1999 Daewoo Nubira Recalls & Complaints

Incident: April 19, 2010 · Filed: April 19, 2010

I OWN A 1999 DAEWOO NUBIRA. FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO IT DOES WHAT THE TOYOTAS ARE DOING. MORE SO IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. THIS PAST SATURDAY WHEN I WAS STOPPED IT STARTED REVVING IN DRIVE, I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL, IT REVVED HIGHER, I PUT IT IN PARK AND IT SETTLED DOWN. THIS MORNING AT 2 AM. IN COOL WEATHER, IT EVEN WAS REVVING IN PARK, I HAD TO TURN IT OFF. WHAT SHOULD I DO. HAVE YOU HAD OTHER COMPLAINTS? THANK YOU *TR

Incident: October 27, 2006 · Filed: October 30, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT PRIOR TO RECEIVING A RECALL LETTER PERTAINING TO THE ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING: CAMSHAFT CENSOR - CAMPAIGN ID # 04V357000, THE CONTACT HAD THE TIMING BELT REPAIRED ON TWO OCCASIONS AS WELL AS THE ENGINE INSTALLED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT ASKED THE MECHANIC IF THE TIMING BELT AND ENGINE MALFUNCTION COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A DEFECT. THE MECHANIC DENIED THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE CASE. WHEN THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND ASKED THE SAME QUESTION THE DEALER DETERMINED THE CAMSHAFT CENSOR COULD ABSOLUTELY CAUSE THE TIMING BELT TO FREEZE UP AND AFFECT THE ENGINE AS WELL. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL RECOMMENDED THE VEHICLE TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL WORK. THE MODEL WAS A NUBIRA.*AK

Incident: July 28, 2006 · Filed: August 14, 2006

1999 DAEWOO NUBIRA WILL NOT START. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE MANUFACTURER TO PAY FOR RECALL REPAIRS AND BAD PARTS. *KB *JB

Incident: October 5, 2005 · Filed: July 20, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION CENTER ACTIVATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED HOWEVER THE DEALER DID NOT PERFORM THE RECALL REMEDY. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE'S VIN WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL THE CAMSHAFT LOT RANGE WAS OUT OF SCOPE.*AK

Incident: June 12, 2006 · Filed: July 14, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED UPON RECEIVING A RECALL LETTER PERTAINING TO THE CAMSHAFT MODULE VALVE THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER SENT A FOLLOW UP LETTER STATING THAT REIMBURSEMENT WOULD BE MADE FOR ANY PARTS AND LABOR PERFORMED FOR THE RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXPRESS DISTRUST THAT DAEWOO, WHO FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY, WOULD HOLD TRUE TO THIS AGREEMENT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SERVICED. UPDATED 8/14/2006 - *NM

Incident: June 8, 2006 · Filed: June 27, 2006

CONSUMER COMPLAINT CONCERNING THE 1999 NUBIRA CAMSHAFT SENSOR RECALL. *TS THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR THE REPAIR AND REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. *NM

Incident: June 16, 2006 · Filed: June 16, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED IN MAY 2006 REGARDING NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID # 04V357000; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. THE CONTACT LOCATED A DEALERSHIP HOWEVER, THE DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM THE RECALL BECAUSE THE CONTACT DID NOT PURCHASE THE VEHICLE THERE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS A 1999 NUBIRA DAEWOO. UPDATED 7/7/2006 - *NM

Incident: March 28, 2006 · Filed: June 2, 2006

ENGINE WARNING SIGN SOMETIMES KEPT COMING AND GOING OR BLINKING. WENT TO A MECHANIC AND HE THOUGHT IT WASN'T THE PROBLEM OF THE ENGINE SINCE THERE WAS NO RECORD IN THE MEMORY IN THE CAR. AFTER A FEW WEEKS LATER, CAR STOPPED ON THE ROAD. TOWED THE CAR TO A MECHANIC AND DISCOVERED TWO PISTONS WERE BROKEN AND HE RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE TO ANOTHER ONE WITH NEW PARTS THAT BELONG TO THE ENGINE. IT COST ME $2721.01 TOTAL TO FIX. *NM

Incident: April 1, 2005 · Filed: April 29, 2005

CONSUMER IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE REIMBURSEMENT RECEIVED FOR RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED ON THE 1999 DAEWOO NUBIRA. *MR THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. RECALL CAMPAIGN#'S 04V357000 AND 04V394000. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON MANY TIMES, THERE WAS A BROKEN TIME BELT AND 6 BENT VALVES AND THE GAS PEDAL WAS LOOSE. *SC

Incident: April 1, 2005 · Filed: April 21, 2005

1999 DAEWOO NUBIRA SHAFT SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH.*MR *JB