NHTSA campaign 98V305001 · Part 573 safety recall report

Daewoo Motor de Puerto Rico: Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar

Daewoo Motor de Puerto Rico reported this defect to federal regulators on Dec 15, 1998 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 1,077. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.

The defect

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: 3 AND 4-DOOR PASSENGER SEDANS LOCATED IN PUERTO RICO. THE STEERING WHEEL CAN BECOME DAMAGED FROM OVER-ROTATION.

The risk

IF THIS CONDITION WERE TO OCCUR, A LOSS OF VEHICLE STEERING COULD RESULT, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

The remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING STEERING WHEEL WITH A REVISED VERSION.

2 model years covered

Newest first
VehicleComplaintsRecallsFiresCrashes
1999 Daewoo Lanos62901
1998 Daewoo Lanos5900

What this page is, and what to do next

A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.

This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 98V305001.

Full record for the 1999 Daewoo Lanos → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →