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1997 Chevrolet Camaro complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1997 record →

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Pump
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED. YH

Tires
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA

REAR LEFT TIRE EXPLODED ON FREEWAY. (GOODYEAR EAGLE P215)YH

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System1 injured
Filed Oct 30, 1998CA

AIR INTAKE MANIFOLD/ AIR INTAKE BOOT FAILED; AIR LEAKS OUT. ALSO, THERE IS AN OIL LEAK.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Oct 30, 1998PA

ROTORS WARP PREMATURELY.

Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft
Filed Aug 15, 1998VA

OWNER COMPLAINING OF DRIVE SHAFT VIBRATIONS.

Suspension › Front
Filed Jun 22, 1998FL

CONSUMER HAS TAKEN AUTOMOBILE TO TWO DEALER MECHANICS AND THEY CANNOT BALANCE HIS TIRES. THIS IS CAUSING HIS AUTO TO SHAKE WHEN DRIVING IT. *AK

Suspension
Filed Jun 17, 1998IN

CONSUMER WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE,ITS STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY STARTED TO SHAKE/VIBRATE AND SWERVE FOR UNKNOWN REASON, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. VEHICLE HAVE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER'S SHOP THREE TIMES, AND CONDITION STILL OCCURS. DEALER IS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM REOCCURRING MORE THEN TEN TIMES. THIS CONDITION IS STILL ENDANGERING THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WHEN VEHICLE IS USED. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Jun 2, 1998MA

BRAKES FAILED ON A RAINY DAY.

Suspension
Filed May 22, 1998VA

MY CAR HAS HAD A NOTICEABLE VIBRATION SINCE NEW. THE 96 CAMARO HAS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN FOR VIBRATION OF DRIVE SHAFT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND THE DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE THE ONE ON MY 97 BECAUSE THERE IS NO BULLETIN ON THE 97 CAMAROS. IF THEY WERE BAD FOR 96 THEN THEY SHOULD ALSO BE INVESTIGATED ON THE 97 MODELS. IT SEEMS THAT A VIBRATION AT SPEEDS CAN LEAD TO MECHANICAL FAILURE OF DRIVE LINE COMPONENTS. WITH SPEEDS OF 70MPH ON MOST INTERSTATE THIS COULD LEAD TO A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. I JUST WANT THE 97 MODELS TO BE LOOKED AT FOR THE SAME PROBLEM THAT EXISTED ON THE 96 MODELS.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed May 19, 1998HI

HEARD OF ONE MORE VALVE COVER OIL LEAK FROM CO-WORKER WHO OWNS THE SAME MAKE/MODEL AS MYSELF.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed May 8, 1998VA

INTAKE GASKET LEAKS OIL ONTO HOT EXHAUST, MAY CREATE SERIOUS FIRE HAZARD.

Parking Brake
Filed May 1, 1998CA

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE KNUCKLE JOINT BROKE IN HALF, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL DOWN AN INCLINE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Jan 29, 1998NM

OWNER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM THE SIDE, CAUSING FRONT OF VEHICLE TO IMPACT WITH AN OBJECT IN WHICH THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Dec 23, 1997CA

ENGINE INTAKE GASKET FAILED TWICE. *AK

Structure › Body › Roof and Pillars
Filed Oct 11, 1997NJ

DRIVER SHATTERED T-TOP AFTE RHITTING A BUMP IN ROAD AT 35 MPH. DEALER DENIES SUCH AN INCIDENT COULD HAPPEN, AND REFUSES TO FIX DEFECTED PRODUCT. *AK

Steering › Linkages › Knuckle › Spindle › ArmCrash
Filed Jul 17, 1997WI

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN THE LEFT FRONT STEERING SPINDLE BROKE, CAUSING A CRASH. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrashFire1 injured
Filed Apr 29, 1997NC

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A SINGLE CAR CRASH, HITTING A DITCH EMBANKMENT, DESTROYING FRONT END, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS AND DRIVER SUFFERED FACIAL INJURIES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOTALLED. *AK

Structure › Body › Roof and Pillars
Filed Jan 27, 1997CA

DRIVING DOWN HWY, T-TOP WAS LOCKED IN PLACE, SUDDENLY IT FLEW OFF VEHICLE, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WAS INFORMED NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT, OFFERED PLASTIC FOR TOP. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Dec 18, 1996OH

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT A SPEED OF APPROXIAMTELY 40MPH. DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER AND ICY ROADS, THE CAR SLID ON ICE AND SLAMMED INTO A TREE, BUT NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

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