Hello I’ve purchased this car from Ajs Auto inc and since purchasing it I’ve been complaining to them about my transmission and rear end I am now going on my 3rd transmission in this vehicle and I pay way to much money monthly for this to be going on and Chevy knows about the issue but refuses to do anything about and or the dealership
2016 Chevrolet Camaro electrical complaints
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Every sense the car was bought from the dealership and it would rain the trunk leaks and holds water to cause electrical damage and problems. I took it back to the dealership and they said they didn’t see a problem but there was a problem. Currently I am so hurt to have a car I can’t drive under raining conditions and now my trunk smell of moldy and its problems due to electrical issues. The trunk leaked enough to cover the fuse box caused lots of electrical problems.
our insured, [XXX] , owners of the 2016 Camaro, turned in their vehicle to Atkins Kroll, Inc, Guam, due to complaints of the wiring harness within the trunk burned due to water infiltration into the trunk cavity, due to the trunk weatherstrip failing to keep out the water from the trunk. AK has determined that this is considered wear and tear. our insured advises that there are three other Camaros at AK with the same problem. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
2016 chev camaro ss starter issues. Starter is too close to the exhaust system which heats up extremely hot and affects the components in the starter and locks up starter.
The RPM gauge is malfunctioning, it’s hard pin point when it exactly it happens because i could be driving one day and it would be fine but the next it would be happening. What happens with the gauge is that It jumps to high rpms without any rev sounds the meter just seems to jump like crazy, it coursed a safety concern because the first time it happened was in a freeway going around 60mph and it started to bounce a lot and braked thinking my car was revving high and almost got rear ended, i pulled over and turned my E-Lights and turned the car off and turned it back on and it was fine after that, i took it to the dealer and they said they could not find anything and that it was probably something that would go away, i left and to this day it still does it not every time but there is times it randomly jumps a lot, sometimes when I accelerate sometimes when I’m decelerating i really don’t know what causes it. The car also seems to have no lights or warning lights of what it could be no warning lights are on the dash. I bought the car used from the dealership 4/5/2022 on the way home on that day was the first time it happened.
I took my 2016 Camaro in to get checked out because bit was driving funny. Come to find out the sensor in the transmission was going out. After i put it in for the warranty, my screen , dash, and all the sound went out in my vehicle. The next day on November 27th my car battery drained out and i had to get it replaced. 2 days later on November 29th 2021 my car battery went out again and had to get another battery. So at this point something is draining the battery down so i changed the batter and noticed there was water in the trunk of my car after it rained. But didn’t think nothing of it. That same day i parked my car at work turned the car off and went inside the building. 45 mins later they said my car was on fire from the trunk. The fire department came and put the fire out… the fire and smoke cleared and the thing that caught on fire was the fuse box which is in the trunk and everything around it. I took my car to the Chevy dealership clay Cooley Chevrolet in Dallas Texas and they couldn’t figure out why it caught on fire and that everything was too burnt up to tell what happened alls they know is that the fuse box shorted out. I took my complaints to GM and they did an investigation. It took 2 months and i did not get a rental till 3 days before they completed my investigation and they didn’t search for one i had to go look for one . Then they told me that they are not going to help with the vehicle because the fire was located in the “luggage compartment space”. They said you can’t exactly tell where the fire came from because the fire burned everything up. Today they are telling me to give the rental back after just getting it 3 days ago and I’m without a car.
