Car Reviews 2001 Daewoo Lanos

Six years ago, when my husband came home with a brand new 2001 Daewoo Lanos, I was ecstatic. It was the perfect four-door or so I thought. For the first 50,000 miles the car was fine. Sure, there were minor problems like needing to get our brake pads changed or buying a few new tires, but when we needed to have our turn signal relay replaced, we realized that fixing our car would be anything, but minor. In 2001, Daewoo, the South Korean auto company filed for bankruptcy and the only place to obtain parts was at a Daewoo dealership. By now, these dealerships were few and far in between. Eventually, we did find one and paid the costs to have our turn signal relay fixed. It wasn’t cheap, but there was nowhere else for us to turn. Over the years, our car worked fine. That is, until our car started to make a horrendous clicking noise. We immediately took it to the nearest mechanic where we were informed that our timing belt broke at 58,000 miles. There was something about the phrase replacing your timing belt that sounded expensive, and it was. The mechanic also informed us that it is completely abnormal for timing belts to break this early as cars made after 1998 are built so that they last between 90,000 and 100,000 miles. It would cost between $1,500 and $2,200 dollars to get that fixed in addition to a plethora of other problems that occurred as a result of our timing belt breaking. But it wasn’t until I began to scour the Internet that I learned that this wasn’t just an isolated issue. It was the norm with most Daewoo cars. I came across numerous warnings and complaints about Daewoo timing belts, water pumps, break pads and check engine light issues on the web. And because Daewoo went out of business, there was nowhere for customers like myself to turn. My husband and I did the only thing we could do and returned to the Daewoo dealership. We paid the $1,500 dollars it was going to cost to fix our car and a week later, it was running like new.I cannot stress how much of a nightmare our Daewoo car has been. Please do not be fooled by its sleek design. From my experience and countless others who purchased Daewoo’s, it has been nothing short of a nightmare. But don’t take my word for it, do the research for yourself.In recent years, GM bought out Daewoo. For more information on this, please visit: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_48/b 3910071.htm. Category:Home › Other • Pomegranates: A newly discovered superfood • Where did the joke why did the chicken cross the road come from and why is it funny? • Can mothers diagnosed with bipolar disorder make good parents? • Spiritual evolution of human consciousness • Tips for getting a college basketball scholarship • Living with Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) • Caring for the caregiver • Technologys impact on society