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.
