Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 10/19/2008 | 120000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2000 chevrolet camaro. the contact attempted to start the vehicle, but was unsuccessful. a local mechanic performed a diagnostic test and informed her that the security system needed to be reset. the dealer and the manufacturer have not been notified. the vehicle has not been repaired. the vin was unknown. the current and failure mileages were 120,000. | |||
| 04/01/2004 | 76000 | 1 | 02/11/2000 |
| All lights burning out within days of being replaced and car not reading key correctly, says security and won't crank for about 3 minutes. *jb | |||
| 1 | 09/29/2000 | ||
| Electrical short, while applying brakes vehicle lost power, lights and wipers went out, vehicle slid out of control and slid/crashed off road, no damage to vehicle. *cj | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | |||
| 1 | 11/01/1999 | ||
| Engine idles very eratically. head lights dim on braking-inside dash and radio lights flicker-shifts into 1st gear harsh-voltage drops in the red causing car to almost stall-when turning on air conditioner there is a load whinning noise- car runs eractic on startup-locked up in reverse once-car shakes while driving-clicking noise in the dash-have been to shop over and over for these problems- first it was nothing,then the serp.,belt,then the alternator,now it is my radio causing these problems (so i am told) car still not fixed. as for the exhaust one of the pipes was popping and cracking, this was replaced.*ak (tiresize: 235-55r16) | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 10/20/2000 | 30 | 05/01/2000 | |
| Engine has died, causing loss of steering and braking control, on numerous occassions while traveling down the roadway. after stopping, the vehicle immediately starts back up after this. check gages light comes on when vehicle dies. dealership unable to locate a problem.*ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||
| 05/01/1999 | |||
| My car choked out and i pulled it beside the highway when i came back to it about an hour later it had been burned.i contacted the manufacturer they said they would do an investigation on my car.within a week they called me back and said there was nothing that they could do.my question is how can they tell me that there was nothing machanically wrong if they didn`t go look at my car. beside`s my car wouldn`t have been sitting beside the highway had there not been something wrong with it.so my question is what should i do,and who should i talk to?*ak | |||
| 1 | 09/01/1999 | ||
| Electrical: engine will not crank at all. electrical under hood wiring: spark plug wires failed due to poor contact inside boot, loss of spark to 2 cylinders. brakes: rear brakes groan during light, moderate braking. brakes: front brakes make scraping noise under all braking conditions, brake pads not worn or defective. brakes: brakes make repeated groan under all braking conditions, warped brake rotors. exhaust: noise from underneath center of car during acceleration/deceleration, shattered catalytic converter.*ak | |||
| 07/24/2000 | 1 | 05/01/2000 | |
| Transmission quit shifting and rpms increased electrical wires melted under hood | |||