Daewoo problems by model
Owners have filed 1,372 complaints with NHTSA about the 3 Daewoo models with enough data to profile here, covering 7 model years from 1999 through 2001. The Leganza draws the most at 516, 37.6% of the make's total.
Complaint volume tracks how many cars a make sold as much as how they held up, and NHTSA complaints are unverified owner reports rather than confirmed defects. Nothing on this page compares Daewoo against another manufacturer. Use it to find the model, then the model year, then read what owners of that year actually filed.
Every Daewoo model
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Most-reported year | Top system that year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leganza | 3 1999–2001 | 516 | 2000 237 | Engine and engine cooling (77.2%) |
| Nubira | 2 2000–2001 | 463 | 2000 332 | Engine and engine cooling (55.7%) |
| Lanos | 2 2000–2001 | 393 | 2000 246 | Engine and engine cooling (58.9%) |
Model years shown are those with at least 100 complaints on file, the gate every page on this site has to clear.
Reading the numbers
Across every Daewoo model year on the site, engine and engine cooling is the system named most often — 881 complaints, 69.3% of those filed under a named system. Individual model years diverge from that sharply, which is the reason to read the year rather than the badge.
Of the 1,372 complaints, 45 describe a crash, 23 describe a fire and 6 report a death.
Most-reported Daewoo model years
The single heaviest model year of each Daewoo nameplate, 1999–2001. Heaviest is not worst — read it alongside the model page.