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 2001 record →
PURCHASED VEHICLE NEW. IDLE SPEED CHANGES AT WILL, SO FAST I WAS GOING 45 MPH IN 2ND GEAR. BEEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES. STILL NOT RESOLVED. DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. DEALER ONE TIME INSTALLED A LONGER WIRING HARNESS, TO NO AVAIL. CAR JUST SITTING AND ENGINE SPEED WILL RAISE AT DROP WITHOUT ME TOUCHING ANYTHING.*AK
I CANNOT FIND ANY DEALER/SERVICE AREA TO REPAIR ANY RECALLED PROBLEMS. AT 18,700 MILES THE CARS STEERING IS STARTING TO MAKE CLUNKING SOUND WHEN STEERING IS TURNED WHEN CAR IS NOT IN MOTION. CLUNKING IS FELT AT THE BRAKE PEDAL. *NM
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 45 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHICH RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE CRASHING INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT NEITHER OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. *NM
2001 DAEWOO, LANOS; ENGINE STALLING, HEAD LIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHT NONFUNCTIONAL, SIGNAL LIGHTS/HAZARD (EMERGENCY) LIGHTS NONFUNCTIONAL. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE DAEWOO COMPANY APOLOGIZING FOR THERE BANKRUPTCY IN MAY 2002. THEY PROVIDE A TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR CUSTOMERS WITH SERVICING ISSUES HOWEVER THESE TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE BUSY, AN ANSWERING MACHINE PICKS UP OR THEY ARE NONFUNCTIONAL. THEY ALSO PROVIDE A WEBSITE FOR SERVICE LOCATORS. I HAVE NOT FOUND ANYONE WILLING TO SERVICE MY CAR DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF PARTS. *LA
TIMING BELT FAILS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF IN TRAFFIC. DEALER STATES THERE IS A NATIONWIDE SHORT ON THE PART.*AK
CONSUMER NOTICED WHEN DEPRESSING GAS PEDAL AT SAME TIME BRAKE PEDAL WAS BEING DEPRESSED . MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE AXLE BROKE. *NLM THE CONSUMER HIT A CURB, AND AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE BACK FROM REPAIR, THE AXLE BROKE AGAIN. ANOTHER SERVICE DEALER FOUND THE AXLE NEEDED MORE REPAIR AND ALSO FOUND THE WRONG PARTS WERE USED. *SCC *JB
THIS IS A BAD COMPLAINT THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. IT NEEDS A REAL DESCRIPTION. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION .TS
DEALER REFUSE TO HONOR RECALL AND CONSUMER HAS PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES AND THE POWER STEERING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION SRA. SALERMO GRACIAS. PH
NO SUMMARY. DT
THE VEHICLE RIM ARE TO BIG FOR THE TIRE CAUSING BLOW OUT AND TIRE TREAD SEPARTION. THE TIRE ARE TOYO 205-40ZR16 83W MS THE RIM MSR. PLEASE FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFO. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT WILL NOT STAYED IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. KEEPS VIBRATING BACKWARDS. DEALER CONTACTED. TS
CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. TS
OWNER IS NOT ABLE TO GET RECALL 02V131001 AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT REPAIRS PERFORMED. MANUFACTURER IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO FURNISH PARTS FOR VEHICLE.*AK
AS INSTRUCTED BY SAFETY RECALL 02V-131 PASSENGER AIR BAG, CONSUMER CONTACTED SEVERAL DEALERS BUT ALL HAVE REFUSED TO REPAIR THE PASSENGER AIR BAG ASSEMBLY. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT *DT
RECALLS 02V131000 AND 02V131001/FMVSS 201 AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL AND A SIDE COLLISION, HOWEVER NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THERE WAS ONE INJURY. *YH
AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT ONLY AFTER VEHICLE HAD ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES. COLLISION FROM OTHER VEHICLE WAS FROM THE SIDE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO DO RECALL 02V131001 AIR BAG REPAIRS AFTER HAVING THREE APPOINTMENTS SCHEDULED.*AK
AIR BAG FAILURE. DAEWOO HAS GONE OUT OF BUSINESS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
COMPANY WENT OUT OF BUISNESS, CANNOT LOCATE A DEALERSHIP TO DO RECALL 02V131001 AIR BAG REPAIRS. *AK
ROTORS AND PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 3.196 MILES. CONSUMER VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY. *AK
IN A FRONTAL COLLISION NONE OF AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ON IMPACT.*AK
WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THEY DIDN'T HOLD. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
THE CONSUMER HAS A PROBLEM WITH PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. CONSUMER WILL FILL IN INFORMATION. *AK
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVER'S SEAT FALLING, ALLOWING DRIVER TO SLIP OUT OF SEAT BELT RESTRAINT. *TT
WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH IN WHICH BOTH FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS FELL COMPLETELY BACKWARD. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK
WHILE DRIVING DRIVER SEATBACK RECLINED ON IT'S OWN, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES. DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH SEAT. MANUAL SEAT.*AK
WINDSHIELD DEFOGGER DOES NOT WORK, DEALER CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. SUGGESTED CONSUMER USE AIR CONDITIONER TO DEFROST WINDSHIELD.*AK
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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