2000 Daewoo Leganza problems
NHTSA has received 237 complaints about the 2000 Daewoo Leganza, and 66% of them involve engine. Next are cooling system (12%) and brakes (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 237 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 66% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 10
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 51,000 miles 83 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 25 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 24 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 14 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 83 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 51,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 50,000 miles (63 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 10 complaints mention a fire; 7 injuries reported; 1 death reported.
It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
The transmission of my 2000 daewoo leganza ignited and caused the car to burn to the ground and almost killed myself and my 4 other family members almost 2 months ago and daewoo has yet to respond to my faxes, phone calls etc... I want resolution to this matter.
While driving ehicle stalled. Consumer was unable to restart vehicle, and had it towed to the dealer for inspection. Mechanic claimed that the problem cauld not be duplicated.
While traveling 30-35MPH had rearended another vehcle. Front end had smashed inward. Air bags failed to deploy. Driver was injured. Had hit head on sunvisor. Had emergency treatment and was released. Vehicle was towed, and considered totaled.
The gas tank was leaking, the vehicle smelled of gas and the engine light is on. Camshaft sensor 04v357000. The engine light and oil lights illuminated intermittently. The fan motor on the air conditioning system failed. The consumer has not been able to find anyone to repair the vehicle. She has also had a hard time finding the recalled part for the vehicle.
Dealership refused to honor cam shaft position sensor recall 04v35700. They indicated that they didn' work on this make vehicles anymore.