1999 Daewoo Lanos Not Sure from North America - Comments

Wow, where to start? I purchased this car from a Toyota dealer after trading in my trusty Corolla for something newer. The Daewoo was affordable and had air conditioning, two things I was looking for. The car only seemed to run well the first few weeks, and then everything went downhill. The A.C. system seemed to be cooling insufficiently, so I took it back to where I bought it from (good luck trying to find a Daewoo dealer in Northern Cal.). They brought it in the shop and looked at it, and in doing so found that some old car parts were left on the air cleaner, and by chance they had stayed there since the day I bought it. They recharged the a.c. to correct it.

Next, the radio quit working on me. Had an aftermarket unit put in that the Dealer paid for. OK, I said. That's when the downhill went from "bunny slope" to "triple black diamond." I was accelerating to get on the freeway, and the car felt like it had no power. It would bog down, hesitate, and feel like it was going to die. This was not when it was cold, it was certainly at operating temp. Took back to the Dealer I bought it from, and they said that every Daewoo they'd ever seen performed exactly the same way, just a characteristic. Since Daewoo is being phased out, I cannot hope for much support, and I feel bad bugging the Toyota Dealer about it because they don't know much about these models.

The car scares me to drive. I don't know if it will die on the freeway, and I certainly cannot accelerate fast enough to merge onto freeways, go up hills, even take full loads of people. I pity those that have taken the cheaper road and gone with the Daewoo product, I sure have learned my lesson.

Hey, I wonder if the dealer will let me get my Corolla back?

To whom it may concern.

I have a daewoo lanos sx and it goes just fine, had it up to 125mph. learn to drive the car before you blame the car.

To whom it may concern- If you haven't noticed, Daewoo is so bankrupt that they are no longer selling their vehicles in the United States any longer, and they needed GM to bail them out. And if any car takes practice and "learning," as you say, it may not be worth the while- especially for a $3000 subcompact. I have since ditched the Daewoo and purchased another Toyota, smartest car buying decision I ever made. I spent a little more, but I did not need an instruction manual to drive it off the lot without it dying. By the way- your "125 mph," besides being illegal, must have either been traveling downhill, or else it probably put up a good fight to get it there.

I have a Lanos hatchback, it has close to 100,000 miles on it and I've never had a problem with the car trying to "bog" down when I'm getting on the highway and I also have the 5-speed. My little car has been wonderful for me, I don't like the interior much, but I paid very little for this car and it has served me very well.

My husband has a Daewoo lanos se, He drives up hill at 80mph then he has to move over to the slow lane when the car struggles at 30mph. People get so pissed at him, truckers even pass him up. We are taking it to the shop now. Have no idea what is wrong. We thought it was the battery since we had to jumpstart it every morning. I was driving it an hour a way and it would change speeds on me instantly. The person that invented the Lanos, must drive like that. I have a Toyota Camry and I can drive that just fine.

I had a Woo that had similar problems.

It's your spark plug wires.

Replace them and your plugs.

Most likely the loss of power is due to the catalytic converter being plugged. this will cost $120 to replace. The tune up is probably needed as well, but not nearly as badly as catalytic converter replacement.

I'm trying to work out why a Toyota dealer would try and resell a four year old Daewoo with a warranty...