1992 Chevrolet Camaro problems
NHTSA has received 104 complaints about the 1992 Chevrolet Camaro, and 22% of them involve fuel system. Next are air bags (18%) and body & structure (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 104 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 18 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 16 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 100,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 17 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 100,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 100,000 miles (11 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 18 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 16 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 92% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1992 ranks 19th most-complained-about out of 25 model years of the Chevrolet Camaro with enough data (47 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Impacted vehicle, plastic in driver's air bag flew up in driver's face. Injured knee of rear passenger. Police and parametics diagnoised defective air bag.
1992 chevrolet camaro. Consumer states her grandson was in accident. Her grandson hit another vehicle and then flipped over. The air bags deployed. However, the force from the air bags caused injuries to his face. A child in the car, suffered minor injuries.
After putting the vehicle into drive, the vehicle suddenly accelerated, causing an accident/injuries; also no deployment of driver's/passenger's air bags and seat belt failed to hold driver.
Tl*the contact owns a 1992 chevrolet camaro. While the contact was examining the vehicle, he smelled an odor of gasoline inside the passenger compartment. The vehicle was not diagnosed by the dealer. The current and failure mileages were 120,000.
92 chevy camaro [xxx] smell of gas from fuel tank. Vehicle was recalled - fuel tank inspection/replacement 92c360 date 6/01/1994. Went to the chevy dealer who verified the problem and stated he called chevy and they said the recalls for this car are no longer valid. A/t shift cable recall NHTSA92v154000 10/13/1992 fuel tank filler neck joint defect recall NHTSA94v0770000 4/15/1994 fuel tank inspection/replacement 92c360 6/01/1994.