1997 Chevrolet Camaro problems
NHTSA has received 88 complaints about the 1997 Chevrolet Camaro, and 15% of them involve engine. Next are brakes (12%) and air bags (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 88 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 16 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 13 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 16 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 | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 16 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 60,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 16 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 13 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 93% 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 1997 ranks 17th most-complained-about out of 25 model years of the Chevrolet Camaro with enough data (56 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.
When vehicle was involved in a single car crash, hitting a ditch embankment, destroying front end, there was no deployment of air bags and driver suffered facial injuries. Vehicle has been totalled.
Electrical - driver side parking light out & blinker, tail light dull. Bulb replacement does not fix problem which has been this way for 2.5 years. Disc hardware sticking, calipers binding, not releasing when brakes released causing an effect as if riding brakes causing premature weae and loss of brakes. Rear rotor cracked in 3 places.
While driving, the power steering broke which caused fluid to spill out and total failure of the steering. The consumer lost control of the vehicle. The power steering pump and the serpentine belt were replaced. *scc
Left blinker keeps blowing out. I've replaced it 5 times in a week and a half. Something is wrong with the electrical system majorly.