I have a Daewoo Nubira CDX. It recently locked up, i.e. it will not come out of park. Any suggestions as to what might be wrong?

When I first saw your question, I thought it was a hoax. Never heard of a Daewoo Nubira. Sorry, after checking there is such a car.

Now your problem. If parked on a grade, this will make it very hard to get out of park. I had this happen to me more then once and one time so bad, I had to have my buddy push a little on my car with his to relieve the pressure on the park "Dog" that locks the transmission so I could get it out of park.

Learned to use the emergency brake before putting in to park. This helps------if the brakes work like they suppose to. Now the weight of the car trying to roll down or up hill won't hold that dog.

That's one solution, any others.

Welcome to the pool Ferocious.

With a Daewoo, your guess is as good as anyone's. And good luck finding parts for it. My suggestion would be to go to a mechanic (not a dealer because they just jack up their prices; and you can't actually go to a Daewoo dealer anyway) and see if they can help. Or at least call them and describe what it is doing. It's hard to diagnose via the internet.
I've had my Jeep get stuck, even though the gear shift came out of park. It was because the emergency break was stuck. Don't know if this could be the case for you.
Best bet: call a mechanic.

My brother and his wife had a Daewoo a few years back. They had nothing but trouble with it. And hassles with the dealer and company too. Power windows would go up and down by themselves, radio would shut off on it's own, door locks went up and down on there own causing them to sometimes be locked inside the car momentarily and also experianced the same problem as you did. No dealer or mechanic nor the company would help them. They ended up having it vountarilly repossesed.

I found some information here on consumer complaints.

It's my understanding that GM bought out Daewoo and that when they did so, the Daewoo warranty was null and void? And that parts are a bit of a problem to get a hold of?

First, get in touch with a mechanic and see if they can/will help you. Some mechancis will not touch certain makes/models.


I have never heard anything good about any model of Daewoo. My suggestion would be, and only if you can afford it, is to trade it in. This car will cost you more time and money then it's worth. In fact, if you have already had any other problems, such as others have mentioned in that site above, then it probably already has cost you more $$$ than it's worth.