12 of the 258 complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro are about the airbag system — 5% of everything reported for this model year. Half of the failures with a mileage on record happened before 37,000 miles.
12
Complaints
8
Crashes
0
Fires
6
Injuries
Filed with NHTSA, in their own words.
AIR BAGS
Airbag service light came on, which required us to bring to the dealership. Quote to access and replace airbag module came to roughly $1350.
NHTSA complaint #11698552 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
-The Air bag light on the dashboard it's coming up, stays on, the passenger seat reader light stays on even if there is no nobody seating and when a person seats on passenger seat the passenger air bag sensor light says is off. -Yes I'm available for inspection upon request. -The safety of the passenger and mine is in risk everytime I use the car. -It has never been inspected by that problem before ( but based on socialmedia grups with the same car we have the issue) -never had a check engine light on.
NHTSA complaint #11514694 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
Was involved in a hit n run June 13 2021. My insurance claim stated my car has 2 unrepaired recalls. The emblem hit me on the forearm
NHTSA complaint #11492372 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
My air bag light keeps popping up and tells me to service the air bags system and now it does it when nobody is on the seat too, the dealer told me they found the problem and charged me 500 and some dollars and i returned the car the same day they said it was fixed cause it was doing it again , I'm scared it might deploy. I never usually have anybody with me but sometimes my wife comes with me and they say is the seat restraints and i keep getting the run around. Thank you....
NHTSA complaint #11473627 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
I had bought a 2017 camaro on 5/18/2021 and on 6/13/2021 I was in a car accident and once we were hit the air bags pop out we were not going to fast and on the driver side the embrome pop out and also smoke the driver had put his arm to cover his face and he has the mark on his arm of the embrome
NHTSA complaint #11425374 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
We purchased a vehicle from shamley in El Paso Texas and we were in volved in a head on coullsion. We tried to stop and the breaks didn't function we were going 25 mph. We lost traction control and hit a car who took the red light and the air bags popped and the driver airbags emblem was marked on my forearm. May you please assist me
NHTSA complaint #11424721 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET CAMARO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AS THE VEHICLE IN FRONT ABRUPTLY DEPRESSED THE BRAKES. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE CONTACT VEHICLE FRONT END WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED, NO ONE ELSE WAS IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE CONTACT. THE PERSON THAT THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WAS NO NEED FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL BODY SHOP. THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW HOOD, FRONT LIGHTS AND BUMPER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. A NHTSA ID NUMBER/ODI: 11220867 WAS FILED PREVIOUSLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
NHTSA complaint #11240684 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET CAMARO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE HAD SLOWED DOWN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND WHEN NEEDING TO MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL IT SEIZED CAUSING A FENDER BENDER TO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE DUE TO THE FAILURE. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED YET TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. AS OF JUNE 15TH, 2019, THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V086000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG DID NOT WORK DURING ACCIDENT.
NHTSA complaint #11220867 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
FEB 2019, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE CHEVY DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED MY CAMARO BACK IN APRIL 2017, STATING THAT MY VEHICLE HAS A SAFETY RECALL WHICH EFFECT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. I READ UP ON THE RECALL WHICH STATED, THE ELECTRIC STEERING CAN FAIL WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE WHICH WILL MAKE IT HARD TO STEER. I CONTACTED THE DEALER TO BRING MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE, THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO REMEDY FOR THE RECALL AND THAT THEY WILL REACH OUT TO ME WHEN THEY HAVE ONE. MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER N182182760. NHTSA RECALL NUMBER, 19V086 * (RECALL RELATED INCIDENT) TS IT IS NOW JUNE 2019 AND ON 6/16/19, I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ABOUT 15-20MPH, DRIVING AROUND A ROUNDABOUT AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED ON ME, CAUSING ME TO WRECK MY CAR WHICH CAUSED MY SEAT AND OVERHEAD AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY ALONG WITH SUSPENSION, WHEEL AND BODY DAMAGE. I HAD THE WHEEL TURNED LEFT GOING AROUND THE CIRCLE AND AS I WAS TRYING TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BACK TO THE RIGHT TO EXIT THE ROUNDABOUT, MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, CAUSING ME TO RUN OVER TOP OF THE CURB STRIKING MY WHEELS ON THE EDGE OF THE STEEL SEWER AND BACK INTO THE STREET STRIKING THE LEFT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE ON AN ISLAND EXITING THE ROUNDABOUT WHICH CAUSED MY AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. ONCE MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED MY ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL WAS SHUT DOWN AUTOMATICALLY. I DID SUFFER A HARD IMPACT ON MY LEFT SHOULDER FROM THE AIRBAG. GM FINALLY CAME UP WITH A REMEDY THIS MONTH 6/2019 FOR THE RECALL. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEALER GAVE ME GM'S CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER TO CALL AND REPORT THE INCIDENT. I HAD TO FILE AN INSURANCE CLAIM WITH MY INSURANCE AND IF MY CAR IS REPAIRABLE, I WOULD HAVE TO PAY MY DEDUCTIBLE AND SUFFER HIGHER INSURANCE RATES ALL BECAUSE OF A RECALL THAT GM FAIL TO REPAIR IN A TIMELY MANNER. PROGRESSIVE CLAIM [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
NHTSA complaint #11220981 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
NONE OF MY 2017 CAMARO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AFTER AN 18 WHEELER HIT ME WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. I WAS GOING APPROX. 55 MPH IN THE FAR SLOW RIGHT LANE. TRUCKER HIT ME ON DRIVERS SIDE AND MY CAR WAS HOOKED TO THE TRUCK. HE THEN DRUG ME APPROX. 50' AT SPEEDS OF 45-55 MPH. WHEN I DID FINALLY GET LOOSE FROM TRUCK IT THE SLUNG ME IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK WHERE HE THEN HIT ME AGAIN FROM BEHIND. AT LEAST ONE OF THE 4 AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. ESPECIALLY THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG. THIS ANGERS ME B/C IT IS ONE MAIN REASON I PURCHASED THIS CAR. AND IN ADDITION, APPARENTLY NON OF THE CRASH RESPONSE SENSORS WORKED EITHER. ONSTAR WAS SUPPOSED TO CONTACT ME SHOULD AN ACCIDENT OCCUR. I TRIED CALLING THEM WHILE I SAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE. SAT ON HOLD FOR AN AGENT 10 MINS BEFORE I FINALLY HUNG UP.
NHTSA complaint #11090910 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET CAMARO. WHILE THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 90 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE. SUDDENLY, THE FRONT PASSENGER AND REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE FOREARM AND NECK PAIN THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO COURTESY CHEVROLET SAN DIEGO (750 CAMINO DEL RIO N, SAN DIEGO, CA 92108 (619) 297-4321), BUT NO DIAGNOSTIC FAILURE CODES WERE FOUND. THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO HAVE HIT SOMETHING; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS PERFORMED AS INTENDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123.
NHTSA complaint #11047093 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
WAS IN A WRECK AND NOT ALL THE IR BAGS DEPLOYED, THE WHEELS CAME APART FROM THE TIRES AND THE WHEELS BROKE APART, AND THE SEAT BROKE
NHTSA complaint #11029968 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.