2014 Chevrolet Camaro UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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Key after turning car off doesn’t go all the way back to the unlock position to be released. Vehicle has to be re started and shut off to get the key to come out
BLEND DOOR IS BROKEN AND WHEN DOING RESEARCH, I FOUND THIS ISSUE IS COMMON WITH 2010-2015 CHEVROLET CAMAROS. MY CAR ONLY HAD 57,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THIS OCCURED.
The blender door is junk. It falls apart, so no air conditioning or worse, no heat. I got stuck in a traffic jam in freezing temps and despite blankets, I may lose a piece of my ear lobe. Flash forward, not a single local repair shop will fix this. They say it's a recall issue...or one that should be. Sadly, the dealerships want $4k - $6k to fix it. Something that just is not in my budget with this economy. Chevrolet might want to fix this before someone loses more than an ear lobe. I will be suing if my doctor has to remove a portion of my ear. They were concerned over a stupid sticker on a visor, but not people freezing to death or dying of heat stroke. Do better Chevrolet. Do beter NHTSA - I filed a complaint about my Ford going into limp mode on a highway without warning over ten years ago and the only response from anyone was crickets.
I have a lot of problems with my A/C. I bought it new in 2014, in 2019 my coolant dye leaked out for no reason. I’ve had the condenser, clutch, dryer, and o rings replaced. The pressure is high because of a suspected blockage, which couldn’t be identified, in my A/C. I have to take in in to check for evaporator leak. The windshield has to be removed so I have to take it to the dealership.
Stress fractures to the windshield. Fatigue, vibrations from the car snapped the windshield. This the fourth time since we had to replace a windshield.
BLEND DOOR BROKEN
IGNITION KEY ISSUES I HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH NOT RELEASING MY KEY AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE TO TURN MY KEY COUNTER-CLOCKWISE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE KEY ACTUALLY RELEASES. I BELIEVE I HAVE A FAULTY IGNITION KEY SWITCH THAT NEEDS REPLACEMENT. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION REGARDING THIS CONCERN, BUT HOPE TO HEAR SOMETHING SOON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN IN THIS IMPORTANT MATTER.
THE KEY TO MY IGNITION GETS STUCK WHEN I ATTEMPT TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF. IT TAKES ALMOST 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR FOR THE IGNITION TO RELEASE THE KEY. IN ADDITION, IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I TRY TO TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN REGARDS TO THE ISSUE AS WELL AS CALLED GENERAL MOTORS DIRECTLY. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESULTS FROM BOTH OPTIONS. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE IN WHICH I FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO IS HAVING THIS TROUBLE. ALMOST EVERY ONE WITH A CAMARO HAS A PROBLEM GETTING THEIR KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. NOT ONLY IS MY BATTERY DRAINING AND I AM HAVING TO GET THE BATTERY JUMPED, BUT IT IS VERY UNSAFE. MY CAR IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION IN WHICH I HAVE TO DRIVE ONE HOUR PLUS TO WORK EVERYDAY AS WELL AS TAKE MY CHILD TO SCHOOL. THE KEY GETS STUCK AT ALL TIMES. I AM AT RISK FOR HAVING MY CAR STOLEN AND EVEN WORSE BEING STRANDED, AS WELL AS MY CHILD, TRYING TO GET THE IGNITION TO RELEASE THE KEY. IT IS VERY DRAINING HAVING TO WAIT LONG HOURS TO GET THE KEY OUT OF THE CAR. I AM ALSO PARANOID THAT THE CAR WILL BE STOLEN WHEN HAVING TO LEAVE THE CAR FOR 30 PLUS MINUTES JUST TO COME BACK AND HAVE THE KEY RELEASED. THIS IS A PRESSING ISSUE AS IT IS DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURERS ISSUE. IT IS INTERFERING WITH ME WHEN I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, WORK, MY CHILD'S SCHOOL, AND EVERY OTHER PLACE THAT I HAVE TO TRAVEL TO DAILY. THE ISSUE PRESENTED ITSELF AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY AND TENDS TO ONLY HAVE GOTTEN WORST.
