Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Chevrolet Camaro submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET CAMARO. THE CONTACT STATED THE CLUTCH FAILED TO DISENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WILL ONLY DEPRESS HALF WAY. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, #99V239000 REGARDING THE POWER TRAIN: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. THE CONTACT WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL. THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN REPLACED AND THE CONTACT IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FROM GENERAL MOTORS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED HOWEVER THEY WILL NOT PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING REIMBURSEMENT TO THE CONTACT. UPDATED 06/27/06. *JB
THE VEHICLE JERKED BACKWARDS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. ALSO, THE VEHICLE JERKED WHEN AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTING GEARS. THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER DID A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, AND COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK A TRANSMISSION KIT WAS ADDED BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED TO DRIVE IN OVERDRIVE WHEN TRAVELING LONG DISTANCE BUT THIS DID NOT WORK. THE BRAKES WERE NOISY, THE REAR COIL SPRING WERE RUBBING WHEN STOPPING, THE WATER PUMP AND INTAKE GASKETS LEAKED, THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE ENGINE NOT STARTING ON ONE OCCASION, AND THERE WAS A 3-4 SECOND VALVE BINDING. *SC
THE CLUTCH WAS STICKING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. RECALL #99V239000. *JB
TRANSMISSION DOES NOT WANT TO COME OUT OF GEAR WHEN THE CLUTCH IS PRESSED. AXLE VIBRATION, BALL JOINTS. JUMPING OUT OF GEAR SOMETIMES, VERY BAD FOR A CAMARO SS WITH ONLY 29,000 MILES. *JB
VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER MULTI TIMES THEY ADVISE CANT DUPLICATE OR NORM. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK
BEEN TO DEALERSHIP(S) SEVERAL TIMES THEY SAY CAN NOT DUPLICATE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
WHEN DEPRESSING PEDAL CLUTCH DOES NOT FULLY ENGAGE, WHICH MAY CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PUT INTO REVERSE THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE 100% OF TIME. MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. OWNER WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL # 99V239000 GM/ CLUTCH AND WOULD NOT BE SERVICED FREE OF CHARGE. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
MY CLUTCH HAS BEEN SLIPPING SINCE APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES. SOMETIMES I CAN'T GET IT INTO GEAR, GRINDING GEARS. I KNOW MANY MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THERE 6-SPEED MANUAL CAMARO WITH EVEN LESS MILAGE. *AK
CLUTCH BEGAN SLIPPING, AND DEADPEDALING (STICKING TO FLOOR) AT APPROX. 5000 MILES, HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP 6 TIMES AND DEALERSHIP WILL NOT FIX, STATING THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM. RECENTLY HAD TRANSMISSION REBUILT UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE OF BAD CLUTCH. WAS TOLD THAT THEY SHOULD NOT WARRANTY IT, BECAUSE THE CLUTCH WAS BAD. I TOLD THEM THAT THE CLUTCH HAS BEEN BAD, AND THAT I HAD TAKEN IT TO THEM NUMEROUS TIME TO FIX IT. WAS INFORMED THAT THE CLUTCH WAS ONLY WARRANTIED FOR 12K MILES AND THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
NO SUMMARY
THE 1999 CAMARO HAS A DANGEROUS SO CALLED "FEATURE" CALLED "SKIP SHIFT" WHICH PREVENTS SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. TWICE I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AND WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR - I WAS STUCK WITHOUT POWER AND CARS WERE COMING AT ME. SEVERAL OTHER TIMES THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD, AND I LOST POWER WITH CARS COMING UP BEHIND ME. CHEVY REFUSED TO DISABLE THIS 2ND GEAR LOCKOUT FOR ME, SAYING THAT IT IS NEEDED TO MEET ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS - OR TO AVOID A GAS GUZZLER TAX. THIS "FEATURE" IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE DISABLED. I WOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT THE CAR IF I KNEW ABOUT IT - UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON MY TEST DRIVE BECAUSE "SKIP SHIFT" ONLY LOCKS YOU OUT AFTER THE ENGINE HAS BEEN WARMED UP SUFFICIENTLY. THIS LOCKOUT ALSO TENDS TO MAKE THE CAR SHIFT INTO 4TH GEAR - WHICH IS DANGEROUS AT 15 MPH BECAUSE THERE IS LITTLE POWER AT THAT SPEED IN 4TH GEAR. THERE IS A LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD WARNING ABOUT SKIP SHIFT, BUT IT IS HIDDEN BY MY HAND ON THE STEERING WHEEL OR BY THE WHEEL ITSELF WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE WARNING LIGHT IS USELESS ANYWAY BECAUSE DRIVER'S EYES ARE ON THE ROAD WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. AS ADMITTED BY CHEVY, THIS WHOLE "SKIP SHIFT" LOCKOUT IS A WAY TO AVOID PAYING A GAS GUZZLER TAX, BUT IT MAKES DRIVING DANGEROUS SINCE SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE.
I HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE STOCK SHIFTER CAUSING MIS-SHIFTS. I AM A MEMBER ON A BBS AND THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ENTRIES REFERING TO THIS PROBLEM. DUE TO THE SHIFTER, IT IS VERY EASY TO MIS-SHIFT INTO A LOWER GEAR WHEN UPSHIFTING. SO FAR HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE AND CAUSES THE REAR TIRES TO LOOSE CONTROL SINCE THE ENGINE CAUSES THEM TO NEARLY STOP. I AM AN EXPERIENCED MANUAL TRANSMISSION DRIVER AND I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. A WORST CASE SENARIO WOULD BE TO LOOSE COMPLETE CONTROL DUE TO THE REAR TIRES LOCKING UP AND ALSO ENGINE DAMAGE DUE TO OVER-REVVING. THERE ISN'T A RECALL FOR THE SHIFTER SO NO DEALER HELP CAN BE FOUND. SO FAR OTHERS HAVE RESOLVED THIS PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE SHIFTER WITH AN AFTERMARKET UNIT AND REPORT NO MORE PROBLEMS WITH MISSED SHIFTS. I HOPE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT.
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