my lemon optra

[hotshots]

I bought a bnew chevrolet optra 1.6 a/t last december 16, 2003, after a day i got it, i returned back to the casa coz i heard some wierd noises while stepping on the brakes when i put it on D, after going back 2-3 times to the casa, they finally found the problem and replaced the alternator, after about a week, i observed that the brake pedals and stirring wheel starts to squeek and fuel consumption is very high, i only get 5km/l, i keep going back about 2 to 3 times before they got the culprit for the squeeks but not the high fuel consumption, after about a month, brake pedals starts to squeek again, after about 2 months of my purchase, rattles started to come out, until now, the rattles are still there, after about 6 months, i went back to the casa again coz noises from the suspension can be heard when driving in rough road, so they change the hydro mount, after about a month, i notice something wrong with the engine, rpm drops when i step on the gas pedal and sometimes the engine would die(happens when engine is cold), until now they haven't found the culprit, 1 time when i was in school, the car wont start so i have to call them and service my car inside the school, they replaced the fuel pump because they said it was already busted, and i always get engine knock even if i use petron blaze, and they blame that on me because they said maybe the gasoline station i frequent have dirty tanks, so, after a year of problems, i had to bite the bullet and sell the car cheap, i was dissapointed that GM, the largest automobile maker, has a very bad build quality, reliability and after sales service, now, the general manager of GM autoworld cebu don't even like to greet me anymore, nice service GM!!! i hope there are some people here in GMPh that can read this so that they would know how their car is, and from now on, i swear il never buy another GM in my whole life!!

[mazdamazda]

try this:

http://www.generalmotors.com.ph/acti...bsite_cd=GBPPH

[jim]

hmmmmmmnnnnn bakit kaya yung mga officemates ko na may optra wala naman reklamo? dapat nagpa-change unit ka na lang.

[hotshots]

mazdamazda, tnx for the link but i already sent a letter of complaint to GMPh but still no action

jim, baka lucky lang ang mga officemates mo kasi i have friends who are having trouble with their optra too, i drove the optra back to the casa a day after i got it and requested for another unit, but to no avail

[caloyski5]

hmmm..siguro suzuki lang bibilhin ko sa GM pero mga korean rebadge. no way.

[ILuvDetailing]

The Optra isn't really a "chevy" its a rebadged Daewoo, and you know what Daewoo's reputation is... My neighbor also has an Optra, don't know if they had problems with it.

[BlueBimmer]

u get wat u pay for, although not all optras have problems but i heard enough horror stories to stay far away from one

[BlueBimmer]

oh n kaya cguro ganyan yan cos of its lame tv commercial, maybe the ad has hidden meaning that the car is also lame lol jst kidding

[carlocaraddict]

ehem ehem. My golay. Bakit naman ganyan ang Optra

[gel_salazar07]

Whew! Muntik na! Muntik na talaga akong mapabili nyan! Buti na lang at nagtanong tanong ako. I heard its engine came from Daihatsu. At least kahet 2nd hand lang na car nakuha ko ala sakit sa ulo.