2011 Chevrolet Camaro

AT 43000 MILES SERVICE AIRBAG AND CHIME APPEARED IN DRIVERS INFORMATION CENTER. LIGHT STAYS ON AND CHIMES EVERY FEW SECONDS. VEHICLE WAS RUNNING BUT NOT MOVING IN PARKING LOT WHEN THIS HAPPENED. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS. CONCERNED ABOUT AIRBAGS DEPLOYING ON THEIR OWN, OR NOT DEPLOYING IN A CRASH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CAMARO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND FLASHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR AND AIR BAG MODULE WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

I HAVE A 2011 CHEVROLET CAMARO WITH A 3.6 ENGINE. THE TIMING CHAINS ON THIS MOTOR ARE KNOWN TO STRETCH WHICH MESSES UP THE EMISSIONS AMONG OTHER THINGS. THE SAME ENGINE IS IN A SATURN, GMC ACADIA, AND SOME CADILLACS. THESE THREE VEHICLES ARE COVERED BY THE RECALL BUT THE CAMARO IS NOT EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE SAME ENGINE. IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT MY NEXT STEP SHOULD BE. THE CAR HAS 80,000 MILES. ANY INFORMATION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CAMARO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, A POWER SOURCE WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 82,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE PASSENGER CURTAIN SIDE AND DRIVER SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AFTER MAKING A SHARP LEFT HAND TURN OUT OF A TURNOUT UPON TRYING TO REENTER THE ROADWAY. THE TIRES LOST TRACTION FOR A BRIEF MOMENT AND THE AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED OVER MY HEAD ON BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE SEATBELT PRETENSIONERS ALSO ACTUATED AND TIGHTENED VERY HARD. THE CAB WAS FILLED WITH WHITE SMOKE AND MY VISION WAS LOST MOMENTARILY. I WAS TRAVELING TO WORDS THE ROADWAY BUT MANAGED TO STOP PREVIOUS TO ENTERING THE ROAD. THERE WAS ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND I WAS ALSO BURNED AND MY NECK VERY SEVERELY INJURED DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE VIOLENT EXPLOSION RIGHT NEXT TO MY HEAD. MY LEFT EARDRUM IS ALSO PERMANENTLY RUPTURED DUE TO THIS EVENT. MY VEHICLE WAS LOCATED ON A MOUNTAN ROAD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 2. HAD THIS HAPPENED IN A CORNER ON THE ACTUAL ROADWAY THE CONSIQUENCES MAY HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE SEVERE. AGAIN NOTHING AT ALL WAS STRUCK DURING THE DEPLOYMENT AND NOTHING HAS BEEN HIT SINCE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER THAT MORNING THEY GAVE ME A LOANER BUT STILL AFTER A WEEK HAD NIT EVEN LOOKED AT THE CAR AND INFORMED ME I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE RENTAL. WHE N I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF BED I RETURNED TO THE DEALER RETURNED THE CAR AND TOOK MINE BACK. I CONTACTED LAWYER AFTER L LAWYER BONE OF WHICH WANTED TO HELP. I WAS FORCED TO GO BACK TO WORK AS I AM SELF EMPLOYED AND HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF SUPPORTING MYSELF. THE PROBLEM IS STILL NOT FIXED AND MY MEDICAL ISSUES STILL PERSIST.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR ON CITY STREETS, THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AN DINGS ABOUT EVERY 20 SECONDS. I AM ABLE TO STOP THE DING BY PUSHING THE BUTTON TO DISREGARD THE MESSAGE. IT DID THIS FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. IT NO LONGER DINGS BUT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY STAYS LIT AND THE "SERVICE AIRBAG" LIGHT COMES ON WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED. 2011 CAMARO V6, 100,000 MILES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CAMARO. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AND SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE SERVICE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

AIR BAG SENSOR IS ALWAYS COMING ON AND DINGS EVERY FEW MINUTES....WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS SOMEONE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OR NOT, WHETHER ITS IN DRIVE OR IN PARK, WHEN IT GOES OFF, I TURN THE SWITCH TO DISREGARD THE NOTIFICATION AND IT COMES ON EVERY FEW MINUTES....ALSO, THE EVAPORATOR CORE KIT NEEDS REPLACED, WHICH IS ABOUT $2000 AND 20 HOURS OF LABOR DUE TO HAVING TO REMOVE WINDSHEILD. HEATER AND DEFROST WORK FINE BUT AC WILL NOT COOL, SMELLS FUNNY INSIDE THE CAR AND MAKES NOISE WHEN YOU TRY TO TURN ON A/C. THANKFULLY ITS FALL.. NO RECALLS BUT FOUND LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE A/C AND 2011 CHEVROLET CAMAROS. THE A/C STARTED SLOWLY GETTING LESS AND LESS COOL EACH DAY THEN THE LAST DAY BEFORE IT QUIT, THE DRIVER SIDE WOULDNT COOL AT ALL BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE WOULD. PUT IN REFRIGERANT AND IT COOLED FOR A COUPLE MORE DAYS THEN JUST QUIT COOLING. 75,000 MILES, HAD IT 5 YEARS 1 MONTH, NO WARRANTY. DONT WANT TO PAY THAT MUCH TO COOL MY CAR, WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER CAMARO! NOT HAPPY.

LEFT WORK TO GRAB DINNER WITH A COWORKER WHO RODE IN THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT. AFTER GOING INTO PICK UP OUR DINNER MY COWORKER NOTICED FLUID ON MY PASSENGER SIDE FRONT FLOOR MAT. I DROVE BACK TO WORK AND CHECKED THE FLUID ON THE MAT AND IT WAS COOLANT (DEXCOOL). DROVE HOME AND CHECKED THE MAT AGAIN AND THERE WAS MORE FLUID. I USED A MIRROR AND FLASHLIGHT TO LOOK UNDER THE DASH INBOARD OF THE GLOVE BOX AND WITH THE HEAT ON AND FAN RUNNING FOUND FLUID LEAKING FROM THE PLASTIC PAN UNDER THE HEATER CORE.