2000 Daewoo Nubira

No clear pattern

1% of complaints about the 2000 Daewoo Nubira arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2000 vehicle, but with only 310 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 (179 complaints), typically at 5.0 yr or about 47,257 miles.

Complaints: 310
Median age at failure: 5.0 yr
Median mileage: 41,000 n=103
Crash / fire / tow: 4.2% of reports
Safety recalls: 3

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

04V394000 2004-08-06

Engine cooling

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.

THIS COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE AN UNDERHOOD FIRE.

04V357000 2004-07-14

Engine cooling

THIS COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE AN UNDERHOOD FIRE.

02V257000 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

Service brakes, hydraulic mileage not reported 1.2 yr in service

WHILE DRIVING, AND APPLY BRAKES VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP, BRAKES MAKE A GRINDING NOISE, CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATED THERE IS EXCESSIVE BRAKE GRINDING AND WEAR OF BRAKES AND ROTORS WHICH HAVE BEEN REPLACED EVERY 3000 MILES.*SLC

Service brakes, hydraulic mileage not reported 2.3 yr in service

ROTORS/CALIPERS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES.LOST ALL BREAKING.REPORTED TO DEALER 12/31 WHO STATED IT WAS OK TO DRIVE UNTIL NEW PARTS ARRIVE WITHOUT LOOKING AT CAR OR OFFERING SAFE LOANER.*AK

Service brakes, hydraulic mileage not reported 1.1 yr in service

VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING AT 27000. DEALER REPLACED PADS AND TURNED ROTORS. AT THIS TIME VIBRATION IS BACK, ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

Suspension mileage not reported 2.2 yr in service

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET, AND WHEN ACELLERATING VEHICLE SHOOK/ VIBRATED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*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.

2000 Daewoo Nubira

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

Other Nubira model years

How to read this