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My question is this, how much of a job is it to make the power locks keyless entry? also to add cruise control?,
I got a pretty good deal on it because it had oil leaking out of the valve cover gasket and all over the engine. The dealer (used car lot) said he would have the gasket replaced and the engine looked at, and if anything else was bad he would tell me. Well it checked out fine, also a one owner vehicle with a clean carfax. The dealer also ran a vin check on it because I had read there was a recall last summer, and sure enough it had the timing belt, pulleys and sensor replaced at that time as well so it looks like good transportation for a while. Any other advice to a newbie is appreciated. thanks
Can someone please help?
I have also seen reports that none OEM brake parts are not working well. Are the parts you replaced OEM? If not try using OEM parts. You will be able to find OEM parts from various GM dealers who sell Daewoo parts online. If you need additional information on parts dealers reply back with a request.
Thank you.
Good luck,
Daewhoo?
Noticed abnormal gas consumption; 1/8-1/4 of a tank to travel under 2 miles?
Took a peek @ plugs- SHAFTS FILLED W/ OIL!!! :mad:
I'm not even shadetree material, but worked on enough 'beater cars' to think, "Hey,this ain't right."
Lot of fluid film on the block, serviceman said valve gasket was leaking... :lemon: ?
Any thoughts, ideas, advice? :confuse:
PS- bazillion thanks for all the posts- got me a reference point now, from folks who know! Hope i can return the favor!
Clean all the surfaces completely, use rubber o-ring sealer on the rings that go around the spark plug holes.
Do not forget to replace the plug wires and plugs if they were contaminated with oil.
There was a reason you only paid $1500 for the car, because the owner knew it needed $1000-$1500 worth of repairs and maintenance to bring it up to par.
Actually, the car was a repo, bought at an auction. You may be right, though, about the cost of repairs affecting the previous owner. The low mileage is the gem for us, tho.
Concerned about the timing, will get it checked.
Read a post about the block being aluminum, and problems with leakage due to expansion/contraction from heat- this normal?
Can't thank you enough- saved me much time and expense!
I think the main daewoo office is in compton california
Some mechanics might trick you into replacing one or more fuel injectors. Only do that if the high pressure injector cleaning did not work.
You should try this -- Oil Cap from dealer about $30, if it works and no more leaks than it was Priceless.....
Good Luck
We bought our Nubira in 2003 and it had very low mileage; 28,000 at the time. It now has over 40,000 miles on it and we are very, very pleased with it! It has had a pull to the right as the transmission torques up, usually around 30 - 45mph depending on how hard we're pushing acceleration. It's not the tires or alignment, weirdest thing I've ever experienced!
BTW, if you have not done a timing belt service, start thinking about it now. Another common issue with the Nubira is the belt tensioner starts getting loose around 50K miles. You will start hearing a loose chain or belt sound when accelerating slowly and the car is cold. Similar to the sound when a bike chain falls off its track. If you hear that sound, timing belt service is required ASAP.
The dealer needs to replace both the timing belt and the tensioner and rollers. It might be a good idea to replace the water pump at the same time as it is driven by the timing belt, and it will be costlier if it fails shortly after the belt change (you will have to do it all over again).
BTW, the Nubira is identical mechanically to the Suzuki Forenza in the US. So if you cannot find a daewoo dealer, just take it to your local suzuki dealer. The Suzuki Forenza is the Nubira 3. The engine is still the same.
What color do you need? Poly Silver? I have some touch up left over but the car is gone.
Thanks in advance
brakes also worn....ok, now reading all the posts...seems this is "normal?" Can we go get stuff from suzuki / forenza.....lower control arms or improoved bushings and engine parts and gaskets? same brake parts? or do we need to go to a dealer in canada....did find one in toronto.
Ebay also has some vendors that sell OEM and non OEM Daewoo parts for a good price.
Good luck,
Daewhoo?
im after white face gauge for my daewoo lanos if anyone can help that would be great thanks.as i have the stanard black face gauge which are pretty normal i think the white would make a diffrence let me know please my email is
john_trickle@iprimus.com.au
Does anyone have any i dea what this could be?
