1995 Daewoo Nexia GLXI review from UK and Ireland

Head Gasket went at 60,000 miles, Feb 00.

Rusting of passenger door, not covered under warranty, August 01.

The distributer went, resulting in a £400 bill, Sept 02.

The windscreen wiper linkage decided in the middle of winter that it had done its job and stopped working. (this was after it had wrecked about 6 sets of wiper blades. Cost to repair £90 for second hand linkage arm, Nov 02.

The Petrol sender unit likes to wind you up, one minute full tank of petrol, next empty it really is a guessing game.

The Air con unit sprung a leak in the summer and lost all its gas, never had it fixed as cost was too high for repair and re-gas, from Sept 02 - now.

Engine management light comes on and goes off when traveling on Motorways, however no problem is ever found when put on the Daewoo wonder testing machine. April 02 - now.

The car leaks in the boot through the plastic airbridges on the side of car. Jan 01 - now.

The radiator leaked, which was fixed, now the thermostat has gone so car overheats, oh plus I now have no heat in the car only cold air, Dec 02.

I purchased the car as I loved my old Astra mark 2, I wish I had never bothered.

The car was cheap to buy and now has no resale value at all, it is a money pit.

Daewoo have now sold out, gone bust or whatever and the parts are very hard to find and are very expensive.

I was told that the Nexia was predominantly still Vauxhall parts... wish someone would tell my car and Vauxhall that as nothing seems to fit it or work.

I do have a couple of good remarks about the car, the inside is roomy and light, I love the shape. The car does handle well and will quite happily plod along at slow speeds as well as those faster speeds.

I cannot wait to get rid and buy something better.