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NHTSA campaign 04V394000

Daewoo and Daewoo Puerto Rico Recall 04V-394: DAEWOO PUERTO RICO/CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR & LAMP

NHTSA recall 04V394000 was reported by DAEWOO MOTOR DE PUERTO RICO on August 6, 2004, with 4,305 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Daewoo Lanos, Daewoo Leganza, Daewoo Nubira and more for model years 1998–2003. Owners were notified on September 29, 2004, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 04V394000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
04V394000 (also written 04V-394 or 04V394)
Filed by
DAEWOO MOTOR DE PUERTO RICO
Report received
Potentially affected
4,305 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Engine and Engine Cooling
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 04V394000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Daewoo

  • Daewoo Lanos

  • Daewoo Leganza

  • Daewoo Nubira

All Daewoo recalls

Daewoo Puerto Rico

  • Daewoo Puerto Rico Lanos

    • 2003 · Vehicles built March 9, 1997 – December 20, 2002 (per NHTSA)

  • Daewoo Puerto Rico Nubira

    • 2003 · Vehicles built March 27, 1997 – December 18, 2002 (per NHTSA)
All Daewoo Puerto Rico recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 04V394000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR MAY MELT RESULTING IN A BURNING SMELL AND VISIBLE SMOKE, WHICH MAY SUBSEQUENTLY LEAD TO THE MELTING OF THE CAMSHAFT COVER AND THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WIRE HARNESS.

Safety consequence

THIS COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE AN UNDERHOOD FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSORS AND INSTALL AN ADDITIONAL FUSE. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT DAEWOO PUERTO RICO AT 1-877-362-1234 OPTION 6.

Notes

CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 04V394000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.