2016 Chevrolet Camaro
This year drew an ordinary 139 complaints for a Chevrolet Camaro — the model's median is 187. What they were about is the unusual part: 18.7% of them mention power steering, against 0% across the other years of this generation.
First year of a new generation. The Chevrolet Camaro was redesigned for 2016. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 139 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 187 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 21.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- power steering — 18.7% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (93.5×). Owners wrote it as: power steering, turn steering, happen again, showed.
- happens — 21.6% of this year's complaints, against 7.4% across the other years of this generation (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: happens, conditions, makes, hot.
- 3rd — 6.5% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (32.4×). Owners wrote it as: 3rd, 2nd, purchased car.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
POWER STEERING BECOMES EXTREMELY HARD AS IF THERE IS NO POWER STEERING THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. IT HAS ALMOST LEAD ME OFF THE ROAD MANY TIMES. DEALERSHIPS DO NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. NO RECALL BUT SEEMS AS IF IT FALLS UNDER THE RECENT RECALL DESCRIPTIONS O…
THERE IS A CONTINUED BEHAVIOR OF THE FRONT WINDOW FOGGING UP, NEARLY COMPLETELY OBSTRUCTING MY ABILITY TO SEE OUT OF THE FRONT OF THE CAR. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE SAFETY CONCERN THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. IT HAPPENS FREQUENTLY IN THE EARLY MORNINGS IN HIGH HUMIDI…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 16V084000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Camaro was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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