2021 Chevrolet Camaro
This year drew an ordinary 64 complaints for a Chevrolet Camaro — the model's median is 187. What they were about is the unusual part: 56.3% of them mention after, against 17.3% across the other years of this generation.
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 | 64 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 187 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- after — 56.3% of this year's complaints, against 17.3% across the other years of this generation (3.3×).
- start — 37.5% of this year's complaints, against 6.6% across the other years of this generation (5.7×).
- safety — 43.8% of this year's complaints, against 14.8% across the other years of this generation (3×).
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
The coolant thermostat is not working correctly and could possibly cause you to damage your car due to it not being the right operating temperature or over the normal operating temperature because it goes down into the 130 while I drive and goes up when I star…
while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle briefly jerked and jolted before returning to normal functionality. The contact stated that the failure became a regular occurrence. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V811000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V188000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 21V211000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 25V148000 POWER TRAIN 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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