FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Camaro

Owners have filed 4,341 complaints about the Chevrolet Camaro with NHTSA across model years 1968 to 2024. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2010 Chevrolet Camaro

394 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2022 Chevrolet Camaro

16 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Camaro year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2024 4 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2023 C 24 7 0 Engine & Cooling
2022 A 16 1 0 Engine & Cooling
2021 C 22 1 0 24,878 Transmission & Drivetrain
2020 C 46 9 0 15,500 Transmission & Drivetrain
2019 C 72 6 0 9,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2018 D 111 6 6 20,000 Electrical System
2017 F 258 28 3 22,000 Steering
2016 D 200 6 6 20,967 Transmission & Drivetrain
2015 F 306 23 2 36,825 Electrical System
2014 F 287 20 4 38,000 Electrical System
2013 F 251 29 0 39,800 Electrical System
2012 D 161 20 9 30,000 Electrical System
2011 F 262 26 2 37,859 Airbags
2010 F 394 41 6 46,000 Engine & Cooling
2002 C 100 5 3 15,000 Brakes
2001 B 60 4 0 43,000 Brakes
2000 C 119 9 1 51,000 Brakes
1999 B 133 7 0 43,516 Brakes
1998 D 224 18 5 43,000 Brakes
1997 C 88 16 3 59,585 Engine & Cooling
1996 D 159 28 6 57,000 Engine & Cooling
1995 D 305 61 25 104,042 Brakes
1994 C 182 23 19 130,500 Brakes
1993 C 45 8 0 Brakes
1992 104 18 3 100,000 Fuel & Propulsion
1991 110 11 1 95,500 Fuel & Propulsion
1990 32 8 0 Airbags
1989 34 4 3 Electrical System
1988 20 1 0 Seat Belts
1987 29 2 2 Seat Belts
1986 38 0 1 Seat Belts
1985 64 1 3 69,000 Seat Belts
1984 40 2 0 115,525 Seat Belts
1983 25 0 1 Body & Structure
1982 5 0 0 Brakes
1981 1 0 0 Tires
1979 6 1 1 Tires
1969 1 0 0 Doors, Latches & Locks
1968 3 2 0 Steering

What breaks on a Chevrolet Camaro

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 648 14.9%

Worst in 2015

Engine & Cooling 480 11.1%

Worst in 2010

Brakes 464 10.7%

Worst in 1998

Worst in 2017

Airbags 401 9.2%

Worst in 2010

Steering 284 6.5%

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2015

Worst in 1991

Seat Belts 195 4.5%

Worst in 1985

Worst in 1995

Body & Structure 167 3.8%

Worst in 1994

Lights 109 2.5%

Worst in 2014

Worst in 2010

Suspension 84 1.9%

Worst in 2010

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet Camaro

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 127 18.5%
Frontal 114 16.6%
Rotor 88 12.8%
Buckle Assembly 67 9.8%
Body 59 8.6%
Engine 50 7.3%
Gasoline 49 7.1%
Automatic Transmission 46 6.7%
Filler Pipe AND CAP 45 6.6%
Manual Transmission 41 6.0%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Camaro, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 58 Aug 2026

Chevrolet Camaro problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chevrolet Camaro

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.