Daewoo Maintenance and Repair
Just want to know if anyone else has problems with soft brakes.
I have so far 15K on it and since the beginning the only complain I had about the are the soft brakes. They literally go all the way to the floor and are not grabbing till the pedal is about half way in. Also I'm unable to lock up the brakes.
I have so far 15K on it and since the beginning the only complain I had about the are the soft brakes. They literally go all the way to the floor and are not grabbing till the pedal is about half way in. Also I'm unable to lock up the brakes.
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Drive (carefully) to your dealer and get this resolved under warranty. It's likely that the only problem is air in the brake lines, and all the mechanic needs to do to solve the problem is to "bleed" the air out of the lines to give you a firm pedal.
I'm taking it to a different dealer on Monday.
I look over and saw the empty passenger's seat seem lower and lower as the day wore on - and yes, if I adjust it upright, then shake it back and forth by hand, it slowly winds it's knob backwards and lowers the seatback!
Any solutions?
I may try to tighten something when I get a chance to look inside.
Otherwise, I have to readjust the seatback every time I get in the car!!!
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/daewoolanos to share if you'd like.
This is the closest thing to a problem I've had with my Nubira, too bad they aren't metal or even black plastic; at least they wouldn't peel.
to the handle, and appears on Nubiras with an exterior silver or black or dark blue colors. The rest of the Nubiras do not get that at all, and their plastic door handles are not covered with anything. The way they did this on the 2000 model was an obvious cost cutting. I did not bother taking my wife's Nubira to the dealer when it happened(1 door only), instead I fixed it myself using super glue and a coat of silver nail polish to smooth the edges. I applied a coat of silver nail polish to the remaining door handles edges, and this seems to have done it.
I would not want someone replacing a door handle because of a cosmetic issue. I would be more worried they would cause more problems than they fix, especially if they have to take something apart to do it.
They tell you the soft brakes are normal, but upon further insistence, they will replace your master cylinder...Much better!
BUT..............
After 1/2 year:
4 faulty(new)stereos
1 broken light
2 bad tires
1 rear seat that came loose
2 faulty speedometers
1 faulty turn signal switch
2 previously damaged spare tire covers
1 faulty window motor
1 faulty master cylinder
2 key fobs that deprogrammed themselves
1 non-functioning horn
$300 worth of body damage while in service
Rear Passenger Door Stopped opening (Bent rod)
I use Castrol 5w30 in my Nubira and I'm really happy with it! I doubt if i'd want to try 5w50. I know a person who tried that weight oil in his Mitsubishi Spyder convertable and damaged the oil pump.
2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick
I'm surprised that the oil would be the cause of an oil pump failure; who made that diagnosis, and is Castol paying for a failure they caused?
Any similar problems, comments, suggestions? Any feed-back would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Lee
From the service invoice: Verified. Power light intensity changes with button activation but light stays on. Checked on scan tool - button/solenoid operation good. Checked bulb circuit - light would flash when ECM harness moved. checked connector/pins - ok. Taped up wires to prevent grounding. Cleaned connectors - light works as designed.
Although it took them an hour to finally just tape up the wires, it has not been back on since. Car feels back to normal & so is my mileage... I went through a lot of gas with that power button activated....
In response to cabanas...
mine was the power light, not the check engine light, which seems to be fixed by tightening the gas cap. I've never had that problem & never tighten my cap til it clicks...knock on wood! Thanks for trying though!!
The tranny doesn't have a dipstick. It's more or less a closed system, but it can be opened to check fluid level and condition. I can't tell you how to open it, but if you suspect a problem, the dealer can do it. I've had my 2000 Nubira for about a week now and remembered reading about the transmission in the manual.
Jeff
I am a potential 2001 Lanos Sport owner. The owner must sell this car immediatly (by 9/4/02)before it gets repossessed by the Bank. It appears to be in excellent condition; everything looks brand new and it only has 28k miles. However when I turned on the ignition the Air Bag light swithced on??? Does it mean that the car was in an accident and the air bags did not deploy? I read (on Edmunds) that there were a number of Lanos being recalled due to Passive Restraint Air bag. If the owner sell the car to me will the car be covered under the Manufacture's Warranty? Also If I purchase an extended warranty will it cover normal scheduled toon-ups and maintenance?
1. Passenger headlamp is fogging up. Appears to be
double wall glass enclosure. How to fix?
2. Gas gauge not working now. Appears as a Tech Serv Bulletin inAllData.com Any one have this yet and is it expensive or hard to get parts for a
repair?
