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Model years to avoid

Chevrolet Camaro

What it says about you

Opinion

Terrible visibility and you knew that on the test drive. Bought with the heart, defended with the head, and the head is losing.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

15 model years on record, 2,509 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2017 (steering). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • radio 2013, 2014, 2016 peak 33.2% of that year's complaints
  • ignition 2014, 2015 peak 40.8% of that year's complaints
  • steering 2016, 2017 peak 30% of that year's complaints
  • turn 2013, 2014 peak 29.4% of that year's complaints
  • window 2012, 2018 peak 25% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2024 nothing on record 28 complaints
  2. 2023 0 recalls 105 complaints
  3. 2022 1 recall 52 complaints
  4. 2021 4 recalls 64 complaints
  5. 2020 3 recalls 81 complaints
  6. 2019 1 recall 122 complaints
  7. 2018 2 recalls 216 complaints
  8. 2017 steering 520 complaints
  9. 2016 1 recall 139 complaints
  10. 2015 2 recalls 206 complaints
  11. 2014 4 recalls 187 complaints
  12. 2013 4 recalls 187 complaints
  13. 2012 5 recalls 113 complaints
  14. 2011 3 recalls 194 complaints
  15. 2010 3 recalls 295 complaints

What does a Chevrolet Camaro say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.