MOTORS. MR
NOT DONE IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. DEALER WILL NOT PERFORM RECALL DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY DID NOT BUY THE VEHICLE FROM THEM.*JB
VEHICLE WILL NOT START/ STALLED IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY. DEALER WILL NOT RETURN CALLS.*AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR AND FRONTAL COLLISIONS, AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER WILL NOT RETURN CONSUMER'S CALLS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
DAEWOO WAS REFUSING TO CORRECT RECALL 02V131001 AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS NOT PUCHASED FROM THEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
OIL IS LEAKING, AND THE DEALER HAS REPLACED A PART IN VEHICLE THREE TIMES ALREADY TO FIX PROBLEM. THEN AFTER THIRD TIME DEALER STATED THAT HEAD GASKET HAS GONE OUT.*AK
DAEWOO DOES NOT HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE FOR RECALL # 02 V 131 001 REPAIRS OF AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. ALSO, DOESN'T KNOW WHEN PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE.*AK
CONSUMER RECEIVE RECALL # 02V131 000 FOR AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. DAEWOO WAS REFUSING TO FIX RECALL BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS NOT PURCHASED FROM THAT DEALER.*AK *YH
CONSIMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH BRAKES FAILED, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.JUST HAD BRAKES REPLACED. DEALER CONTACTED.*JB
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH, SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, IN WHICH THE AIR BAG DID NOT COMPLETELY DEPLOY ON IMPACT, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*JB CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE BRAKES FAILED, CONSUMER WAS ALSO INJURED.*JB
AT 65MPH HOSE SNAPPED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SMOKE AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
THERE IS A BOLT AND 2 HUB: CAP RINGS MISSING ON LEFT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
TRANSMISSION BANGING UP AND DOWN, MAYBE A STRIPPED WIRE, OTHER PROBLEMS ARE FUEL INJECTION, TRANSMISSION OIL LEAK.
WHILE DRIVING ON A COUNTRY ROAD HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. CONSUMER HAD TO HOLD HEADLIGHT SWITCH FOR HEADLIGHTS TO COME BACK ON AND TO STAY ON. CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER REPLACED SWITCH 4 TIMES. PROBLEM KEPT REOCCURRING.*AK *YH
UPON ACCELERATING, VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS INDICATED THAT PROBLEM OCCURS DUE TO BATTERY WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. *AK. CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE MAKES A NOISE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, AND VEHICLE STALLSAND NOT ABLE TO RESTART, VIBRATION FROM STEERING WHEEL, WIRING HARNESS RE-POISONED, BATTERY REPLACED, AND BRAKE SQUEAKS AND LIGHT COMES ON. *YD
MANUFACTOR/DEALERSHIP WILL NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY ON THE CAR AND BLAMING THE CAR TROUBLES ON TIRE ROTATION FAULTS, IT DOES NOT STATE IN MY CONTRACT TIRE ROTATION BUT HAVE KEPT UP ON THE TIRE, OIL RECORDS. THE ENGINE IS SHOT AND TRANSMISSION. THE BRAKES SYSTEM COULD HAVE CAUSED ME TO GET INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE COMPLAINTS ON THE CAR ARE A SERIOUS CONCERN AND NEED TO BE DEALT WITH. NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE DAEWOO LANOS CAR HELP ME. *AK
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT ANY SPEED THERE IS INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE. DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE. *AK *YH
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH DRIVER'S WINDOW AND DRIVER REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. WINDS WERE 40 MPH. DRIVER AND CHILD PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR CUTS. SAME NIGHT WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, REAR PASSENGER'S WINDOW SHATTERED. NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET.*AK
WHILE DRIVING CAR PULL TO THE RIGHT, UNABLE TO ALIGN VEHICLE TO PROPER SPECS. DUE TO POSSIBLE BEND IN VEHICLE STRUCTURE FROM PREVIOUS S OR RECENT DAMAGE. FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS WERELOOSE, REPLACE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS BOTH SIDES.
VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. DEALER HAS SERVICED VEHICLE, AND REPLACED PARTS IN EXHAUST; HOWEVER, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
HEADLIGHTS DIED WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, VEHICLE HAS RECALL 01V020000 FOR WIRING HARNESS. CONSUMER FEELS ITS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN HEADLIGHTS QUIT, AND OTHER SPEEDING CARS ARE NOT ABLE TO SEE VEHICLE PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES. CANNOT REMEDY.*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
VEHICLE LEFT ROAD, STRUCK TREE . WITHIN 3 MINUTES APPROX. CAR WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. DRIVER WAS TRAPPED, AND DIED.*AK
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