My Step-father thinks it may be the expansion valve or the orepheas (not sure if I spelled that right), but is not sure which this car has, and we don't want to tear into the dash if it is not needed.
Does anyone know which this car has?
Thank you,
Bekah
Bekah
Thank you for this forum it is very informative.
Here is my situation:
Wife is driving down the road....car conks out on her....tow it to dealership....timing belt failed...mileage 50,830....they fix it under warranty and tell us that we shouldn't have a problem for 50-60k miles....this was DEC 12, 2003.
[ Edit: forgot to mention 2000 Leganza...3.9 liter...like the car-hate this non-sense]
Wife driving down the road....car conks out oh her...have a friend who is a mechanic come to see what problem is and he looks at it and says "look at this...the timing belt has chewed completely through the shield/guard (can't remember what he called it) and has throw itself clean through it"....he continues " didn't you just have this worked on a while back?".....he says to find the paperwork so he can see what work they did......find it in our handy CAR file (thank you, wife!)....and he says they didn't replace the tensioner (?), and some other stuff, that should have been replaced when doing this repair the first time....SO I call the dealer ship and he asks how many miles the car has now...I answer around 62,500 (as I'm not with the car right now.but a fair estimate)....he says the can't do anything about it since the warranty expired at 60k miles....he said that since Daewoo has gone bankrupt, a warranty service handles any claims...and that they told him they would NOT fix this since it is out of warranty (he claims)....he says that is policy....SO..."sorry, we won't be able to help you".
I have my friend, the mechanic, call back on 3-way and he says that we should call the daewoo tech line and see what they say and maybe we can get a better response....so we will call them.
The service guy also told my friend that " since there was nothing wrong with the tensioner (and other stuff) that that is the reason we did not replace them when we did all the work before"....My friend told him that he believed it was standard procedure (he is not a daewoo technician but has done this work on tons of cars) to replace all that stuff when a failure like this occurs so as to keep it from happening again....the service guy said that if they had replaced those other parts (tensioer, etc) and the warranty place had refused to pay for them, then the dealership would be out the difference and that's why they didn't replace those parts of the timing system....
SO.... I have a car that I can't afford 2000+ to fix right now (assuming all 16 valves are screwed up again)....dealership says "not our problem"...and warranty co (whom I have not called yet...wanted to get y'alls thoughts first) apparently has initially declined to fix the problem.
In 18 months, my wife has driven the car less than 13k miles (just a commuter) and the timing belt (et al) has unraveled 2 times in less than the same 13K miles...what should we do???
Is the dealer being COMPLETELY truthful about their responsiblities when fixing this kind of problem (I have other reasons to doubt them, not neccessarily pertinent here, except to say they were less than truthful on another issue before)?
Does/should the warranty company have any responsiblity in this situation?
Or is the little guy gonna get run over again because noone will admit that they were wrong or acted improperly.
My friend says that I should try to get ahold of a daewoo fix-it manual and see what should be done in the event a problem like this occurs....I don't even know where to start.
Any help or thoughts on this situation would be GREATLY appreciated!!!
TEX
What you should get serviced is the timing belt and tensioner and water pump. If those were never done before, then now's the time.
From your side too, you should have paid more attention, as a loose timing belt makes a horrible sound like a bicycle with a loose chain, not to mention the slapping sound when the belt slaps against the protective cover. There is no way to ignore that sound (unless your wife turns the music on immediately when she starts the car, like my wife does
I would try and take up that case with the service manager and owner of the dealers first. Would not hurt to bring along someone from a local tv station or reporter you might know. Make sure you have a couple of witnesses with you and all documentation in hand, including any information on service bulletins you need to get.
No matter what they say about it being out of warranty now, you need only win a small claims court case against the dealer for shoddy, negligent repair work. You will need to have at least one repuatable ASE mechanic available to testify on your behalf.
BTW did you perchance buy an extended warranty/service contract? Double check your paperwork when you bought the car.
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Remember that the Leganza engine is the same as the Isuzu Rodeo 2.2L engine.