2012 Chevrolet Camaro
This year drew an ordinary 113 complaints for a Chevrolet Camaro — the model's median is 187. What they were about is the unusual part: 17.7% of them mention convertible, against 4.9% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 1 of the Chevrolet Camaro, which began in 2010 and ran to 2015. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 113 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 187 |
| Involving a crash | 10 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- convertible — 17.7% of this year's complaints, against 4.9% across the other years of this generation (3.6×). Owners wrote it as: convertible, leaks, mirror, trunk.
- stalled — 12.4% of this year's complaints, against 4.9% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: stalled, vehicle stalled, rod, stalls.
- continued — 8% of this year's complaints, against 2.1% across the other years of this generation (3.7×). Owners wrote it as: continued, metal.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
MY 2012 CAMARO CONVERTIBLE DEVELOPED LEAKS (HOLES) IN THE WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF THE CONVERTIBLE TOP. THE DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE DONE BY THE ROOF MECHANICAL SYSTEM. DEALER REPORTS THIS IS A 20 HOUR JOB AND WILL COST A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE. MY CONT…
THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WOULD NOT TILT UPWARD ENOUGH TO ALLOW VISIBILITY OUT OF THE REAR WINDOW. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE [VIN] WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12000.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19E064000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 14V346000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 14V447000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V300000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 13V023000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Camaro was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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