2011 CHEVROLET CAMARO Complaints

PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT AND ALARM SOUNDING. PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG SENSOR WENT BAD. WHEN A PASSENGER SITS IN THE SEAT THE SENOR LIGHT AND ALARM GO OFF AND INDICATE THAT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG HAS BEEN TURNED OFF. THE SENOR AND ALARM CONTINUE TO GO OFF AND ON WHILE DRIVING, TURNING THE AIR BAG OFF AND ON THROUGHOUT THE TIME THE PASSENGER IS IN THE SEAT. *TR

2011 CHEVROLET CAMARO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL PERTAINING TO THE SWITCH BLADE STYLE KEY. *TGW THE DEALER EXPLAINED TO THE CONSUMER, THE SOLUTION WAS TO REMOVE THE KEY BLADE FROM THE SIDE OF THE REMOTE HOUSING AND HANG A NEW KEY ON THE HOUSING ALONG WITH THE HOUSE KEY. THE CONSUMER STATED A HUGE HOLE WOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSING. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING, THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CAMARO. WHILE REVERSING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SENSOR MAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

BROUGHT MY CAMARO TO DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL 14294, IGNITION KEY PROBLEM. THE SOLUTION OF REMOVING THE BLADE FROM THE "FLIP" KEY AND ADDING A SEPARATE KEY CREATES A WORSE PROBLEM. ONE, IT WEIGHS MORE DEFEATING THE RECALL CONCERN AND TWO HANGS LOWER INCREASING THE PROBABILITY OF HITTING YOUR KNEE, AGAIN DEFEATING THE REASON FOR THE RECALL AND ADDING A POTENTIAL MEDICAL CONCERN. AND WE WOULD BE RECEIVING AN INFERIOR DESIGN TO WHAT I BOUGHT. I TOLD THEM TO CHANGE IT BACK BECAUSE OF THE ABOVE FLAWS. SINCE THEY STILL SELL THE CARS WITH THE "FLIP" KEY, WHY CANT THEY JUST REPLACE THE KEYS COMPLETE AND NOT JUST BAND AID THE PROBLEM. I BROKE THE BLADE OF THE "FLIP" KEY ON MY 2011 EQUINOX AND COULDN'T JUST REPLACE THE BLADE....A NEW KEY HAD TO BE ORDERED AND BOTH KEYS REPROGRAMMED AT THE COST OF $140. BOTTOM LINE IS THEY SHOULD REPLACE DEFECTIVE MATERIAL WITH SOMETHING EQUAL OR BETTER. AS CONSUMERS WE SHOULD NOT BE PENALIZED FOR THEIR DESIGN MISTAKE....ESPECIALLY TWICE! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CAMARO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER'S PRESENT DETECTION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

APPROACHING A THREE-WAY INTERSECTION WITH A STOP SIGN WITH INTENT TO STOP AND TURN RIGHT. VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT ACCELERATOR INPUT FROM DRIVER. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO BRAKE/STOP VEHICLE OR EFFECTIVELY CONTROL STEERING/PATH OF TRAVEL. VEHICLE, ACCORDING TO STATE PATROL, GAINS AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 65 MPH THROUGH INTERSECTION AND COLLIDES WITH EMBANKMENT/MOUNTAIN HILLSIDE. AT THIS TIME, CAR BECAME AIRBORNE TO AN ESTIMATED HEIGHT OF 28' AND LANDED ON FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF VEHICLE FIRST. FRONT AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. DRIVER SUSTAINED A SERIOUS TBI(TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY) & CONCUSSION DUE TO BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE HEAD DUE TO LACK OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. OWNER STILL CONTINUES TO SUFFER FROM SIDE EFFECTS OF THE TBI INJURY AND WANTS TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THAT LIFE-THREATENING ISSUES EXIST WITH THIS VEHICLE. TO DATE, GM HAS ISSUED TWO MAJOR RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE PERTAINING TO WHAT LEAD/CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. *TR

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2011 CHEVROLET CAMARO IN MARCH OF 2011 FROM A CHEVROLET DEALER IN GEORGIA. SINCE THAT PURCHASE, THE AIRBAG SERVICE INDICATOR LIGHT/ALERT SYSTEM HAS ACTIVATED THREE (3) TIMES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE CENTER AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR ON ALL THREE OCCASIONS FOR REPAIR (04/26/12, 09/8/12 AND 10/5/13). AS OF TODAY'S DATE, THE AIRBAG SERVICE INDICATOR HAS NOW ACTIVATED AGAIN FOR A FOURTH (4) TIME. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AT ANY TIME DURING MY OWNERSHIP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CAMARO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V346000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER'S REMEDY SUGGESTION WAS INSUFFICIENT. THE CONTACT DID NOT AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTING OF THE DRIVER SEAT AND THE ADDITION OF A HEAVY KEY FOB. THE WEIGHT OF THE KEY FOB PLACED ON THE RIGHT KNEE MIGHT CAUSE MEDICAL CONCERNS. THE CONTACT COMMUNICATED TO THE DEALER THE CONCERN OF THE RECALL REMEDY SUGGESTION AND WILL NOT HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED PER THE RECALL NOTIFICATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 10/23/14*CN

GM SAFETY RECALL 14294, WE HAD NO ISSUES WITH THE IGNITION KEY PRIOR TO THE RECALL. WE TOOK OUR CAMARO TO THE GM DEALERSHIP, HAD THE RECALL TAKEN CARE OF. UPON DRIVING THE CAMARO AFTER THE IGNITION KEY WAS CHANGED DUE TO THE RECALL, IT IS NOW MORE OF A SAFETY HAZARD WITH THE KEY ACTUALLY DANGLING DOWN ON OUR KNEE/LEGS WHILE DRIVING. WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE PREVIOUS IGNITION KEY REFIGURED AS IT WAS WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAMARO AS WE HAD NO PROBLEMS/ISSUES WITH IT PRIOR TO FOLLOWING THE RECALL INSTRUCTIONS OF TAKING OUR CAMARO TO THE DEALER. *TR

I WOKE UP ONE DAY TO FIND THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT UNTIL I WENT TO GET THE CAR INSPECTED. THE CAR WAS REJECTED DUE TO THE LIGHT BEING ON. THE DEALERSHIP, WHO HAS DONE ALL THE SERVICE SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED, TOLD US IT WOULD BE $90 TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE LIGHT TO BE ON. IT TURNS OUT IT IS THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG SENSOR UNTIL THE SEAT, THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 32,000 MILES ON IT. THE PASSENGER SEAT HAS NOT BEEN USED ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE WORN DOWN. THE COST TO CURE THIS IS $729! FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THIS CAR IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THE ISSUE. MY DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAVE HAD ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH HAD THE SAME THING. I HAVE LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE SEEN OTHER CAMARO OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES. I HAVE FILED A COMPLIANT WITH GM AND I AM AWAITING THEIR FINDINGS. *TR