2001 Daewoo Puerto Rico Nubira

No clear pattern

0% of complaints about the 2001 Daewoo Puerto Rico Nubira arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2001 vehicle, but with only 32 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 (18 complaints), typically at 5.8 yr or about 45,000 miles.

Complaints: 32
Median age at failure: 5.7 yr
Median mileage: 41,230 n=19
Crash / fire / tow: 3.1% 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 45,000 mi 4.1 yr in service

THERE WERE NO DEALERS OR PARTS AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR RECALL. *JB. NHTSA RECALL 04V357000. *JB

Engine cooling 13,000 mi 4.0 yr in service

THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO FIND A DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR RECALL#04357000 CAMSHAFT POTION SENSOR FREE OF CHARGE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

Engine cooling mileage not reported 4.2 yr in service

MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE DAEWOO CORP. HAS FILED BANKRUPTCY AND IS NOT HONORING ALL FULL WARRANTIES. ALSO WE STILL OWE 9500.00 ON THE CAR THAT IS ONLY WORTH 2,000.00. HESE CARS ARE LEMONS AND I FEEL WE SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF RECORSE T OGET ARE MONEY BACK OR WE SHOULD ONLY OWE WHAT THE CAR IS WORTH.WHTA CAN WE DO ??? THE CAR IS IN THE SHOP EVERY 2-3 MONTHS . IT ALWAYS HAS A BURNING SMELL WHICH I WAS BASICALLY TOLD IWAS IMAGINING IT BUT LOOKING UP RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE IFOUND THAT THE CAMSHAFT WAS RECALLED AND COULD CAUSE A UNDER HOOD FIRE. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL.*AK

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.

2001 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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