Structure › BodyCrash1 injured
Filed Jun 27, 2001FL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER COLLISION AND ROOF COLLAPSED ON DRIVER'S SIDE, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES TO DRIVER. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
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2000 Daewoo Lanos complaints
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 →
Electrical System › WiringFire
Filed Jun 12, 2001MN
WHILE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK FIRST THING THIS MORNING SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH PASSENGER'S SEAT. SHE PULLED OVER, AND CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT DISCONNECTED BATTERY AND PUT OUT FIRE. VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIME. $ AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AND CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN. NO INJURIES.*AK
Service Brakes, Air › Antilock
Filed Mar 26, 2001CA
WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AT 27 MPH, STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, BRAKES LOCKED UP, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO SPIN. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jan 5, 2001PA
WHILE DRIVING COULD SMELL BURNING OIL COMING FROM ENGINE, AND OIL GAUGE WENT TO EMPTY. THEN, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY FOUND THAT LEAK CAME FROM OIL CHANGE THEY HAD PERFORMED, BUT FORGOT TO RECAP IT. *AK
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist SystemCrash1 injured1 killed
Filed Nov 14, 2000AL
VEHICLE LOST CONTROL WHILE TRAVELING ON MOUNTAIN AT 25-30 MPH. VEHICLE WENT OFF MOUNTAIN, AND LANDED IN A TREE. ACCIDENT CAUSED ONE INJURY, AND ONE FATALITY. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE VEHICLE'S CRASH WORTHINESS WAS SUBSTANDARD AND THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN DEATH OF ONE VICTOM. RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAILED DURING THE ACCIDENT. *YH
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder
Filed Oct 31, 2000CA
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Suspension › FrontCrash
Filed Sep 15, 2000LA
VEHICLE PULLS TO RIGHT , MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE MANUFACTURER DEFECT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM TO CONTINUE AND HAD CAUSED ACCIDENTS. *YH
Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Aug 18, 2000CA
IM BUMMED!
Suspension
Filed Jul 25, 2000AL
VEHICLE VEERS INTO OTHER LANES. WHEN VEHICLE IS BACKING DOWN UPGRADES IT WILL GO INTO NEUTRAL. *AK STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY. *YH
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