2015 Chevrolet Camaro Power Train

The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Camaro. The contact stated that while the gear shifter was shifted to park(P), the key could only be turned halfway and became stuck. Due to the failure, the vehicle failed to shut off. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed, and determined that the gear shifter assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure reoccurred two or three years later. The vehicle was taken to the same dealer where the gear shifter assembly was replaced, but the failure reoccurred approximately three to four years later. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired after the last failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 13,000.

STARTED W THE CAR POPPING OUT OF 2ND. DRIVING, THEN SUDDENLY IN NEUTRAL. OBVIOUSLY, NOT SAFE IN TRAFFIC OR IN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. SOON IT WOULD GRIND WHEN GOING INTO 2ND. I FOUND IT WOULD GO INTO GEAR BETTER IF I 'GUNNED' IT A BIT. BUT, THEN, I'M RISKING GOING TOO FAST UNEXPECTEDLY, AND CAN'T BE GOOD ON THE MOTOR. BEFORE TOO LONG, IT IS BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GO INTO 2ND, EITHER UP (1-2) OR DOWN (3-2). NOW, I JUST SKIP 2ND. BUT, THIS ISN'T GOOD FOR MOTOR!! ALSO, HAVING TO REV HIGH IN 1ST FOR A SMOOTHER JUMP TO 3RD ISN'T GOOD. SLOWING FOR TURNS, THE MOTOR BOGS DOWN, SOMETIMES STALLS!!! DANGEROUS WITH SOMEONE BEHIND ME! LOOKED UP ISSUE, SEEMS TO BE VERY COMMON PROBLEM. TAKEN TO SHOP 3X, CAN'T REPLICATE OR PINPOINT PROBLEM. I REPLICATE IT EVERY DAY!! DEALER ADVICE IS VERY COSTLY TRANSMISSION WORK! IF THIS IS SO COMMON, ISN'T THIS A DESIGN FLAW?? IT SEEMS TO ME A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS DESIGN FLAW. SOME RESEARCH SUGGESTS THERE IS A SIMPLE ADJUSTMENT THAT CAN BE DONE, THRU THE GEAR SHIFT COVER?! BUT, DEALER NOR AUTO SHOP INTERESTED IN 'INTERNET EASY FIX'. (NOT ENOUGH CASH IN POCKET??) AT A LOSS, I DON'T WANT COSTLY WORK DONE ON A TRANS, WHEN NOT NEEDED. BUT, IT'S CLEARLY GOING TO NEED THE WORK IF I CAN'T GET HELP SOON. NEED CHEVY TO BE HONEST ABOUT THIS CLEARLY COMMON ISSUE, RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM RATHER THAN DENY! RECALL FOR THE WORK. AND, STOP PLAYING GAMES. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ISSUES STRAIGHT OFF THE LOT AND/ OR ON-GOING SOON AFTER AND FOREVERMORE.

DRIVING CAR NON-AGGRESSIVELY ON FLAT, CITY STREET GOING IN A STRAIGHT LINE - DIFFICULTY SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR / 2ND GEAR IS "SPAT" OUT WHEN GETTING BACK ON THE THROTTLE AFTER GIVING A POSITIVE RESPONSE TO SHIFT - REMAINS AN ISSUE OVER THE 3MO I'VE OWNED THE VEHICLE.

IN 2016 KEYS KEPT GETTING STUCK WHILE IN PARK. THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT FOR THE IGNITION. I MUST START THE CAR AND MOVE THE SHIFTIER OUT OF PARK AND BACK INTO THE PART POSITION SEVERAL TIMES. SAME INFORMATION FROM THE PREVIOUS COMPLIANT THEN THE IGNITION NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. NOW 06/14/2018: THE SAME ISSUES; KEYS KEPT GETTING STUCK WHILE IN PARK. THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT FOR THE IGNITION. I MUST START THE CAR AND MOVE THE SHIFTIER OUT OF PARK AND BACK INTO THE PART POSITION SEVERAL TIMES. AND NOW ITS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP AND THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. I PURCHASE MY CAR CHRISTMAS 2014 AND IT'S ONLY A 3YR VEHICLE WITH 29,592 MILES ON IT. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THESE PROBLEMS FOR ONLY 3YR OLD VEHICLE.

WHEN TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE WITH AUTOMATIC SHIFTER IN PARK THE IGNITION KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITIION SWITCH. I THEN HAVE TO KEEP RESTARTING AND SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE AND MOVE THE SHIFTER IN AND OUT OF PARK MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET THE KEY TO RELEASE. THERE APPEARS TO BE A SENSOR ISSUE WITH THE AUTOMATIC SHIFTING MECHNISM AND THE IGNITION SWITCH. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON BOTH MY 2014 V-6 AND 2015 V-8 CAMAROS. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ARE ALL OVER THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND CHEVROLET SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL.

THE CAR MAKES A LOAD POPPING NOISE WHEN STARTED BUT ONLY ONCE RIGHT AFTER IT STARTS. THE CAR WILL RUN LIKE IT IS IN GEAR OR MISSING AND WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, EVEN WITH THE CLUTCH PRESS DOWN AND IN GEAR. IT IS VERY HARD TO GET IN GEAR WITH THE CLUTCH PRESSED OR WILL NOT GO IN TO GEAR, 1ST OR 2ND SO DRIVING CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS.

2015 CHEVY CAMARO RS / 2LT COMMEMORATIVE EDITION: THE TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION ON THIS VEHICLE IS HAZARDOUS. FIRST GEAR IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE REVERSE GEAR ON THE UPPER LEFT. VERY LITTLE BUFFER BETWEEN FIRST AND REVERSE AND IS EFFORTLESS TO MOVE THE TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE WHEN YOU WANT TO CHOOSE FIRST GEAR. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION IT IS VERY COMMON TO MOVE THE SHIFTER INTO REVERSE INSTEAD OF FIRST GEAR. I'VE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WITH THE VEHICLE MOVING BACKWARD INSTEAD OF FORWARD. THIS POOR CONFIGURATION IS HAZARDOUS AND CAN BE POTENTIALLY FATAL. I STRONGLY ADVISE THE NHTSA TO OPEN AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER. PLEASE VIEW THREAD BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS: HTTP://WWW.CAMARO5.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?P=9015025&POSTED=1#POST9015025