2011 Chevrolet Camaro Powertrain & Transmission Problems

Gains speed on mild downhills. Request a feature to be called "Brake Saver" on all automatic transmissions. Depressing Brake downshifts if RPMs are low enough to reduce speed (2000-2500RPM, so next gear does not exceed 3600RPM). Taking foot off gas sets coasting maximum speed. If speed rises 5 km/hr 3 mi/hr the transmission downshifts to reduce speed to the speed the foot came off the gas pedal. Especially useful on Semis with Automatic transmissions.

The contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled. No warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was able to be restarted, but the failure persisted. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who determined that the wave plates had fractured and that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired and remained with the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to report the failure to the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 155,000.

MY TRANSMISSION NOT WORKING THE CAR WON'T MOVE WHEN I PUT IT IN GEAR . AT FIRST WHEN I STOP AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN WHEN GETTING READY TO PULL OFF STEP ON THE GAS THE CAR WON'T MOVE IT WOULD HESITATE THEN JUMP INTO GEAR. *TR

MANUAL TRANSMISSION OCCASIONALLY SEEMS LIKE IT WILL GO INTO 2ND GEAR, BUT DOES NOT ACTUALLY ENGAGE. PROBLEM SEEMS RELATIVELY RANDOM.

I WAS ON MY WAY TO A CAR SHOW AND STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. AS I CONTINUED ON AT ABOUT 3/4 THROTTLE O WAS SHIFTING GEARS AS I WENT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR I HEARD AND FELT A LOUD BANG ON BOTTOM OF CAR. I LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND PULLED OVER. I PICKED UP THE PARTS FROM THE ROAD. AFTER HAVING CAR TOWED TO A FRIEND'S SHOP WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT ON A LIFT AND SEE THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD EXPLODED AT THE MID POINT. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION WE FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLES HAD BET COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND THE DRIVE SHAFT THAT WAS LEFT ATTACHED TO TRANSMISSION HAD RIPPED INTO THE TUNNEL OF THE CAR. I COULD SEE THE CARPET AND PLASTIC TO CENTER CONSOLE THROUGH THIS HOLE.

^ 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION, BYPASS/LOCKOUT WILL NOT ALLOW CORRECT SHIFT FORCING VEHICLE TO HESITATE OR BE BECOME BOGGED DOWN. FORCES YOU TO 4TH GEAR OR 6TH. IN TRAFFIC THIS A HAZARD WHILE TRYING TO BUILD UP SPEED,FOR ON RAMP,MERGING,PASSING SOMETIMES CAR WILL STALL. ONLY TO CORRECT TEMPORARILY IS PULL ON SIDE OF ROAD AND STOP PUT CAR IN REVERSE THEN VEHICLE SHIFTS NORMAL FOR A SLIGHT WHILE. GM IS IN DENIAL!!! IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS.

I WAS TOLD LAST YEAR THAT I HAD A BAD TRANSMISSION DUE TO WATER DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT I DROVE IT THROUGH WATER WHICH WAS NOT TRUE SO, I HAD TO PAY A $250.00DED OUT OF POCKET, AND $3856.97 WAS PAID BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY. NOT EVEN 2 MONTHS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CAR WILL DRIVE AND THEN IT WILL STOP ON YOU AND NOT CHANGE INTO GEAR. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP ABOUT 8 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY CAN'T SEEM TO TELL ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. WHO CAN I CONTACT TO HELP ME WITH THIS ISSUE SINCE THE MANUFACTURER CANT TELL WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEIR OWN PRODUCT.

VAPOR BEGAN COMING IN THROUGH THE AIR VENTS, ALONG WITH A SUPER-SWEET SMELL; THIS SMELL WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS LEAKING ENGINE COOLANT. THE FRONT WINDSHIELD QUICKLY FOGGED UP, BEGINNING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, AND ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT CLEAR. USING THE VEHICLE'S DEFROST ONLY INCREASED THE WINDSHIELD FOGGING AND SEVERELY DECREASED VISIBILITY. FOGGING AND VISIBILITY IS WORSE WHEN THE WEATHER IS COOL OR IT IS RAINING, AND THE COOLANT SMELL INSIDE THE CAR CAN MAKE YOU SICK AND GIVE YOU HEADACHES. FOG-FREE WINDOW TREATMENT IS INEFFECTIVE. TAKEN TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER, THE CAMARO HAS A BAD HEATER CORE - TO FIX THIS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ISSUE, THE CAMARO'S WINDSHIELD MUST BE TAKEN OUT ALONG WITH THE DASH AND SEATS JUST TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE HEATER CORE... AT A COST AROUND $2,000 AND OVER A WEEK IN THE SERVICE CENTER... BEWARE THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER CHEVY'S POWERTRAIN WARRANTY (THE HEATER CORE IS EXCLUDED). THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH NEWER MODEL CAMAROS AND SHOULD BE A GM RECALL BY NOW. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE INTERSTATE BEFORE MY VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO ZERO... SOMEBODY ELSE MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY, OR MAY NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WHEN THEIR WINDSHIELD BEGINS TO FOG. *TR

