1998 Chevrolet Camaro

WHENEVER BRAKING OR ACCELERATING DRIVER'S SEAT WOULD MOVE BACK & FORTH ON THE TRACKS. SEAT WAS VERY UNSTABLE. COULD ADJUST SEAT & LOCK IT. STAYED IN PLACE UNTIL THE BRAKING OR ACCELERATING. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP 7 TIMES IN 3 YEARS. HAD NUTS & BOLTS TIGHTEN & ADJUSTED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS ON THE SEAT. MANUFACTURER WHO NO HELP SOLVING PROBLEM. *AK

THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE WARPPED SIX (6) TIMES ON THIS CAR CAUSING STEERING WHEEL SHAKING AND POSSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL. INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL ROTORS, THERE HAS BEEN FOUR (4) NEW SETS OF ROTORS ON THIS CAR AND THOSE ROTORS HAVE BEEN RESURFACED THREE ( 3) TIMES. I HAVE BEEN TO TWO DIFFERENT CHEVROLET DEALERS TO HAVE THIS WORK DONE AND HAVE CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS DIRECT AND THEY CAN NOT FIGURE OUT WHY THE BRAKES ARE DEFECTIVE. I HAVE HEARD OF MANY CAMARO AND FIREBIRD OWNERS WITH THIS SAME ROTOR WARPPING PROBLEM. I FIRST FILED A COMPLANT WITH NHTSA ON 5/29/99 AND THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWO MORE TIMES SINCE THAT SUBMITTAL.

THERE IS A FUEL LINE WHICH RUNS OVER THE #1 COIL PACK ON MY 1998 CAMARO Z28. THERE ARE TWO SCREWS WHICH HOLD DOWN THE #1 COIL PACK. ONE OF THE SCREWS HAS A POINTED CONE SHAPED TOP. A FUEL LINE AND AIR LINE RUN DIRECTLY OVER THIS SCREW. THERE WAS A POST ON LS1.COM NOTIFYING OWNERS OF 1998 Z28 CAMAROS OF THIS POTENTIAL DESIGN DEFECT AND FOR OWNERS TO CHECK THEIR VEHICLES FOR PREMATURE WEAR AND POSSIBLE RUPTURE OF THE FUEL LINE. I INSPECTED MY VEHICLE AND THE FUEL LINE. THE SCREW HAD WORN THROUGH THE INSULATION AND EITHER INTO THE AIR LINE OR FUEL LINE. I WENT TO SUPERIOR CHEVROLET IN SHAWNEE KANSAS AND SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AND INFORMED HIM OF THE PROBLEM. TO PROVE THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS DEFECT WE RANDOMLY SELECTED ANOTHER 1998 Z28. IT HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. HE HAD ME LEAVE MY VEHICLE THE NEXT DAY. UPON RETURNING HE SAID THE FUEL WAS INSPECTED AND THAT IT WAS OK. THE FIX WAS TO RELOCATE THE FUEL AND AIR LINE WITH A PLASTIC WIRE-TIE. I VOICED MY CONCERNS WITH FIX, BUT WAS ASSURED THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN CORRECTED. IT STILL CONCERNS ME HOWEVER, THAT THE LINES COULD HAVE BEEN INSPECTED WITHOUT REMOVING THE INSULATION FROM THE LINES TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE WEAR AND PENETRATION OF EITHER THE AIR LINE OR FUEL LINE. THE FUEL LINE AND AIR LINE ASSEMBLY HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I BELIEVE THAT THIS DEFECT CAN HARM THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THE DESIGN DEFECT CAN WEAR ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE FUEL LINE AND CAUSE GASOLINE TO LEAK ONTO THE HOT ENGINE, OR EXHAUST MANIFOLD, CAUSING A FIRE OR EXPLOSION, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO OBVIOUSLY BURN UP THE CAR AND ALSO HARM OR KILL PASSENGERS IN THE CAR. I WOULD HOPE THAT THE NHTSA WILL EXAMINE THIS PROBLEM AND DEMAND THAT GM ISSUE A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS MAJOR DESIGN DEFECT AND (NOT WITH A CHEAP WIRE-TIE). THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VENUE AVAILABLE SO I CAN EXPRESS MY CONCERN. *AK