1994 CHEVROLET CAMARO Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

DISTRIBUTOR FAILED AT ONLY 22,000 MILES DUE TO DESIGN FLAW ALLOWING IT TO BE EXPOSED TO MOISTURE WHICH CAUSED THE BEARINGS TO SEIZE. MANUFACTURER REDESIGNED FAULTY PART IMMEDIATELY IN FOLLOWING MODEL YEAR TO INCLUDE VACUUM SEALS WHICH PREVENT THIS PROBLEM BUT DID NOT RECALL AND REFUSE TO REIMBURSE EXCESSIVE COST ($1,600) TO REPAIR KNOWN DEFECT WITH LT1 ENGINE ON 1994 MODELS. *LA

Mileage: 22,977

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH ENGINE IDLED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS , AND PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AT ANY SPEED FOR 10-30 MINS HAD IT CHECKED COMPUTER DOES NOT STORE ANY TROUBLE CODES HAD IT AT DEALER,AUTO REPAIR SHOP EXCESS OF 18 TIMES NO ONE CAN FINE ANYTHING WRONG WHY?????? DISPITE THE CK ENG LITE I HAVE 135789 MILES AND NEVER HAD A BREAK DOWN OR ANYTHING ELSE OF THAT SORT THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST CAR I EVER OWNED. *AK

Mileage: 60,000

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT UP AND DOWN, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAR SHOP, A TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSIS THE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING, MANIFOLD FAILED AT 114000 MILES AND THE COOL FOUND LEAKING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PH *TR

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR THREE WEEKS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO STATED THAT ECM VALVE NEEDED REPLACING. *AK CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE. THE DEALER GAVE CONSUMER 175 DOLLARS TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED, WHICH WAS NOT ENOUGH ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THE LONGER THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN WITH OUT HAVING THE PART REPLACED, THE ROUGHER THE VEHICLE WILL RUN. THE VEHICLE KNOCKS AND WHEN TURNING THE TRANSMISSION MAKES NOISES. *JG

OIL PAN AND OIL LEVELER MONITOR SWITCH INSIDE PAN COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP, COMPLETE LACK OF QUALITY WITH THIS BRAND. THE MANUFACTURE IS SELLING INFERIOR AND DEFECTIVE, FAR FROM QUALITY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC COSTS TO REPAIR IT WAS 540.00 ON COMPONENT THAT IS COVERED IN OIL AT ALL TIMES....IMAGINE THAT. I HAVE DEMANDED IMMEDIATE RE-IMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

AFTER DRIVING FOR A SHORT DISTANCE PARKED VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE AND NOTICED POOLS OF OIL. CONTACTED DEALER. SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT THE SEAL IN THE BEARING OIL HAD BEEN LEAKING. ALSO, INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKED. *AK

VEHICAL ALWAYS MATAINED, OIL CHANGE EVERY 3,00 MILES,FLUIDS CHECKED RECEITS FOR ALL. ENGINE BLOCK SHOULD NOT HAVE CRACKED. VEHICLE WAS NEVER ABUSED. *AK

ANYTIME IT RAINS IF VEHICLE RUNS THROUGH ANY SIZE OF PUDDLE ENGINE BELT STARTS TO SLIP, AND VEHICLE LOSES POWER/STALLS. *AK

TWICE THE CO2 SENSORS WERE REPLACED WITH IN 1 YR. AND THE WINDOWS BROKE. WE KNOW OF ANOTHER CAMARO, SAME YEAR, WITH THE SAME PROPLEMS. *AK

THE EGR VALVE WAS REPLACED TWICE IN 2 YEARS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED A LITTLE NOISE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHICH BECAME LOUDER AND LOUDER. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP THE FLYWHEEL WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO DEALER TIME AND TIME AGAIN FOR VARIOUS PROBLEMS. THE FLYWHEEL WAS REPLACED AGAIN IN MARCH OF 1998 FOR THE SAME REASON. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON MAY 1, 1998, THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO LOSE ALL POWER AND QUIT. THERE IS 60,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.

ENGINE STALLS, ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.

ENGINE HEAD FAILED.

ENGINE FIRE.

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.

WHILE DRIVING NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE CONSOLE. STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE BREAKS DOWN OFTEN. OWNER WANTS IT TO BE REPLACED. COOLING SYSTEM, WATER PUMP, GASKETS.

VEHICLE BREAKS DOWN OFTEN. OWNER WANTS IT TO BE REPLACED. COOLING SYSTEM, WATER PUMP, GASKETS.

ENGINE NOISE.

THERMOSTAT INOPERATIVE.

EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH BELTS SLIPPING WHEN DRIVING THROUGH PUDDLES. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. *AK

EMITTING FUMES CAUSING NAUSEA .PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT