1994 CHEVROLET CAMARO Complaints

PULLED UP TO GAS STATION, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, UNDER HOOD, ON DRIVERS SIDE, POSSIBLY DUE TO FUEL LINES, LAYING ON TOP OF EXHAUST AIR CHECK VALVE ON DRIVERS SIDE. AIR CHECK VALVE POSSIBLY BURNT FUEL LINES AND CAUGHT FIRE, HOOD AREA BURNT FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES, AND CAUSED THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE. THE HOOD VENT, COWL. BURNT FOUR SPARK PLUG WIRES, AND DAMAGED CLIPS SECURING THEM, BURNT THE MAJORITY OF THE UNDER HOOD PORTION OF THE FUEL LINES. MELTED THE RACK AND PINION STEERING DRIVERS SIDE BOOT AND STEERING GEAR COVER. IT ALSO MELTED WIRES RELATED TO THE COOLANT SENDER, AND AIR PUMP CONNECTORS. ALSO THE TOP OF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD COVERING WAS MELTED, BUT DIDN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE ENGINE. I HAVE SO FAR REPAIRED THE FOLLOWING THINGS RELATED TO THE ENGINE, IN ORDER TO DRIVE IT; FUEL LINES, AND SPARK PLUG WIRES. *JB

DT: ON OCTOBER 7, 2005 WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN. WHEN HE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK

DT: THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING WHEN FIRE OCCURED. IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. THERE WAS NO WARNING BEFORE FIRE. IT WAS A FUEL FIRE. OWNER DOESNT KNOW WHAT COMPONENT. VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN FOR A SHORT TIME PRIOR TO VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT THE FIRE. THERE WAS A SMALL INVESTINGATION, WITH RECORDS AVAILABLE. THERE WAS NO POLICE REPORT.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION PRODUCED A GRINDING SOUND WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

MY DAUGHTER, TABITHA, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE SHE WAS HIT ON THE LEFT SIDE IN THE REAR BY REAR WHEEL WELL. SHE WAS SPUN AROUND AND HER AIR BAG DID NOT OPEN UP AND SHE HAS SUFFERED BRAIN SWELLING, WHIPLASH, BACK AND NECK INJURY AND A CONTUSION TO HER HEAD. CAR IS TOTALED. WHAT DOES OEM MEAN?*AK

DISTRIBUTOR FAILED AT ONLY 22,000 MILES DUE TO DESIGN FLAW ALLOWING IT TO BE EXPOSED TO MOISTURE WHICH CAUSED THE BEARINGS TO SEIZE. MANUFACTURER REDESIGNED FAULTY PART IMMEDIATELY IN FOLLOWING MODEL YEAR TO INCLUDE VACUUM SEALS WHICH PREVENT THIS PROBLEM BUT DID NOT RECALL AND REFUSE TO REIMBURSE EXCESSIVE COST ($1,600) TO REPAIR KNOWN DEFECT WITH LT1 ENGINE ON 1994 MODELS. *LA

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT 15 MPH FRONT AND THE REAR TIRES BLEW OUT FROM THE SIDEWALL. WHEN THIS OCCURRED VEHICLE JUMPED A CURB AND WENT INTO A YARD. REAR RIM WAS DAMAGED. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TIRES BY A TIRE SHOP THERE WAS NO SIGNS OF ANY PUNCTURE THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE BLOW OUT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH ENGINE IDLED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS , AND PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH CONSUMER SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO THE CURB, AND SAW. FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THEN, CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE BECAUSE THE ELECTRICAL WIRES BURNED. *AK

REGARDING GOODYEAR EAGLE HP SIZE 245/50 R16, T001811-GCW-100. OUT OF 4 TIRES PURCHASED AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOODYEAR TIRE STORE 2 OF THEM ARE EXHIBITING FAILURE OF THE SIDEWALL. EXCESSIVE CRACKING, BOITH TIRE HAVE A CRACK OF ABOUT 2 INCHES APPROX. 1/8" SEPARATION OF THE OUTER CORE. TIRE INFLATION HAS BEEN KEPT ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS AND COULD NOT BE A FACTOR. TOTAL TIRE FAILURE WILL RESULT. *AK