Power steering locked up and would not allow me to turn
Around 3/2/2021 I received a dash warning light for the electronic parking brake indicating some form of malfunction. The electronic parking brake began to stay on once set and when I would accelerate a bit, it would release. Thereafter the rear brakes and calipers completely locked up while sitting in my garage and would not move. I had to have it towed out of my garage and to a Chevrolet dealership for repair. The Chevrolet dealer repaired it after approximately one week or more and five or six days later the indicator light returned stating electronic parking brake malfunction so I took it back to the Chevrolet dealership and they repaired again. I had also contacted the dealership I purchased from in Tennessee and made them aware of the problem and they agreed to pay for the repair because my warranty did not cover this repair because it happened to be from prior damage to the car before i purchased it. After speaking in great detail with the Chevrolet dealer, it was explained to me that this is beyond repair at this point if I were to have any further issues with this and strongly recommended having this replaced and that it is currently unsafe considering this could happen again including while I am driving and could result in to an accident and possible injury to myself and others. I then hired an attorney to dispute this with the dealership I purchased from and they on many occasions declined any compensation for this. It is very pricy and the salesperson had told me at one point the car tire had had a blowout and defected a wiring issue with the electronic parking brake and that the switch had been replaced and that the side indicator lights were not working off and on. He assured me that this had been fixed, meaning it only needed a switch. The whole Body Wiring Harness was very badly effected and there are currently seventeen wires that are not secure in which control a lot of the car. I did also retrieve the service records.
2016 camaro 2ss. Starting in early oct. Vehicle was parked in the driveway and would not start. Had vehicle towed to dealership. Got vehicle back late oct. And 5 miles down the highway the vehicle lost all power. Called for a tow back to dealership. Received vehicle late dec. Drove to work and back, all is good next day .. Drove to the bank and pulled up into my driveway .. Activated e brake and reached for the power button .. The vehicle mysteriously shut itself off. I pushed the clutch in and pushed the start button .. Nothing no power. To be honest .. Seems very dangerous to be driving this vehicle around not know when the vehicle will lose all its power. Not a good feeling. Been lucky except for the highway shut down .. That was scary! Vehicles flying by you over 65 miles an hour .. Rocking the vehicle as every vehicle and truck passed by ..
Power steering went out randomly while driving. More often at lower speeds. Battery would drain while at stoplights. Car has not been driven hard. Less than 36000 miles. Dealer states failure of power steering gear assembly. 2017 model camaro had recall for similar power steering failure. Dealer does not recognize this as pertinent and thus will not cover expensive repair.
Radio intermittent turn off.
During acceleration and deceleration, the 8-speed automatic transmissions seems to jump as if it is missing gears. This has been an ongoing issue for some months. The vehicle was purchased brand new in 2016 with only 12 miles. Diagnostic testing has been performed and nothing has been found. However, this issue still persists. Also, the backup camera, radio, and entire mylink system went out. After diagnostics, it was confirmed that the hmi module was bad--the car was not 3 years old at the time. Unfortunately, this is a $1000 dealership repair ticket. Gm has stated that there is nothing they can do. Also, others in the dealership as well as outside licensed repair shops said they had the seen the same issue with the camaro.
When driving at highway speed the computer generates a message: reduced performance, reduce clutch use. When this happens the power of the engine is reduced to 1/3 or to two cylinders, and the speedometer goes flying all around, varying by about 25 MPH up and down. We have taken the car four times to the chevrolet dealership and had the clutch and flywheel replaced, tightened, etc., and they have reprogrammed several things in computer. Two separate cases have been filed with gm and to this point they have not fixed the problem. The transmission is still under warranty, but they say its not that. This creates an extremely dangerous driving situation.
Passenger air bag light comes on and off.
When it rains heavy water is getting into the trunk of the car, where the wheel well is there is a fuse box and that's where the water sits. The electrical harness of the car had to be replaced the cords were burnt and smoke in the cabin of the car this happened last year 2018 now it has happened again this year 2019
Ive been dealing with car defect carwill shutdown while I was driving after were it will it several times to the dealer and weren't never able to solve issue and was offer a replacement almost for two years, and they had promise so alt if time to give me a new car currently my camaro has been in the dealer since jan 15 2019 been struggle with no vehicle is currently justofeer the buyback caring less that all this has affecting me to point of having to be under medical care with anxiety gm caring less please help
Takata recall ever since I purchased my car june 8 2018 the car has been. Nothing but problems first the starter went out on me it went in the shop for repairs then few days later I was driving with my family in traffic when the gas pedal got stuck to the floor almost causing me to have an accident
'incident #1: on june 15, 2018, after making my normal commute to and from work, I arrived home. Later that evening, when I tried to start my car, I was not able to start it at all. I was unable to figure out what the issue was and had to have it towed back to the dealership. It turned out that the issue was the starter - an issue that should definitely not need to be of concern to a new car owner. While I was provided with a loaner car, I was highly inconvenienced during my father's day weekend. 'incident #2: while driving car to an appointment on thursday, june 21, 2018, the gas pedal got stuck and I could not stop the car. I repeatedly tried to apply brakes but this did not work. To avoid crashing, risking my safety and the safety of the other road users, I had to make a quick decision. This decision was for me to kick the gas pedal to break it. In order to drive the car to a safe location, I literally had to use an umbrella in place of the gas pedal to give power to the car.
