1999 daewoo leganza stalls and the engine light comes on.*mr while driving the vehicle stalled. Timing belt broke. The seat belts did not work properly.
Daewoo Leganza stalling problems
13 of the 489 owner complaints about the Daewoo Leganza describe engine stalls while driving, most of them for the 2000 model year.
- owner complaints
- 13
- worst model year
- 2000
Is there a fix? There are 2 recalls for this area of the car. See below
By model year
- 20021
- 20008
- 19994
Often reported together
Check engine light 5Sudden acceleration 1Overheating 1Loss of power 1Fuel pump 1Fuel gauge 1Fire or smoke 1
What owners say
While driving 55 MPH engine light illuminated. Then vehicle stalled. Consumer pulled over, and had the vehicle towed. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.
The federal safety agency recall 04v357000 concerning cam shaft position sensor. Consumer is unable to locate a dealer to honor the recall.*ak the consumer stated that the vehicle stalls out at any time. The rear passenger window does not work. The engine sounds like a diesel engine. Seat belts do not retract.
Recall 04v357000 concerning cam shaft position sensor, inspection only, could not duplicate at this time. *bf the check engine light was on for a long time. The vehicle stalled on the highway. The fuel pump was replaced. The speedometer had dropped down to 0 then corrected itself. There was a slight smell of burning, the temperature gauge was toward the hot indicator. The problem was unable to be duplicated. *sc
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 driving vehicle stalled. The check engine light appeared on and remained on. Consumer was able to drive vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic claimed that this vehicle v was not included in the recall due to VIN.
Intermittently while driving vehicle suddenly surged forward and experienced electrical system failure. This caused the dashboard components to malfunction, and gave incorrect reading. This was followed by the vehicle running rough , loss of power, and stalling. Consumer was unable to restart the vehicle when this occurred. Dealership replaced map and oxygen sensor, fuel injection, ground wires and the battery. The failure recurred.
The consumer is unable to find a dealership to have the camshaft position(cmp) sensor recall 04v357000 performed. Also, the vehicle overheated and stalled while driving, unable to finds parts to repair.
Check engine light came on while driving took to dealer. Dealer stated light not functioning properly and reset. 3 weeks later light came on again took back to dealer to reset. 4 months later car stalls. Not dealer shop stated timing belt rubbed against engine along with non functioning cooling system and broke causing engine to fail.
While driving vehicle stalled. Took vehicle to dealer, and dealer indicated engine had blewen out.
Related recalls
Engine and engine cooling
- What is wrong
- 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.
- Risk
- This could possibly cause an underhood fire.
- Remedy
- 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.
Recall number 04V394000 · Recall details
Engine and engine cooling
- What is wrong
- 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.
- Risk
- This could possibly cause an underhood fire.
- Remedy
- 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.
Recall number 04V357000 · Recall details
Questions about the Daewoo Leganza stalling
Which Daewoo Leganza years have engine stalls while driving problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2000 (8 complaints), 1999 (4 complaints) and 2002 (1 complaints).
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