2000 Daewoo Puerto Rico Nubira

No clear pattern

0% of complaints about the 2000 Daewoo Puerto Rico Nubira arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2000 vehicle, but with only 52 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is engine cooling (31 complaints), typically at 5.2 yr or about 65,000 miles.

Complaints: 52
Median age at failure: 5.1 yr
Median mileage: 53,300 n=26
Crash / fire / tow: 1.9% of reports
Safety recalls: 1

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

02V257001 2002-09-18

Service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings

CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 106, "BRAKE HOSES." A CRACK CAN DEVELOP IN THE OUTER RUBBER LAYER OF THE FRONT BRAKE HOSE(S).

THIS CAN RESULT IN BRAKE HOSE RUPTURE, BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE, AND LOSS OF VEHICLE BRAKING.

In owners’ own words

Engine cooling mileage not reported 5.1 yr in service

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE(0V4357000) FOR THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. DEALER WAS NOT IN OPERATION. *JB

Engine cooling mileage not reported 5.1 yr in service

04 V 357 000/CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR/MIL: CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE FOR AN IN-LINE FUSE TO THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WIRING. *JB...THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A FIRE HAZARD BUT DAEWOO WOULD NOT PAY FOR IT. *AK

Engine cooling 20,400 mi 5.1 yr in service

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE(0V4357000) FOR THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *JB THE DEALER STATED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL. THE CONTROL ARMS WORE OUT BEFORE 30K MILES. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT THEY WERE DEFECTIVE. *SC

Other Nubira model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2000 Daewoo Puerto Rico Nubira

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

Other Nubira model years

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