2000 Daewoo NUBIRA Steering Problems

NO EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE. NOTICED ODD STEERING AROUND MARCH 2004. CAR PULLS TO LEFT ON ACCELERATION, ONCE CAR SHIFTS, PULLS HARD TO RIGHT. BROUGHT TO LOCAL MECHANIC IN AUGUST 2004 AFTER ALMOST HITTING A SEMI. THEY SAID CONTROL ARMS/BUSHINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED. THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM AFTER DRIVING THE CAR LESS THAN A MILE. THEY TRIED TO ORDER PARTS, FOUND THEY WERE DEALER ONLY PARTS, PREPAY ONLY, NO RETURNS. LOCAL MECHANIC WOULD NOT SERVICE THE CAR. TOOK IT TO DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM. CHARGED ME $50 FOR DIAGNOSITC, EVEN THOUGH I TOLD THEM WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. ORDERED PARTS ON 8/12/04. DEALER SAID IT WAS SAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE, TIRE WILL NOT FALL OFF OR ANYTHING. RECOMMENDED NO ONE ELSE TO DRIVE IT THOUGH. CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. UNPREDICTABLE. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. I NOTICED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME THING. I'M NOT SURE ON THE STATUS OF THE PARTS. I JUST WANT IT FIXED & MY CAR BACK TO NORMAL.*AK

THE FOLLOWING COMPLAINT PERTAINS TO SPEED CONTROL AND STEERING CONTROL SYSTEMS OF 2000 DAEWOO NUBIRA. SPEED CONTROL: (RECURRING, UNPREDICTABLE). *AK PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK. PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL, ENGINE SUDDENLY RACED (AS IF ID FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR) AND CAR SURGED FORWARD (FOOT STILL PRESSING BRAKE). HAD TO TURN IGNITION OFF TO STOP CAR. HAPPENED AGAIN (SAME DAY) AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. WOULD HAVE REAR-ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME IF I HAD NOT ALLOWED FOR DISTANCE OF TWO CAR LENGTHS BETWEEN IT/MYSELF. MY 62-YEAR-OLD MOTHER OWNS THIS VEHICLE. SAYS SHE USES EMERGENCY HAND BRAKE WHEN THIS HAPPENS, AND INITIALLY COMPLAINED OF SAME PROBLEM OVER A YEAR AGO. DEALER (HILLSIDE AUTO-MALL, HILLSIDE, NJ) SAID NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND! ASKED IF PROBLEM COULD POSSIBLY BE DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT? DEALER STATED, THATS AN ISSUE YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE UP WITH THE MANUFACTURER. WE JUST SELL THE CARS! STEERING CONTROL: (RECURRING, UNPREDICTABLE) WHILE DRIVING AND/OR ACCELERATING VEHICLE WILL UNEXPECTEDLY PULL (SHARPLY) TO THE RIGHT AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. BEHAVIOR EXTREMELY PRONOUNCED IN WET WEATHER AND WHEN ACCELERATING! NO NOTICEABLE PROBLEM FOUND, BUT SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ARE ON FILE! NOTIFICATION OF RECALL: DID NOT RECEIVE VEHICLE RECALL, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02V257000, ADDRESSING VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 106, BRAKE HOSES. WILL SEEK ASSISTANCE OF THE DEALERSHIP TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. FOR THE RECORD: VEHICLE IS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD, AND (CURRENTLY) HAS REGISTERED LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. OF THE MANY COMPLAINTS ON RECORD AT THIS SITE, THOSE CONCERNING SPEED CONTROL AND STEERING CONTROL ARE THE MOST TROUBLING. ARE THEY COINCIDENTAL!!! MY MOTHER WILL TRY (AGAIN) TO GET THESE ISSUES RESOLVED AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. GUT FEELING, HOWEVER, IS THAT CONCERNS WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED UNTIL SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED, OR WORSE. I PRAY IT DOES NOT COME TO THAT!

MY CAR NEEDED IDLER ARMS AND BUSHING AND ONLY HAS 25K MILES AND I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE PARTS NOW SINCE 12/17/02 AND THE PARTS ARE NOT IN AS OF YET THE PROBLEM IS WORSENING AND I HAVE CALLED THE DEALER MANY TIMES TO HAVE THIS REPAIT DONE I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE CUZ IT IS HARD TO CONTROL THE CAR IN THE WEATHER WE GET HERE. THE CAR SHOULD NOT NEED THESE PARTS WITH SUCH LOW MILAGE WHEN I AM NOT THE TYPE TO BEAT MY CAR ...I THINK THIS MUST BE DEFECTIVE PARTS SINCE THE DEALER COMMENTED ON REPLACING SEVERAL OF THESE PARTS IN THE SAME MAKE AND MODELS. I AM NOT SURE WHAT MY RIGHTS ARE I DID ASK THE DEALER IF THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE WHEN IT WAS IN THERE ON 12/17/02 AND THEY SAID IT WAS I AM VERY WORRIED THE PROBLEM IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND PEOPLE MAY GET HURT IF OTHERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUES...PLEASE HELP PROTECT ALL DAEWOO NUBRIA DRIVERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND RESOLVE THIS ISSUE FOR ME IF YOU CAN

CONSUMER STATES THEY HAVE A DAEWOO DEALER BUT THEY DON'T SALE THE BRAKE HOSE PART WHICH IS BEEN RECALL. CALL MANUFACTURER IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THRU THE OPERATOR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

STEERING ALINEMENT PROBLEM, RATTLE IN SUSPENSION, REAR BRAKE SYSTEM SEIZES UP, REBUILT. GRINDING NOISE BEARING AND SHAFTS REPLACED. *BF BATTERY WENT DEAD, A WEEK LATER ENGINE BLEW A TIMING BELT AT 44967 MILES. STEERING WENT BAD CONSUMER WAS TOLD UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS WERE WORN OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V357000 RECALL DATE : JUL 12, 2004 COMPONENT: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 02V257000 RECALL DATE : SEP 13, 2002 COMPONENT: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS *TC

THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE CREAKING IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS DUE TO BAD LOWER CONTROL ARMS. THE CONSUMER IS WAITING ON PARTS, AND SINCE THEN, SHE HAS EXPERIENCED STEERING JUMPING, BAD HANDLES IN WEF WEATHER, AND THE VEHICLE TAKES OFF OVER BUMPS.