Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Chevrolet Camaro submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 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
DESIGN FLAW. E-BRAKE DRAGGING CONSTANTLY WHICH EVENTUALLY WARPS THE ROTOR AND IF LEFT ALONE MAKES A HORRIBLE CLUNKING NOISE THAT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE YOUR DIFFERENTIAL SPIT A TOOTH. A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING BUT FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE CHEVROLET HASN'T FIGURED IT OUT. YES, OF COURSE THEY HAVE! IT'S JUST THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVEN'T DIED. *TR
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT ALL FOUR ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE WARPED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM
CAR HAS REQUIRED SERVICE 2 TIMES FOR WARPED ROTORS AFTER ONLY 25000 MILES. NEITHER REPAIR WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. FIRST TIME, THE SERVICE PEOPLE SAID WE MUST HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR THROUGH WATER WHEN THE BRAKES WERE HOT. 2ND TIME THEY SAY WE ARE DRIVING THE CAR AGGRESSIVELY OR IN A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BUT ADMIT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CAMARO SS AND CORVETTE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW IN THE CAR, IF THE BRAKE ROTOR REGULARLY BECOME WARPED.*AK
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AT 19,000 MILES REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY..ROTORS WARPED AGAIN AT 31,000 MILES AND RESURFACED UNDER WARRANTY..WARPED BEYOND REPAIR AT 46,000 MILES..DEALER AND GM WILL NOT REPLACE AND DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS TO BE A DEFECT. DID NOT HAVE SAME PROBLEM WITH 97 CAMARO. *NLM
PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE ROTORS ARE CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULSATE AND VIBRATE. DEALER HAS REPLACED ROTORS, BUTPROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, THE VEHICLE VIBRATES DUE TO THE BRAKE ROTORS BEING WARPED, DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED AND REPLACED TWICE.*JB
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE REAL HARD. MECHANIC STATED THAT FRONT ROTORS WERE DEFECTIVE. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED ROTORS SEVERAL TIMES.*AK
I FIRST EXPERIENCED THE BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEM AT 10000 MILES. I WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THEY DID NOT DO BRAKE SYSTEM REPAIRS ON SATURDAY'S AND I WOULD HAVE TO CALL BACK AND RESCHEDULE FOR AN APPOINTMENT. WHEN I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE CAR INTO THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND THEY WOULD NEED TO BE TURNED DOWN. I AGREED TO THE REPAIR AND 8 DAYS LATER I WAS ABLE TO PICK MY CAR UP. WITHIN 5000 MILES OF THE REPAIR I WAS BACK IN THE SHOP WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. HOWEVER, AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT TRYING TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP, I WAS FORCED TO CONTACT A NEW DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD THE SAME AS BEFORE AND AGREED TO HAVE THE ROTORS TURNED AGAIN. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT NOTHING WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE PADS. 1000 MILES LATER AND I WAS RETURNING TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. ROTORS TURNED AND AGAIN NO MENTION OF THE BRAKE PADS. 1000 MILES LATER YET AGAIN, I WAS IN FOR THE SAME COMPLAINT, THIS TIME I HAD BRAKE FAILURE PRIOR TO RETURNING TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS TIME THE ROTORS WERE CHECKED FOR SPECS AT MY REQUEST AND IT WAS FOUND THAT 3 OF THE 4 WERE BELOW SPECS. AGAIN NO MENTION OF THE BRAKE PAD CONDITION. I MADE IT ALMOST 8000 MILES BEFORE I HAD TO RETURN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED NEW BRAKE PADS AND THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE BRAKE PROBLEM.*AK
WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON, AND VEHICLE REACHES SPEEDS OF 50 MPH AND MORE HEADLIGHTS WILL START TO FLICKER. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DUPICATE PROBLEM DURING DAY WHEN THEY TEST DROVE VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES ASR BUTTON IS EXTREMELY HOT AND THE DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT SHORTS OUT. *SLC
TRANSMISSION WASN'T SHIFTING INTO 1ST AND 2ND GEARS. ENGINE WOULD RACE UP TO 4,000RPMS. VEHICLE COULDN'T BE DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY. DEALER FOUND A FOREIGN OBJECT CLOGGING 2ND CLUTCH.*AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED 3 TIMES AND THEY ARE STILL SQUEAKING TO THIS DATE ,THE STEREO AND CD PLAYER WERE DEFECTIVE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, WHICH THE CD PLAYER IS STILL NOT WORKING. *JB
BRAKES ARE MAKING A SQUEAKY NOISE. VEHICLE DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM STOPPING. HEAD MECHANIC AT THE DEALER STATED IT IS NORMAL WITH NEW MODEL VEHICLES. IT HAS BEEN TO DEALER 3-4 TIMES FOR BRAKES.*AK
THERE IS A NOISE COMING FROM REAR BRAKE SYSTEM. CONSUMER FEELS THAT A WHEEL IS WARPED WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALERSHIP HAS OILED CALIPER, AND STILL NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
ELECTRICAL: ENGINE WILL NOT CRANK AT ALL. ELECTRICAL UNDER HOOD WIRING: SPARK PLUG WIRES FAILED DUE TO POOR CONTACT INSIDE BOOT, LOSS OF SPARK TO 2 CYLINDERS. BRAKES: REAR BRAKES GROAN DURING LIGHT, MODERATE BRAKING. BRAKES: FRONT BRAKES MAKE SCRAPING NOISE UNDER ALL BRAKING CONDITIONS, BRAKE PADS NOT WORN OR DEFECTIVE. BRAKES: BRAKES MAKE REPEATED GROAN UNDER ALL BRAKING CONDITIONS, WARPED BRAKE ROTORS. EXHAUST: NOISE FROM UNDERNEATH CENTER OF CAR DURING ACCELERATION/DECELERATION, SHATTERED CATALYTIC CONVERTER.*AK
THE FAR PASSENGER VENT WON'T ADJUST, DEALER ADJUSTED THE CLIP. *SLC
REAR BRAKE STILL HOLDING VEHICLE BACK, THERE IS A HOWLING SOUND WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE AWAY FROM STOP, DEALER STATES THAT IT COULD BE SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR TO SOLVE PROBLEM WITH BRAKES. *CJ
WHEN THE ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED WITH FORCE AND THE VEHICLE IS NOT ON A FLAT SURFACE, ESPECIALLY IF THE WEIGHT SHIFTS FORWARD, THE REAR BRAKES BEGIN TO VIBRATE UNCONTROLLABLY CAUSING THE REAR END TO VIBRATE EXSTENCIBLY TO THE POINT THAT THE VEHICLES SPINS AROUND 180 DEGREES OR MORE..THIS OCCURS AT SPEEDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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