Daewoo Matiz engine cuts out
Variant: se
Model Year: 1999
Categories:
Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
It is an intermittent problem, occasionally when i turn left the steering wheel won't turn and the engine cuts out, and I have to restart the car.
Posted: Apr 12, 2010 (14 years ago)
This was an earlier post I replied to ,
Posted on 2010 03 19
Best to get a diagnostic scan on car otherwise just guessing about possible causes as you can see from other owners with same problem , below .
Please help!
Had my Matiz now for just 6 months and have had no end of problems. First the engine management light kept coming on and the car kangaroo-ing and sometimes cutting out. I was told it needed a new distributor and that this is a common problem with them. However after being told this, the car ran fine for 4 months! Then what appeared to be the same problem began happening again and so I replaced the distributor. Only to find it wasn't now this, but was a fuel injector problem! replaced that, but it was just the wiring which I had fixed. Then the car begins cutting out randomly, but will start again if left a few minutes, but then again sometimes won't until left an hour or so. Replaced the ignition coil, as I was then told it sounded like classic coil problems.
Again, this did not work and nobody seems to be able to solve the problem!
I have now spent over £300 on parts that I probably don't even need. (When I asked the Daewoo dealer why my car ran fine for 4 months after I was told it needed a new distributor @ £320, fortunately I bought elsewhere, I was told that sometimes you can take them apart and put them back together again and they will work fine again!)
I have no more money to spend on this car! Can anybody please shed some light on the situation?
Mine's a 2000 reg Daewoo Matiz. I had the problem of the engine cutting out while I was driving then wouldn't start for a few minutes, then it got so bad that it wouldn't start at all. The diagnostic tests said it was the idle speed control valve, but that was replaced and it was still having the same problem. Then they found out it was to do with a wire connecting to the immobiliser, which they replaced (the wire) and now its fine! Hope this helps!
Hi there, I also had the problem with the intermittent stopping. Have a 800cc 2000 Daewoo Matiz SE. Was the distributor as well.
Posted on 2010 03 19
Best to get a diagnostic scan on car otherwise just guessing about possible causes as you can see from other owners with same problem , below .
Please help!
Had my Matiz now for just 6 months and have had no end of problems. First the engine management light kept coming on and the car kangaroo-ing and sometimes cutting out. I was told it needed a new distributor and that this is a common problem with them. However after being told this, the car ran fine for 4 months! Then what appeared to be the same problem began happening again and so I replaced the distributor. Only to find it wasn't now this, but was a fuel injector problem! replaced that, but it was just the wiring which I had fixed. Then the car begins cutting out randomly, but will start again if left a few minutes, but then again sometimes won't until left an hour or so. Replaced the ignition coil, as I was then told it sounded like classic coil problems.
Again, this did not work and nobody seems to be able to solve the problem!
I have now spent over £300 on parts that I probably don't even need. (When I asked the Daewoo dealer why my car ran fine for 4 months after I was told it needed a new distributor @ £320, fortunately I bought elsewhere, I was told that sometimes you can take them apart and put them back together again and they will work fine again!)
I have no more money to spend on this car! Can anybody please shed some light on the situation?
Mine's a 2000 reg Daewoo Matiz. I had the problem of the engine cutting out while I was driving then wouldn't start for a few minutes, then it got so bad that it wouldn't start at all. The diagnostic tests said it was the idle speed control valve, but that was replaced and it was still having the same problem. Then they found out it was to do with a wire connecting to the immobiliser, which they replaced (the wire) and now its fine! Hope this helps!
Hi there, I also had the problem with the intermittent stopping. Have a 800cc 2000 Daewoo Matiz SE. Was the distributor as well.
Posted Apr 12, 2010 (14 years ago)
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