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Daewoo air bags problems

Across all Daewoo models in NHTSA's complaint database, 118 complaints involve air bags. The Lanos accounts for the largest share (71%). The single worst model year is the 2001 Lanos with 37 air bags complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
118 about air bags, all Daewoo models
Most affected
Lanos 71% of these complaints
Typical mileage
47,000 miles 21 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
27 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Daewoo models

ModelComplaintsShare
Lanos8471%
Leganza1916%
Nubira1311%

Worst model years for air bags

  1. 2001 Daewoo Lanos37 complaints
  2. 2000 Daewoo Lanos34 complaints
  3. 1999 Daewoo Lanos8 complaints
  4. 2000 Daewoo Leganza7 complaints
  5. 2000 Daewoo Nubira7 complaints

Air bags complaints by model year

Daewoo air bags complaints by model year 0 25 50 1999: 13 '99 2000: 50 '00 2001: 46 '01 2002: 9 '02
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199913
200050
200146
20029

Among the 21 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 47,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.