Strange Kangaroo-ing Daewoo Matiz

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Sun 9 Oct 2005 17:57
Strange Kangaroo-ing Daewoo Matiz - snowytoo
Hi to forum
My wife's Matiz has developed a fault whilst parked up for 10 days. Returned home from holiday and started car - drove ok for a few miles then started kangarooing. Now car will start just fine and you can rev it's wotsits off without any hesitation or stalling. Pop it into reverse and it flies along as normal. Pop it in a forward gear and it stalls as soon as the clutch is fully out.Feather the clutch to get it rolling and as soon as you give it gas it starts kangarooing very badly.
Any advice would be greatly received.
Thanks.
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Sun 9 Oct 2005 18:58
Strange Kangaroo-ing Daewoo Matiz - David Horn
Could it possibly be a handbrake problem?
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Sun 9 Oct 2005 20:04
Strange Kangaroo-ing Daewoo Matiz - snowytoo
Hello and thanks for responding. The car runs freely downhill in neutral and reverse without problem. Handbrake holds car on steep drive - so don't think handbrake problem. Thanks v much though.
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Tue 18 Oct 2005 14:46
Strange Kangaroo-ing Daewoo Matiz - snowytoo
After three weeks of beggaring about - problem solved. Even the RAC couldn't fathom it (and they had Daewoo Technical Centre to help them !). Problem turned out to be break in a cable in the wiring loom where the loom for the ECM entered the bulkhead. Putting the car in first gear and lifting the clutch allowed the engine (under torque) to move on it's mounting enough to cause the break in signal to the ECM causing engine misfire/cutout. It goes to show it is not always a component failure.
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Tue 18 Oct 2005 19:38
Strange Kangaroo-ing Daewoo Matiz - Aprilia
The Matiz has a well-known reputation for the engine compartment wiring loom failing - the technical centre should have picked up on this one. Also the plastic inlet manifold goes soft on the driver's side back corner (where there is a little notch cut in the plastic). Water leaks out (or is drawn into the engine) and eventually the car will overheat. A new platic manifold is about £200, or about £400 if you have it fitted (its a fiddly job).
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