2017 Chevrolet Camaro
Complaints about this year name steering far more often than the other years of this generation — 30% of them, about 4× the usual rate of 8.5%.
Generation 2 of the Chevrolet Camaro, which began in 2016. 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 | 520 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 139 |
| Involving a crash | 39 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- steering — 30% of this year's complaints, against 1.2% across the other years of this generation (24.3×).
- motion — 6.5% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (32.7×).
- shut — 11.2% of this year's complaints, against 3.7% across the other years of this generation (3×). Owners wrote it as: shut, car off, dont.
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.
Also unusual this year
- power steering — 20% of complaints, 8× usual
- hard — 12% of complaints, 29× usual
- steering wheel — 12% of complaints, 19× usual
What owners wrote
While driving I experienced the wheel becoming more stiff unexpectedly while turning even slightly it would randomly get harder to turn. A power steering warning came on saying to be careful and right after the car started shaking really bad. Stop the car chec…
while driving at approximately 35 MPH, the steering wheel stiffened, and it became difficult to steer the vehicle. Additionally, the contact stated that the power steering warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a dealer but was not diagnosed o…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V086000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 21V211000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 25V175000 STEERING 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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