Daewoo Lanos Reviews from Greece

At 180000 KM the light check engine is on. The car runs so I ignore it.

I changed the water pump 3 times because of its leaking.

3 times disc brakes were changed, and 5 times the brake pads.

One time I change the muffler with an aftermarket in ox to avoid frequent changes.

3 times springs and shock absorbers were changed.

Today I have I little leak from the head gasket.

2 of my door knobs are broken (behind), the light of the trunk doesn't work, the headlights turned from white to yellow, and my left mirror is off.

I have had the car almost 11 years, the engine is still running (335.000), the interior is in good shape, and the spare parts are easy to find.

In general the car is good, but it has no power (only 75ps).

Lights are weak for night driving. Cannot be corrected according to the local dealer.

Air flow from heat/air condition to the front windshield broken a year ago. Replaced wire, but broke again last September.

Wheel alignment problem. Shows at 110km/hr. Did not improve much after alignment at the dealership.

When driving fast we got high noise level from day one. This was probably from air leak at the windows (cannot feel the wind coming in though). We were told by the dealer that this is not typical for the model, but also not possible to fix.

After jump start a few months ago, air sensor had to be replaced. Mechanic said to jump starting it after disconnecting the sensor.

No serious problems so far. Replaced tires at 2 years (the ones we have are still good), brake pads (40000km), battery and engine belt (50000km) at normal service mileage.

The car is dependable and we are quite happy having it. Driving habits are average family transportation short trips (200km on the average) and daily 20km driving to/from work.

Space available and comfort is above average in its category.

From the time I bought the car the only fault was two-three weeks later when it had some problems with the injection. I went to the garage and they replaced the faulty injection controller with a new one. After that nothing weird happened.

Generally it's a good car for the the price you pay.

It needs some more power.

But with the new "Extreme" series it's OK.