I have taken this vehicle to chevrolet dealerships approx. 8 different times due to malfunction of this vehicle. I have contacted general motors this vehicle started these problems 1 month after I purchased it when I purchased it ,it only had 95 miles on it, in the mean time due to general motors closing the case and not willing to fix the issue I have contacted the better business bureau , I have also contacted nbc news " call 12 for action" since I have purchased this vehicle in november of 2016 this vehicle has been stalling in the in traffic, the computers will go blank and when they come back on they have to reboot, as I mentioned I have taken this vehicle in 8 different times and nobody can fix the issue, I even requested a field mechanic which general motors set up after the bbb contacted them. I took my vehicle in on june 12th and cannot get anyone to return my call the issues are still happening nbc news contacted me yesterday and asked if I had contacted the federal safety agency due to this safety issue nbc news " call 12 for action" gave me this website said that they could not contact you until I had filed a complaint. Since I purchased this vehicle I have spoken with several different people at general motors trying to get this vehicle fixed and have been getting the runaround until the bbb has got involved. These issues have taken place in the middle of traffic it has happened when just sitting in a parking lot I would be at a stop light and go to acculturate when the light turned green and it would automatically stop and the computers in the vehicle would black out. Chevrolet has tried 8 different times to fix this problem and has been unsuccessful every time. General motors even had me take it to a different dealership they cant seem to find the safety issue with this vehicle.
2016 camaro 2lt rs would not start 11.23.2017. After checking the battery compartment, water was found below the trunk deck lid. Dried the area out and was able to jump start vehicle. Drove 29 miles and as I neared my destination, you could smell smoke. Opened up the trunk and found smoke plus melted and singed fuses that potentially could have caught fire. Vehicle towed to capital auto group 11.24.17. Advised dealer that we would escalate due to safety concerns, but authorized repairs. Dealership later said they reviewed with gm and it did not qualify for gm customer goodwill program. They repaired the wiring and then concluded that the water leak was caused by a defective trunk seal. Repairs were completed 12.26.2017. Asked the manager to return our call, which never happened. On 1.30.2018, we called gm and opened a case with them. Gm advised that the dealership did not follow protocol and gm has no record of the dealership notifying them the vehicle fuses were melted. On 3.7.2018, checked status of claim with gm and found that they closed the case. They stated that when they called the dealership, they were told the repairs had been completed, so no further investigation would was needed. I asked more than once if they were not concerned with vehicle safety and cars potentially catching fire. They stated that the repairs had been completed and they were not investigating further, even though capitol auto group did not follow gm protocol on a safety issue. I even stated 'so you are going to wait for vehicles to catch fire before this is a safety concern for gm' and received the same response. I let them know that a claim would be filed with the federal safety agency so this could be investigated. Vehicle was purchased 01.19.16 and was less than two years old when this occurred. Customer retained melted fuses, photos dealership provided and the repair receipts.
The cars push button start is not workimg to start the car, intermittant. The car shuts off in traffic. The cars negitive battery cable, ignition switch, were repaired but the car s hesitant to start again. The engine feels like it is going to die again whike driving. The car is hesitant on acceleration. The car was deemed a lemon november 2017 for several engine, safty, and suspension issues but general motors is keeping this case in appeals due to non-compliance to replace the unsafe car awarded by the arbitrator.
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