1994 Chevrolet Camaro problems
NHTSA has received 182 complaints about the 1994 Chevrolet Camaro, and 14% of them involve brakes. Next are fuel system (13%) and engine (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 182 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 14% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 23 and 19
- Injuries and deaths
- 13 and 3
- Typical mileage
- 131,000 miles 20 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 20 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 130,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 23 complaints mention a crash; 19 complaints mention a fire; 13 injuries reported; 3 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 91% 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 1994 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 25 model years of the Chevrolet Camaro with enough data (107 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
Consumer's parents say that the brakes have failed, making it impossible for consumer to stop, vehicle lost control, resulting in a collision and two fatalities.
Vehicle 12:00 position at 30 MPH driver and passenger airbags deployed and passenger airbag caught on fire after deployment. Tt
In what would have been minor accident-went off side of road to avoid collision with vehicle that was passing on wet pavement;car started to slide towards passing vehicle, pulled over to right and off road, hit driveway and very shallow "ditch" upon this impact drivers seat broke into a fulling reclining position: causing total loss of control of vehicle: could not see to steer-looking straight at roof of car; could not brake: lurching backward pulled foot back too far to have contact, and the fast jerk backward…
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.
I e-mailed and called GM about my vehicle and put them on notice for failure tofix recalls about my 94 chevy camaro , gas smells and other defects and their refusal to fix recalls after months of nothing getting done constant phone calls and waiting . I put them on notice over 2 months ago , that's plenty of time to repair vehicle.