1998 Chevrolet Camaro complaints

ENGINE--FUEL INJECTOR.

EGR VALVE--PIN 17113589.

BRAKE ROTORS WEAR OUT. DEALER SHIP HAS LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS TO CHANGE THE ROTORS EVERY 3000 MILES, WHILE HE STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL PADS ON THE CAR.*AK

INTERIOR COMPARTMENT SQUEAKS. YH

CONSUMER CONTUNUES TO EXPERIENCE ABS SYSTEM FAILURES, TO DATE CONSUMER HAS HAD PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED/ROTORS RESURFACED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DUE TO DEFECT. NLM

ROTORS WARPED AT 9876 MILES AND VANDERGRIFF CHEVROLET TURNED THEM. THEY WARPED AGAIN AT 22593 AND THE SAME DEALER WOULD NOT FIX THEM BECAUSE THEY SAY IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY.

BRAKE ROTORS HAVE TO BE REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME WITH ONLY 22,000 MILES. DEALER CLAIMS THAT IT'S NORMAL. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED PREMATURELY, PROBLEM BECAME NOTICABLE WHEN MAKING SUDDEN STOPS. NLM

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT, IT IS IN TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PEICES, ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. I COULD HAVE EASILY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND BEEN IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE TIRES PLUGGED TWICE ALREADY SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN SQUEAKING FOR ALMOST THREE MONTHS AND WHEN REPORTED TO DEALER THEY DID NOTHING TO FIX IT. THEY HAVE ALSO CAUSED SKIDDING WHEN ROADS ARE WET AND DO NOT FEEL AS IF THEY ARE PROPERLY LOCKING.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/55R16 )

TIE RODS SNAPPED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL END OVER END. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE WITHIN THE STEERING. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, BRAKES LOCK UP, AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN CHANGED TWICE. ALSO,THERE IS A LEAKAGE WITHIN THE T-TOP. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP FOR REPAIR SERVICE SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE PROBLEMS STILL EXIT. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE.

I HAVE HAD MY ROTORS TURNED ONCE IN SEPT OF 1998. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP SINCE THE PROBLEM CAME BACK ON 3-30-99 AND THEY REFUSED TO TURN IT SAYING IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME $435. I REFUSED TO PAY IT AND WANT THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE MY ROTORS FREE OF CHARGE AS WELL AS MY FRONT TIRES DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR AND TEAR BEACUSE OF THE ROTORS. I HAVE ALREADY WROTE THEM A LETTER BUT HAVENT GOTTEN A RESPONSE YET. *AK

THE BRAKE ROTORS ON THIS CAR WARP OVER A 10,000 MILE PERIOD, CAUSING STEERING WHEEL SHAKING AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL. THIS CAR IS 18 MONTHS OLD AND HAS 42240 MILES ON IT. THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED BY THE DEALER ON 4/9/98 AT 11,633 MILES, AGAIN ON 8/11/98 AT 21,181 MILES, THEN THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS ON 12/23/98 AT 31,376 MILES, THEN THESE NEW ROTORS WARPED AND WERE RESURFACED ON 5/20/99 AT 41,830 MILES. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BRAKE ROTORS NEED TO BE DONE EVERY 10,000 MILES. THE SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL BEGINS TO APPEAR AGAIN AT ABOUT 8,000 MILES AFTER THE LAST WORK IS DONE AND GETS WORSE UNTIL THE SHAKE IS UNCONTROLABLE AT ABOUT 10,000 MILES. THE DEALER AND CHEVROLET SAY THEY CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSING THIS (I HAVE CALLED CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE MANY TIMES AND HAVE SENT A CERTIFIED LETTER TO CHEVROLET MOTOR DIVISION). I HAVE HEARD OF MANY OTHER CAMARO AND TRANS AM OWNERS (WITH V-8 ENGINES) WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW IF THE ROTORS ARE DEFECTIVE, IF THE BRAKE PADS ARE TOO HARD (CAUSING THE ROTORS TO OVER HEAT & WARP) OR IT IS ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. *AK

BRAKES REPAIRED 10/98 @14000 MI. BRAKES REPLACED 12/98 @ 20,700 MI. BRAKES REPAIRED 5/99 @ 25,035 MI. ALSO - STARTER MOTOR @ 7700 MI., WATER PUMP @ 20,00 MI., AND NOW THE A/C COMPRESSOR AND BLOWERR MOTOR ARE ON ORDER BECAUSE THE A/C IS NOT COLD. WHAT'S NEXT?*AK

ON TWO OCCASIONS DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH,AND AT 80 MPH HIT A TRUCK HEAD-ON UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES.DEALER DID NOT DETERMINE WHY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

DESIGN OF THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM CAUSES VEHICLE'S BOTTOM TO DRAG ON INCLINES. MJS

ROTORS WARPED AT 6K MILES, DEALER RESURFACED SAME. ROTORS WARPED AT 12K MILES AGAIN. DEALER REPLACED ALL 4 ROTORS. SINCE THE NEW ROTORS ARE THE SAME AS ORIGINAL, I'M EXPECTING THE PROBLEM TO RETURN. PROBLEM OCCURS AT TURNPIKE SPEED (65 +) AND CAUSES VIOLENT SHAKING OF CAR. IN A PANIC SITUATION COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

AT 8700 MILES THE ROTORS WERE TURNED UNDER WARRANTY, AT 16700 I HAD TO PAY FOR THEM TO BE RESURFACED AT THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. I AM AFRAID TO BRAKE MY CAR HARD BECAUSE I THINK I WILL WARP MY FRONT ROTORS AGAIN. THIS IS A SAFTY CONCERN FOR ME. *AK

WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 60MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES ALOT DUE TO ROTORS BEING WARPED. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AT 10K MILES. DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM WARRANTY WORK. "HIGH PERFORMANCE DRIVING" WAS HIS EXCUSE. *AK

ROTORS WARPED AT 15000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 26000. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPED, AND HAVE BEEN SINCE THE CAR WAS NEW. DEALER "CLEANS" THEM EACH TIME I BRING IN THE CAR. MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THESE DEFECTIVE ROTORS. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS WARPED, CAUSING BAD PULSATON WHEN BRAKING AND REDUCED BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS. FROM THE DISCUSSION VIA THE INTERNET WITH OTHER CAMARO OWNERS, THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM PROBABLY CAUSED BY INFERIOR MATERIALS IN THE ROTORS THEMSELVES. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/50/Z16 )

HAVE BEEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT ROTORS WARPING AND VIBRATING. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

FRONT END VIBRATION WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. DEALERSHIP TURNED ROTORS AND REPLACED PADS, HOWEVER PROBLEM IS NOW BACK. *AK

ROTORS ON FRONT OF VEHICLE WARPED TO THE POINT THAT CONTROL OF VEHICLE DIFFICULT. GM AUTHORIZED RESURFACING ONLY AND DEFECTIVE ROTORS WERE LEFT ON CAR. AT 16,000 ROTORS WARPED AGAIN TO THE POINT THAT I FELT VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE. GM REPLACED ROTORS WITH OEM ROTORS AND AT 20,000 THE ROTORS HAVE AGAIN WARPED TO THE POINT OF BEING ANNOYING. SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE MATERIAL COMPOSING THE ROTORS, AND NOT FROM DRIVING STYLE. *AK

CONSUMER WOULD HEAR NOISE WHENEVER ENGINE IS RUNNING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, DEALER REPLACED THE SERPENTINE BELT TWICE . *AK

ROTORS WARPED AT 6K MILES; DEALER REFINISHED SAME. REPAIR LASTED ROUGHLY 6K MILES BEFORE PROBLEM RETURNED. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60MPH +) IF BRAKES ARE APPLIED FRONT WHEELS SHAKE SEVERELY, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. IN A PANIC SITUATION, I DON'T THINK THE CAR WOULD BE CONTROLLABLE. DEALER SOLUTION IS TO RESURFACE ROTORS A SECOND TIME AND REPLACE IF PROBLEM RETURNS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH CAMAROS, AND I FAIL TO SEE HOW REPLACING ROTORS WITH THE SAME PART WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A HIGH PERFORMANCE VEHICLE CAPABLE OF 150MPH + SPEEDS, AND SHOULD HAVE A BRAKING SYSTEM TO MATCH. *AK

MY CAR HAS DONE A 'TINK-TINK' SOUND SINCE I TOOK IT OUT OF THE DEALER WITH ONLY 8 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. EVERY TIME I PUT IT IN DRIVE OR REVERSE, IT MAKES A DOUBLE TINK-POP FROM UNDER. WHEN YOU ACCELERATE, IT SOUNDS AGAIN, AND SOMETIMES SOUNDS AS THE TRASMISSION CHANGES GEARS (AUTOMATIC) OR YOU BRAKE. I'M CONCERNED THAT IT COULD BREAK WHILE DRIVING, AND CAUSING A POTENTIAL HAZARD WITH A CRASH AS IT BECOMES UNDRIVEABLE. *AK

THE FRONT ROTORS ARE WARPING PREMATURELY. I HAD A '95 Z28 WHICH I DROVE MUCH HARDER AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM(55,000). THE 1998 HOWEVER, HAS FAILED THREE TIMES IN 25,000 MILES.

BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED. YH

WHEN HOOD IS CLOSED, FUEL LINE IS BEING PUNCTURED BY UPPER IGNITION COIL BOLT ON DRIVER'S SIDE FRON TOF VALVE COVER. THIS COULD EVENTUALLY CAUSE A FIRE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND ABS BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE . DEALER NOTIFED, AND VEHICLE IS BEING INSPECTED AND REPAIRED THAT THIS TIME. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AT LESS THAN 10,000 MILES. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE CARS. *AK

LIGHTS: LIFE SPAN OF TAIL LIGHTS IS MUCH SHORTER THAN EXPECTED. EMERGENCY BRAKE LEVER: WHEN APPLYING EMERGENCY BRAKE, A LOUD "POP" IS HEARD AND THE SOUND OF A SPRING (NORMALLY, THERES A CLICKING SOUND AND THE LEVER IS RAISED). LEVER MOVES TO A MUCH HIGHER POSITION THAN NORMAL. IF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS RELEASED, THEN RE-ENGAGED, IT WORKS PROPERLY. FAILURES ARE NOT PREDICTABLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH AND CHANGING LANES BRAKES WERE APPLIED SUDDENLY WHILE TURNING THE WHEEL TO AVOID A COLLISION, THE ABS LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN, RESULTING IN A ROLLOVER. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VALVES FAILED.

VEHICLE HORN DOES NOT WORK CONSISTANTLY. *YC

FRONT WINDSHIELD FAILED. YC

SPARK PLUG WIRE FAILED. *YC

FUEL PUMP FAILED. NLM

RACK & PINION STEERING REPLACED, FAILURE CAUSED NOISE. MGM

BRAKES SQUEAL WHEN APPLIED. YH

BOLT FOR RIGHT REAR PASSANGER SEAT IS MISSING. YH

FUEL TANK GAUGE MALFUNCTIONING. *YC

ALTERNATOR FAILED. *YC