A Camaro is a fairly reliable car, according to experts and enthusiasts, but there are a few years to avoid.
The Chevrolet Camaro has been a fast, mainstay pony car since 1967, undergoing multiple iterations, pauses, and restarts to production, along with a host of incremental changes of both aesthetics and powertrain. It’s one of the best examples of « American muscle », and that reputation has spread far and wide. Undoubtedly millions of used Camaros are out there, with estimates claiming over 6 million produced in total, but are they any good?
It’s hard to enjoy a car when you spend more time on the side of the road than you do actually driving, so reliability shouldn’t be overlooked here, nor in any other car — same thing with regular maintenance. And, like any other car, the better maintained a Camaro is, the more reliable it’ll be. Cars with extensive service histories, new or replacement OEM-quality parts, and respectful owners will ensure that a Camaro lasts well beyond 100,000 miles.
That statement is true because, at the heart of it, a modern Camaro is a fairly reliable car, according to expert panels and enthusiasts alike, though there are a few bad years to avoid, as is common with any car with such a long production time. We’ll mainly focus only on the most recent generation. The older you get, the more case-by-case it becomes, so this is really only for Camaros around 10 years old and newer. All that said, let’s look under the hood.What owners say about reliability
Long-term ownership of any sports car requires careful maintenance, and provided that’s taken care of, most owners agree that a Camaro is relatively reliable, with a few issues here and there. Moreover, it’s certainly possible to drive a Camaro daily and achieve 100k miles and beyond, given that its engines typically are well-built – with a few exceptions.