"TAKATA RECALL" I HAVE A 2014 CHEVY CAMARO AND WHEN THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN ON THE HWY,SITTING STILL OR ON A CITY STREETS. THE CHEVY CAMARO RADIO WILL TURN IT'S SELF OFF. SOMETIMES THEIR IS A LOUD THUMP NOISE BEFORE THE RADIO TURNS OFF AND OTHER TIMES NO THUMP. IT WILL SOMETIMES COME BACK ON AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES, OR IT MIGHT STAY OFF. THIS IS A VERY BIG PROBLEM, BECAUSE I HAVE READ OTHER POSTING CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 2014 CAMARO. I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS CAR A WEEK AND THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LESS 6 TIMES. NOT HAPPY ABOUT PURCHASING THIS CAR NOW, IF THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE. I'M ONLY 23 YEAR OLD AND I CANT AFFORD TO HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP.
WHEN I PARK MY VEHICLE, SHIFT INTO PARK, THE KEY STAYS LOCKED IN THE IGNITION. I HAVE TO TURN THE VEHICLE ON AND SHIFT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE AND THEN SHIFT INTO PARK AGAIN TO RELEASE THE KEY. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE IN 2016 AND DEALERSHIP FIXED THE PROBLEM AFTER 4 TIMES GOING TO THEM. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROBLEM IS OCCURRING AGAIN. I'VE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT OCCURRING WHILE IT'S THERE. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY IS EXPIRING SOON AND I STILL HAVE THIS PROBLEM. TOMORROW, AN INSPECTOR WILL BE ASSESSING MY CAR. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN/OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP A TOTAL OF 5 DAYS...WAITING TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT. THE GAS GAUGE DOESN'T MOVE WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED ON. I HAVE TO TURN IT OFF THEN BACK ON AND THE GAS GAUGE MOVES. THE AIR CONDITIONER WHEN I TURNED KNOB NO AIR COMES OUT. THE SCREEN SAY OFF/OFF AND YET THE KNOB IS AT FULL BLAST. I TURN IT BACK TO THE OFF POSITION AND THEN TURN THE KNOB TO 7 AND IT CONTINUES TO SAY OFF/OFF - NO LIGHTS ARE ON AND NO AIR COMES OUT. I'VE GIVEN PICTURES TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND I'M WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE INSPECTOR SAYS. IT'S A NUISANCE TO HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. I'M THINKING I BOUGHT A LEMON CAR. TOO MANY ISSUES...
VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY, KEY MUST HAVE MOVED FROM IGNITION AND CAR SHUT DOWN. HAD TO RESTART THE CAR
KEY KEEPS GETTING STUCK IN THE ADMISSION WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN PARK. IT WAS SPORADIC BUT NOW ITS EVERY TIME I GO TO PULL MY KEY OUT. I HAVE READ OF MANY OTHER CAMARO OWNERS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM
I WAS AT A STOP SIGN WAITING FOR A BREAK TO ENTER THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC . TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY AND NOT MOVING FOR A SECOND OR MORE AND A VEHICLE THAT HAD STOPPED MOTIONED FOR ME TO ENTER THE ROAD IN FRONT OF HIM , A RIGHT TURN, AND AT THAT MOMENT I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR AND REALIZED WITH NO NOTICE THAT THE CAMARO ENGINE WAS NO LONGER RUNNING, AND I WAIVED THE COURTEOUS DRIVER ON. WHEN I LOOKED CLOSELY AT THE IGNITION WITH THE SWITCHBLADE SWINGING ON THE KEY WRING AND REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED I BROKE OUT IN A COLD SWEAT! THE IGNITION HAS THE EQUIVALENT OF A HAIR TRIGGER. IF I HAD ENTERED TRAFFIC WITH THE POWER THIS VEHICLE DELIVERS WITH THE SWITCHBLADE SWINGING TO THE RIGHT THE CAMARO WOULD HAVE CUT OFF LEAVING ME AND ANYONE NEAR ME IN POSSIBLE DANGER.
HEATER CORE IS LEAKING ON 2014 CAMARO WITH 50K MILES. REPAIR IS EXTENSIVE INVOLVING REMOVING THE WINDSHIELD AND THE ENTIRE FRONT PART OF THE INTERIOR. $1700-$2000 IS THE ESTIMATED BILL AND THE CAR WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE THE SAME SINCE THE DASH PARTS WERE NOT DESIGNED TO NE REMOVED.