Thanks,
Jeff
http://www.lambsauto.com/belts.htm
So it looks like since the dealers are owed money by Daewoo, they are trying to squeeze it from the customers. Be very careful. Looks like American dealers have no conscience.
I went to the link and on a little further to:
www.dreamscape.com/rovatune
and found some very disturbing facts... the data you all are referring to is from 1970 thru 1997. When you follow the link above to the acrobat reader file, Daewoo products from 1999 to 2001 are, unfortunately, INTERFERENCE ENGINES !!!!!!!
Please correct me if I'm wrong about this.
Go to www.gates.com and they have a good guide showing which engines are and are not interference designs all the way through 2001 model year. Plus they do make ones for the Daewoo cars should the dealer not be able to get one from Daewoo directly.
material and labor for the replacement. Not bad considering the alternative. Probably a good local mechanic shop with less overhead could even do it cheaper.
Two weeks later broke down again with the same problem.
I had the fuel pump replaced. Received the car back and the next day i was having the same problem with the check engine light repeatedly comming on. Light goes off after restart of car only to come on again. This most often is happening at high speeds. I had the car back to the dealer who said there was a bad wire which was replaced. I left the dealers only to be on the NYS Thruway and have the problem all over again.
Any suggestions as to what the problem really is?
"computer/sensor related diagnostics" checked out. Good Luck!
The service manager took my car home, the next day (yesterday Sept 24) they replaced my coil pack.
I'll ask about the computer. Thanks!!
Hopefully someone with more experience chimes in before you go back to the dealer.
General Motors bought all their assets(manufacturing plants, etc) but EXCLUDING the USA dealership network. This means that the owners of the dealerships have been put out of business, they lost all the money they invested in that particular dealership and they no longer provide any warranty service
It would really stink if I put $800 into the car and that's all that was wrong with it.
But at this point how could I prove it? They said that they were getting codes.
I'm just glad that I did not have to call them again this morning.
I know exactly which dealer you are talking about. I live in Irwin, there is another Woo dealer there that you might try to shop. Let me know if you do change it - where and how much.
Thanks.
These techs are doing the same thing everyone else is starting to do: They believe "what the computer says" without understanding or even examining the basics first.
1. Timing belt
2. Tensioner
3. Water pump.
They are attributing the early failures to the water pump which is GM's newly designed aluminum water pump which seems to fail early. So when you
do a timing belt change make sure they check the water pump as well. I was surprised when they did all the work under warranty. I did not pay a cent.
So it looks like a good idea to have the timing belt changed or inspected early on, around 50K mile mark.
BTW a timing belt change in Toronto would cost you $390 cdn at the Daewoo dealer, that is around
$245 USD. What I forgot to ask is whether they changed the water pump with the same type of aluminum water pump or they used an earlier more reliable model. I will just make sure to get it inspected again at 100K mile mark, or if I hear the belt sound again.
If the car is running fine then it some stupid thing like that. With Daewoo cars when you start the car many checks are performed, and one of them is the gas cap and vapor recovery system. Basically the car reuses the vapors trapped in the fuel tank neck by using a vapor recovery valve and canister. If there is a problem with the gas cap pressure or the vapor recovery that would trigger a check engine light although the problem would not be something wrong with the engine but a problem that could contribute to pollution since the vapors would escape into the atmosphere when you reopen the gas cap. Blame the enviromentalists.
Other sensors that trigger a check engine are
the oxygen sensor and the cam sensor, those also do not affect performance but might affect fuel economy.
If there is a performance problem then there is another sensor that can cause that. it is called the crankshaft sensor. However since your car is running I doubt it to be that.
another check that might help is an emissions check to see if there is a problem with combustion or catalytic converter.
Do print this message and make your Daewoo mechanic read it. It might give them an idea or too. Good luck!
What's wrong with these timing belts? Was there a defect? My Nubira is a 2000 and the warranty was over due to mileage.
Original Manufacturer's Warranty:
Basic: 3 yr. / 36,000 mi.
Drivetrain: 5 yr. / 60,000 mi.
Roadside: 3 yr. / 36,000 mi.
Rust: 5 yr. / Unlimited mi.
warranty. If that particular dealer is not willing to honor the warranty, try finding one that will.
you get a written statement from the dealer that this should've been covered by Daewoo warranty. Currently Daewoo motor and their creditors are setting up a special fund for honoring warranty repairs. So when all the red tape is finished hopefuly soon, you should be able to claim it back. I just cannot understand why US dealerships and Daewoo america are being so bad. Daewoo is bankrupt here in Canada as well, but the dealers are still open, Daewoo Auto canada is still open, they are still honoring their warranties, and no parts shortages. Weird but true.