A family member purchased a used Chevrolet Epica that has turned out to be an instant lemon. Among other things, she is reporting that "There is also an issue with the HOLD function. It comes on at random and keeps the car in first gear, which makes it virtually impossible to drive. I cannot get the function to turn off."
The Epica, for those keeping score at home, is a Daewoo with a transverse Porsche-designed inline 6 (no, really) that Chevy sold for a couple of years under an assumed name.
Any input on this transmission thing would be gratefully received. Are we talking reflash? Rebuild? Run away and hide?
Doesn't look like it was ever sold in the USA. Probably not a lot of experience with it down here. Generally speaking, rare + not collectible + no cult following = Run Fast.
Sounds Epic and agh were combined. Good luck with a Dawoo
I would happily have told her to run fast & far if anybody had told me soon enough that an Epica was even under consideration. No idea why she didn't just get a Cavalier or a Cobalt like a normal person. Now we just have to cope, and I'd rather she didn't lose ALL her money on this thing.
Epica Wiki
I had not heard of them. Seems that may be a good thing.
Or this Wiki if it is '00-'06 which is the same as the Daewoo Leganza and Suzuki Verona in the US.
NGTD
Dork
9/3/13 5:55 p.m.
The Epica is the same as the Suzuki Verona.
And THAT matchup led me to a decent Suzuki forum where at least one guy cured his Hold function AND his CEL at the same time by replacing his crank position sensor. Fifty bucks for a new one, plus a couple of common sockets. (Apparently it helps if you don't have huge hands, too.) I've got an email out to the owner to see if it's going to be that easy.
Correct, the Verona had the inline 6. The Leganza ran the 2.2L Isuzu engine bolted to a GM4T40.