MY CAR BEGAN TO OVER HEAT CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY LOSE POWER. ALSO CAUSED FOGGED WINDSHIELD .. THE HEATER CORE ON THE CAMARO FROM 2010 - 2013 ARE HAVING MALFUNCTIONS CAUSING THE CAR TO OVERHEAT AND OR SPILL BOILING LIQUID ONTO YOUR PASSENGERS FEET, IF YOU WERE TO HAVE A PASSENGER START TO SCREAM WHEN THIS BURNING LIQUID WERE TO HIT THEIR FEET WHILE WEARING HIGH HEELS OR SANDALS YOU CAN EASILY GET DISTRACTED AND LOSE CONTROL OF YOU VEHICLE FROM JUST SOMEONE SCREAMING OUT OF NOW WHERE, THERE ARE COUNTLESS STORIES ON THE CAMARO FORUM ABOUT THESE HEATER CORES GOING BAD.. OTHERS EXPERIENCE COUNTING FOGGED WINDSHIELD WHICH COULD CAUSE A VISIBILITY ISSUE AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND A VEHICLE BREAKDOWN CAUSING A ACCIDENT IF YOU BREAK DOWN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC... MY CAMARO IS AT THE DEALER NOW GETTING DIAGNOSED . BUT THIS ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED AS A RECALL AND SHOULD BE.. *TR

LEAVING WORK AND THE CLUTCH STUCK WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR THEN THERE WAS A TERRIBLE BURNING SMELL AND IT STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. THEN WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING 65MPH I DOWN-SHIFTED FROM 6TH TO 5TH FOR UPCOMING SLOWER TRAFFIC AND THE CLUTCH STUCK AGAIN AND THE CAR STARTS TO STALL. BOTH TIMES I HAD PRESSED ON THE GAS THINKING THE CLUTCH WOULD COME OUT AND IT DIDN'T SO THEN THERE WAS TERRIBLE BURNING SMELL. I FINALLY GOT THE CLUTCH UNSTUCK BOTH TIMES AND PROCEEDED HOME. IT DIDN'T DO IT WHILE DRIVING TO WORK BUT MY CAR HAD BEEN IN THE GARAGE ALL NIGHT. HOWEVER, AT WORK MY CAR SITS OUTSIDE ALL DAY AND IT WAS REALLY COLD THAT DAY. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT IT. *TR

2011 CHEVY CAMARO LESS THAN 10,000K MILES. DRIVING IN TRAFFIC IN MAYBE A 1% GRADE HILL. BURNING SMELL, THE CAR WOULDN'T CATCH IN 1ST OR 2ND GEAR. LOST ALL ACCELERATION, HAD TO CROSS MULTIPLE LANES ON THE HIGHWAY. SAT IN THE CAR FOR OVER 2 HOURS FOR TOWING COMPANY. THEN SHOP TEST DROVE NEXT DAY, GEARS WORK, BUT BAD BURNING SMELL CONTINUES. SHIPPED TO CHEVROLET. I DID RESEARCH ONLINE AND SEE MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND IT PLACED MY LIFE INTO DANGER! *TR

AFTER ONLY 12,500 MILES AND 9 MONTHS, THE CLUTCH IN MY 2011 V6 CAMARO LS BURNT OUT. THE DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME THAT IT LOOKS LIKE I DROVE IT "AGGRESSIVELY." I HAVE NOT, AS IT IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND I OBVIOUSLY NEED IT FOR WORK. THEY ARE NOT COVERING THE CLUTCH BECAUSE IT IS 500 MILES OVER MY "WEARABLE PARTS WARRANTY." NOW I HAVE SENT AN EMAIL COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ISSUE TO CHEVROLET AND THEY ARE SENDING A REGIONAL TECHNICIAN OUT TO LOOK AT THE CAR. BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE (CHECK THE CAMARO5.COM FORUMS) AND SHOULD BE FIXED SOMEHOW. *TR

THERE IS A NOTCHINESS WHEN SHIFTING INTO SECOND GEAR FROM FIRST UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. THIS RESULTS IN A SECOND GEAR GRIND AND I AM UNABLE TO GET INTO SECOND GEAR SOMETIMES. ALSO, OCCASIONALLY THE TRANSMISSION WILL POP OUT OF SECOND GEAR AND RETURN TO NEUTRAL RESULTING IN NO ACCELERATION, WHICH IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. I HAVE READ ABOUT SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUES AS ME, ESPECIALLY WITH GRINDING SECOND GEAR, AND GM SIMPLY NEEDS TO FIX THE ISSUE INSTEAD OF SAYING THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS "OPERATING AS INTENDED". I HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF OWNING A NEW CAMARO SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WAS COMING BACK TO MARKET, BUT IT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE WITH TRANSMISSION ISSUES SINCE DAY 1 WITH NO FIX FROM THE DEALER. *TR

SECOND GEAR GRIND . 2011 CAMARO LS. SIX SPEED TRANSMISSION. SECOND GEAR GRIND OCCURS WITH EVERY UP SHIFT OR DOWN SHIFT . THIS OCCURS DURING ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION. AT TIMES CAR WILL NOT GO INTO SECOND GEAR AT ALL CAUSING CONCERN FOR SAFETY . I HAVE CONTACTED GM WHO HAS ADDRESSED THE ISSUE ONCE BUT THE REPAIR WAS MADE WITH THE SAME DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS. THE ISSUE RETURNED AFTER 3,000 MILES. THE ATTEMPTED REPAIR WAS. SYNCHRONIZERS, NEW FIRST AND SECOND GEARS, BALL BEARINGS AND FORKS. AGAIN AFTER 3,000 MILES THE GRIND AND SECOND GEAR FAILURE HAS RETURNED AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE WORSE THEN THE FIRST TIME. MY CAR HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED AND IS FULL STOCK. *TR

WHEN MERGING INTO HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC THE TRANSMISSION GRINDS/REJECTS SECOND GEAR IN THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE CAR TO JERK AND SLOW DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY. I ALMOST WAS IN A ACCIDENT DUE TO THE MISSED SHIFT.