Vehicle recall 02V131002 · May 8, 2002
Daewoo LANOS and Daewoo Puerto Rico Lanos
Certain passenger vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 201, "occupant protection in interior impact."
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- Certain passenger vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 201, "occupant protection in interior impact."
- Consequence
- In the event of a crash in which the air bags do not deploy, there is a possibility of increased head injury to the front seat passenger should contact with the passenger side air bag cover occur.
- Remedy
- Dealers will install new energy absorbing air bag mounting brackets. Owner notification began July 23, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact daewoo at 1-877-362-1234, selection 1.
- Notes
- Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 02V131002
- Reported to NHTSA
- May 8, 2002
- Filed by
- DAEWOO MOTOR DE PUERTO RICO
- Owner notification
- July 23, 2002
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 13,103
- Initiated by
- NHTSA’s Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance
- Components
- Air bags
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