2000 Daewoo LEGANZA Complaint Log

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL/CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURS. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR VIBRATION INSIDE OF ENGINE AND VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. ALSO, HAD TO PUT HIS FINGER INSIDE OF GASOLINE TANK TO RELEASE PRESSURE THAT BILLED UP FROM FILTER. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 30-35MPH HAD REARENDED ANOTHER VEHCLE. FRONT END HAD SMASHED INWARD. AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS INJURED. HAD HIT HEAD ON SUNVISOR. HAD EMERGENCY TREATMENT AND WAS RELEASED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND CONSIDERED TOTALED.*AK

SEAT BELTS LOCK UP WHILE RETRACTING AND WILL NOT RETRACT BACK WHEN PULLING ACCROSS TO LOCK IN. EMERGENCY LOCKING RETRACTOR ENGAGES,NOT ALLOWING CONSUMER TO HAVE ANY MOVEMENT IN SEAT. DELEAR USED ARMORAL ON SEAT BELT WEBBING. IN OWNERS MANUAL IT'S NOT RCOMMENDED BECAUSE IT COULD FAIL.*AK

BRAKES INTERMITTENTLY GET SOFT, AND PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. THE DELEARR STATES VEHCLE OPERATED UNDER ORMAL CONDITIONS.*AK

INSIDE OF VEHICLE HAS CIGARETTE STAINS AND SMELL. DAEWOO PUT FUNGUCIDE IN AIR CONDITIONING FILTER TO MASTER CIRGARETTE AND BURNING SMELL. MANUFACTURER STATED IT IS NORMAL FOR THE MAKE/ MODEL AND YEAR. *AK

WHEN FIRST STARTING VEHICLE AND PUTTING IT IN DRIVE CONSUMER FINDS IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE, IT STICKS.*AK

STEERING PULLS TO LEFT AND RIGHT. DAEWOO STATED ROADS IN FLORIDA ARE GRATED TO CURVE, BUT WHEELS WERE ALIGNED TO KOREA'S ROADS, AND NOT THE U.S.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINT CONCERNING REIMBURSEMENT FOR PARTS. *TS THE CONSUMER HAD THE CAMSHAFT REPAIRS MADE PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED DAEWOO AND LEFT SEVERAL MESSAGES BUT NO ONE HAS RETURNED HIS CALL. THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS MADE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION. *NM

ALARM LIGHTS ARE NOT VISIBLE IN DAYLIGHT DRIVING. THEY ARE VISIBLE AT NIGHT, IN THE GARAGE OR TO SOME EXTENT WITH OVERCAST SKY.

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOES TO FLOORBOARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS TWICE, AND REAR BRAKE PADS ONCE . PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AIK

THERE IS PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS. DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS TWICE, AND REAR PADS ONCE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES A SQUEAKING NOISE OCCURS AND AT TIMES, PEDAL NEARLY GOES TO FLOOR. ALSO, DEALER NOTICES AN EXCESSIVE DUST BUILD UP WHICH COULD BE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WILL SHUTOFF WITHOUT WARNING, HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED ENGINE HAD BLEWEN OUT. *AK

FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED AT 33,000 MILES, CAR WAS TAKEN TO HAVE TIRES ROTATED A APPROXIMATELY 35,000 MILES WAS INFORMED THAT BACK ROTORS WERE RUSTED , RETURN CAR TO HARBOR CHEVEROLET ON 7/17/02 AND WAS TOLD BY THE SALES MANAGER AFTER HE DROVE THE CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 500 FT THAT THE BRAKES WERE FINE. HARBOR HAD REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES ON 6/17/02 AND THE BACK BRAKES WERE CHECKED AT THAT TIME AND SAID THAT THEY WERE FINE. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS THE BRAKES ARE SOFT TO THE TOUCH AND THE STOPPING DISTANT IS NOT GOOD AND THERE IS A LOT OF PLAY IN THE BRAKING. *AK

CAR CUTS OFF WHEN YOU STOP.*AK

DAEWOO MOTOR AMERICA INC. 1055 W. VICTORIA ST., COMPTON CA, 90220-8070. 877-362-1234. CONSUMER STATES ON JANUARY 11TH, RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR FRONT BRAKE HOSE REPLACEMENT 02 V 257 000. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAKING A WEIRD NOISE, AND DEALER STILL CAN'T PROVIDE PARTS. MECHANIC STATED IF HOSE RUPTURES, IT COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND NO BRAKES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

SHIFTER HAS BROKEN, CONSUMER HAS TO STICK A FOREIGN OBJECT IN SHIFTER TO SHIFT. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLES ENGINE. THE OWNER WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE TIMING BELT WAS DEFECTIVE CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE TENSIONER AND THE BEARINGS WENT BAD CAUSING THE VALVES AND PISTONS TO BREAK. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 60,000 MI . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM