CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AIR BAG IS EMERGING FROM ITS CASE, WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF IMPACT. *SLC
2000 Daewoo Nubira 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 →
BRAKES LIKE STEPPING ON A [SPONGE] AND BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT TIMMING BELT SNAP, BENT 10 VALVE, AND VEHICLE STOP RUNNING.*JB
ENGINE HAS A SEVERE OIL LEAK. CONSUMER HAS TO ADD 1/2 QUART TO 2 QUARTS OF OIL A DAY. PROBLEM IS ESCALATING TO VEHICLE RUNNING ROUGH. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
LOWER CONTROL ARM HAS A DEFECT. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, HOWEVER THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES HE NEEDS A RIGHT ARM CONTROL BUSHING FOR 2000 NUBIRA. PART ORDERED ON 4/23/2002 FROM DEALER. TO DATE, PART HAS NOT BEEN DELIVERED AND HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT MANUFACTURER HAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. VEHICLE UNSAFE. *TT
WHILE DRIVING 70MPH TRANSMISSION WILL DOWNSHIFT. SPEED WENT DOWN TO 40MPH,AND THEN TRIED TO UPSHIFT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED ALL 2000 NUBIRA HAS THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK
VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING AT 27000. DEALER REPLACED PADS AND TURNED ROTORS. AT THIS TIME VIBRATION IS BACK, ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT IS ILLUMINATING, INDICATING THAT LOOSE ACCELERATION WILL CAUSE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN.*AK
CONSUMER STATED THAT, HE IS EXPERIENCING A PREMATURE BRAKE WEAR ON HIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER SAID, ALL DAEWOOD BRAKES HAVE TO CHANGE AT 12000 MILE, BUT THE MANUAL DOES NOT SAY THAT. *YD
WHILE DRIVING, AND APPLY BRAKES VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP, BRAKES MAKE A GRINDING NOISE, CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATED THERE IS EXCESSIVE BRAKE GRINDING AND WEAR OF BRAKES AND ROTORS WHICH HAVE BEEN REPLACED EVERY 3000 MILES.*SLC
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WILL STALL WHEN ALL ELECTRIC POWER ACCESSORIES ARE ON, HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND COMPUTERIZED COMPONENTS WERE REPAIRED . PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE BATTERY, ALTERNATOR FOG LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND TAIL LAMP ASSMEBLY HAVE ALL BEEN REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*SLC
ROTORS/CALIPERS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES.LOST ALL BREAKING.REPORTED TO DEALER 12/31 WHO STATED IT WAS OK TO DRIVE UNTIL NEW PARTS ARRIVE WITHOUT LOOKING AT CAR OR OFFERING SAFE LOANER.*AK
THE CAR WILL MOVE IF SHIFT IS MOVED WITH OUT PUSHING IN THE RELEASE BUTTON, CONCERN THAT WILL HAPPEN IF KEY IS NOT IN IGNITION. *AK
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET, AND WHEN ACELLERATING VEHICLE SHOOK/ VIBRATED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAD A FRONT IMPACT AT 25 MPH, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER HIT HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL, AND HAD A TOOTH KNOCKED OUT.*AK *YH
ALL FOUR ABS BRAKE DISKS WARPED AND PADS WORE EXCESSIVELY FAST.
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
PREMATURE WEAR OF FORNT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. DEALER HAS REPLACED TWO SETS OF PADS AND ROTORS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHEN SHIFTING VEHICLE WILL JUMP INTO GEAR. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS INJURED. *AK
WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN 1 ST GEAR, AS SOON AS FOOT COMES OFF BRAKE ENGINE REVS, AND VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. CURRENTLY VEHICLE AT DEALER WHO CANNOT FIND CAUSE. *AK
BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH. PEDAL WAS APPLIED,AND VEHICLE JUST KEPT GOING UNTIL IT STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE IN REAR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
ENGINE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON WHILE DRIVING, AND WILL NOT GO OFF. MANUAL STATES NOT TO DRIVE VEHICLE IF THIS LIGHT ILLUMINATES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
WHILE RAINING WATER COULD LEAK THROUGH PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR. TECHNICIAN HAD TESTED WITH WATER HOSE TO FIND OUT WHERE THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM.*AK WATER COMES FROM PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD NOT DOOR. WINDOWS AND WINDSHIELD FOG UP WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE IN THE MORNING. *YH
WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE. TOOK FOOT OFF GAS PEDAL. DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING ACCELERATED FORWARD. VEHICLE HIT A TREE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. *AK
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