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Started off 3 days after I bought it, transmission blew, at 7900 miles.
Seat safety recall.
Alignment, new tires, alignment, new tires...
38,000 transmission blew.
57,000 transmission blew.
Heater cable snaps.
62,000 timing belt, valves, pistons aka, the works.
Bonus, it's leaking oil from some unknown location into the spark plugs.
Worst car I have ever owned, and that's saying something since my previous car required a complete engine replacement.
Cute, sure...
Affordable, at first, but once you add on repair costs, loaner car costs, towing costs, missing work, and the fact that it's worthless on the market my $8000.00 car just turned into a money pit.
Not clear what you mean by "transmission blew" but for it to have happened so many times most likely was because either because the car was driven very hard, or the repairs were done by an incompetent.
I have a '99 Lanos with automatic that just turned 42K miles and I have had none of the problems you describe.
The timing belt breaking and ocnsequences of same could have been avoided by replacing the timing belt and tensioner at recommended mileage interval (60K miles).
Are you the same person who complained in the daewootech. net forum?
Whoa, there's actually a dedicated Daewoo website?
I have a 2000 Daewoo Lanos, works great and runs well
No problems if you keep up with the maintenance.
Sometimes hard to get parts for and resale value is low.
Overall is a great deal, good gas mileage and low repair costs.
I plan on handing it over to my Niece when I get another car.
See how you feel about your lanos once it becomes middle aged 60k or so. they fall apart.
I just have one thing to say, "What you put into your car is what you get out of it"
This is in response to the first comment. I own several cars, one of them being a 1985 Honda CRX. My car has the original transmission, a five speed manual, with 230,000 original miles. I drive my car hard, I shift at red line, I power shift, and I down shift constantly. I have made over 100 drag strip passes in my car. My timing belt has close to 90,000 miles on it when service required at 60,000. I have traveled across the United States with my crx. Houston, Texas to Iowa in one day non stop driving 80+MPH. In response to the comment I know you will say, I purchased this car five years ago with 130,000 miles on it. My car is now 21 years old, four more and it will be a Classic. Why do you try to excuse this Daewoo because its been driven hard. Every car should be built to last, If I drove my car light and easy I know it could last 400,000 miles rather than 300. But driving hard and have a transmission go out at under 50,000 miles, that is just pathetic. For 8,000 he could have bought a pre owned Honda. Daewoo has built some of the worst car's I've seen, they can only compare to the KIA and Saturn.
Apparently any pos that can make it to 25 years of age is now considered a "classic".
Like wow, somebody has awful luck with autos. Blew up previous autos engine. Repairs all over the board on this Daewoo. Is the oil changed every 2,000 miles, cooling system flushed, brakes inspected, transmission serviced, all fluid levels checked. Guess what I'm trying to say is yep, the car could be at fault, but I suspect the driver plays a major part in problems. Heres another thing I have noticed, if a car looks like a dog on the outside you can bet maintenance is also lacking on the inside.
I bought my lanos new 2000 seat belt prob recalled, wiring harness recall, fixed free. I replaced rear wheel bearing 30,000 but otherwise pretty good so far just found out I have the oil leak into #1 spark plug. this engine 1.6 has two piece gasket outer and inner the inner one on mine needs replacing thats what is causing my oil prob in the plugs if you have the 1.6 . I've upgraded my own sound so don't know about theres. but so far pretty good for me I can't complain yet...
I have a 2000 lanos daewoo can't figure out why,when I put front window to defrost,nothing comes out from vents on top of dash, heat kicks ass blower works great, but does not defrost front windshield? please help me figure this out.
Re the above comment, the plastic bracket that attaches the cable from the mode knob to the airbox is probably broken, so that turning the knob does not change the airflow. You have to replace the cable assembly (the part is not expensive, but labor might be if you are not doing it yourself). As a temporary fix you can move the lever on the airbox (the one the cable is supposed to move) by hand, with the blower on, until you find the setting where air comes out the defroster vents. It may not stay in that position, though, like if you go over a bump or something; might need to put a piece of duck tape on it to hold it in place until you fix it.
I own a 2000 Daewoo Lanos and have had it since 2001 when I bought the car...USED...from a dealer. I have not been kind to the car and I did leave it in my driveway for 1.5 years never even starting it. I drove a Plymouth Neon with 165000 miles rather than the Daewoo. I had to replace the timing belt and have the valves replaced when it jumped timing at 49500 miles. The transmission drinks fluid, cause it doesn't leak it. Same heater problems as everyone else. I feel as though I should be getting better gas mileage as there is a noticeable lack of power in this little car. The other issue I had is with the exhaust system. I replaced the converter then a week later I had to replace it again, there is a preconverter on the front of the motor that failed and consequently plugged the converter. But in the cars defense, I have gone back to driving it. The AC no longer works, but the car still does. I wouldn't recommend a daewoo lanos to anyone. My car has 80,000 miles on it and it looks great, due to my garage for 4.5 of the 6 years owning the car. But it feels like a 15 year old used car. If you have to get one, get one that is totally stripped, no extras, because those are the things that go first and quickly. Heater, AC, rear speakers, seat adjust knobs, rear defrost, etc. all had to be fixed before 45000 miles.
I have a 99 daewoo lanos 1.5L, bought it used for just over a year now. No problems, runs smooth. Only thing needs to be changed are the spark plug wires as there's a noticeable lack of power when climbing a hill. Otherwise works fine, accelerates pretty quickly too.
I have a 2000 lanos with just under 60K. I heard about the timing belt issue, so attempted to replace it. No way! You basically have to drop the engine to get at it. So I'm crossing my fingers. Other than the original owner who cracked the windshield by smacking the mirror - the car is perfect. Be careful in the snow though, with such a short wheelbase once a spin starts it is very hard to drive out of.
I own a Lanos 2000. I keep up with regular maintenance on it. I have used this car for the last three winter seasons and the only way I get over the spinning is adding 40 lbs of sand in my trunk on the rare wheels equally. This has worked great so far and it does not spin. However, once in a while, it just stalls on a traffic light. I don't know if I should blame the weather being below 10F or if I should consider this a red flag? Whenever I wash my car, I experience more problems with driving it, it seems to be rigid and the gas pump just goes crazy!!