Total Complaints
4 filings
DAEWOO DAEWOO · model year
4 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2001DAEWOODAEWOO carries 4 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 2001 DAEWOO is electrical system:ignition with 1 filings, followed by electrical system:wiring:fuses and circuit breakers (1) and engine and engine cooling (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
No open NHTSA investigation overlaps the 2001 DAEWOO in the current dataset. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
4 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | 1 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | 1 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | 1 |
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02V257001 CONCERNING BRAKE HOSE. DEALER WAS NOT IN OPERATION.*AK
THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE (03V435700) FOR THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THE DEALER WAS NOT IN OPERATION. *JB
UPON STARTING UP VEHICLE HORN WAS SOUNDING,THEN CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED IGNITION WIRE/ FUSE BOX, AND COILS WERE BURNED. THREE DAYS LATER, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK.
UPON STARTING UP VEHICLE HORN WAS SOUNDING,THEN CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED IGNITION WIRE/ FUSE BOX, AND COILS WERE BURNED. THREE DAYS LATER, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK.
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.