NHTSA Complaint #10143075 — 2001 DAEWOO PUERTO RICO LEGANZA

A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THE INCIDENT I BOUGHT A CAR FOR MY DAUGHTER WHEN I WAS DRIVING IT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I TOOK IT TO A PARTS STORE AND THEY READ IT THROUGH THE OBD2 SENSOR AND SAID IT WAS THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. I LOOKED IT UP ON THE COMPUTER AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE MAKE AND YEAR OF MY CAR. I HAVE A 2001 DEAWOO LEGANZA VIN [XXX] SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ON APR 6 2005 WHEN IT HAD 32,831 MILES ON IT AND THEY SAID THAT IT ISN'T PART OF THE RECALL. I TRIED TO CONTACT DEAWOO AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE OUT OF BUSINESS. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT AND THEN MY DAUGHTER STARTED DRIVING IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN SHE TURNED THE CAR OFF SHE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND IT WAS VERY SMOKY WHEN SHE OPENED UP THE HOOD. NOW WE DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR ANYMORE DUE TO THE FEAR THAT SOMEONE CAN GET HURT. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR GOING BAD UNDER 100,000 MILES LET ALONE 33,000 IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON CERTAIN CAMSHAFT SENSORS THEN SHOULDN'T THIS ONE BE RECALLED ALSO IF IT IS FAULTY. DEAWOO SHOULD WIDEN THEIR SEARCH FOR BAD CAMSHAFT SENSORS. *NM UPDATED 07/17/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)