HI I JUST BOUGHT A 2014 CAMERO 2LT I STARTED DRIVING IT BET THEN I ALL THE SUDDEN MY KEY KEEPS GETTING STUCK I TOOK IT TO CHEVY DEALER AND THEY SAID ITS NOT A RECALL THEY SAID ITS THE SHIFTER BUT I DONT BELIEVE THEM THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE MONEY ANY WAY THEY CAN CAN SOMEONE PLEASE POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THANK YOU.
THE KEY TO MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT RELEASE. THIS ISSUE IS PLASTERED ALL OVER THE INTERNET AS A CONTINUOUS ISSUE WITH THIS CAR.IN FACT, EVEN WHEN I WAS AT THE DEALER THERE WAS ANOTHER FEMALE CUSTOMER WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE AND WHOSE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED AS NEEDING A SHIFTER. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. WHILE IT MAY NOT SEEM THE SAME AS AN AIRBAG, WOMEN AND ALSO MEN CAN BE PLACED IN DANGER AT NIGHT PULLING UP TO GAS STATIONS, GROCERY STORES, ATOM MACHINES LA THEIR OWN DRIVEWAYS AN UNABLE TO GET THEIR CAR OUT CAN LEAVE THEM VULNERABLE TO PREDATORS.IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT SUCH A CONSISTENT COMPLAINT WITH THIS CAR HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE FREQUENCY ALONE DICTATES THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE IS ROBBED, RAPED OR WORSE BY BEING DISTRACTED WITH THIS KEY, UNABLE TO RELEASE THE KEY AND MOVE TO SAFETY AT NIGHT
WHILE DRIVING I SMELLED SMOKE. AFTER LOOKING AROUND I SAW MY BACK SEAT FULL OF SMOKE. I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND WAS ABLE TO SAFETY GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE TRUNK POPPED OPEN WITH FLAMES COMING OUT. I HAVE A CONVERTIBLE AND THE TOP INSTANTLY IGNITED. THE FIREMEN WHERE ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE BUT THE FIRE SPREAD THROUGH OUT THE CAR.
HEATER CORE FAILED AND HAS A LEAK. IT IS MY WIFE'S CAR. SHE WAS PARKED AND IT WAS A COLD NIGHT IN SF BAY AREA. SHE GOT IN, STARTED THE CAR AND TURNED ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER. IMMEDIATELY SHE COULD SMELL THE ODOR AND THE WINDSHIELD FOGGED OVER. SHE COULD SEE MIST RISING FROM THE VENTS.
DRIVING AROUND EXIT 110 HEADING EAST ON I-94, ME AND MY WIFE WERE NEARLY RUN DOWN BY A CROSSET TRUCK DRIVER BY THE FRONT OF HIS TRUCK. BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE TRAILER WAS STILL IN THE RIGHT LANE AND THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK RAPIDLY SWERNED INTO THE LEFT LANE, I WOULD CONSIDER THE IDEA THAT HE DOZED OFF. MY WIFE SWERVED OVER AND NEARLY HIT THE RAILS ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY TO AVOID A TRAGEDY. AND ONCE WE CALMED DOWN, WE SLOWED WAY BACK AND PULLED OVER TO LET THE TRUCKER CATCH UP TO US. WHEN HE DID I TOOK PICTURES FROM MY PASSENGER SEAT SO THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY THE TRUCK. WHEN WE REACHED THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AT THE DRIVERS DOOR WITH ALL OF THE NECESSARY NUMBERS, THE DRIVER STOPPED LOOKING AT THE ROAD AND TURNED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF US. I AM UNSURE WHY, BUT THAT IS CLEARLY ILLEGAL TO USE YOUR PHONE OR TO FALL ASLEEP BEHIND THE WHEEL. I CALLED THE COMPANY AND WAS TOLD HE IS A PROFESSIONAL SO THERE WAS NO REASON TO PULL HIM OFF THE ROAD. USDOT # 551244, BUT I HAVE PICTURES OF THE TRUCK NUMBER AND ALL ADDITIONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS.
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The 2014 Chevrolet Camaro has 19 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.