1998 Daewoo Leganza: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1998 Daewoo Leganza. The newest campaign is 04V394000. NHTSA received the report on 6 Aug 2004. The NHTSA record gives the component Engine and Engine Cooling. NHTSA has 5 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 04V394000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the camshaft position sensors and install an additional fuse. Owners should contact daewoo puerto rico at 1-877-362-1234 option 6.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Since the last update
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Recall campaigns
3 campaigns, newest first. 74,572 units in total.
04V394000Received . 4,305 units.
Engine and Engine Cooling
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
On certain passenger vehicles, the camshaft position sensor may melt resulting in a burning smell and visible smoke, which may subsequently lead to the melting of the camshaft cover and the camshaft position sensor wire harness.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This could possibly cause an underhood fire.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the camshaft position sensors and install an additional fuse. Owners should contact daewoo puerto rico at 1-877-362-1234 option 6.
Report filed by DAEWOO MOTOR DE PUERTO RICO. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
04V357000Received . 11,576 units.
Engine and Engine Cooling
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
On certain passenger vehicles, the camshaft position sensor may melt resulting in a burning smell and visible smoke, which may subsequently lead to the melting of the camshaft cover and the camshaft position sensor wire harness.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This could possibly cause an underhood fire.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the camshaft position sensors and install an additional fuse. The recall began on september 7, 2004. Owners should contact daewoo at 1-877-362-1234, option 6, or find a local dealer through their website at www.daewoous.com.
Report filed by DAEWOO MOTOR AMERICA. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
01V180000Received . 58,691 units.
Structure / Frame and Members
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: certain passenger vehicles fail to comply with requirements of FMVSS no. 201, "occupant protection in interior impact." these vehicles exceed the maximum allowable head injury criterion value specified in the standard for passenger-side a-pillar target location.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Consequently, in a crash, the front seat passenger could suffer increased head injury from contact with the passenger a pillar (forward most roof support).
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will install padding to the a pillar to reduce the risk of injury in a crash. Owner notification began june 8, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact daewoo at 1-877-463-2396.
Report filed by DAEWOO MOTOR AMERICA. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
5 complaints, 5 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 3 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 2 |
- Complaints that report a crash
- 0
- Complaints that report a fire
- 0
- Injuries in the complaints
- 0
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 26 Oct 2004
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 1998 Daewoo LeganzaThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1998 Daewoo Leganza: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/daewoo/leganza/1998/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- DAEWOO MOTOR DE PUERTO RICO
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1998 Daewoo Leganza?
- 74,572 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Daewoo Leganza have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the Daewoo Leganza, model years 1998 to 2002. 3 of them name the 1998 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1998 Daewoo Leganza name most often?
- Engine and Engine Cooling: 3 of 5 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 Daewoo Leganza open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.