NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Chevrolet Camaro Recalls
The 2002 Chevrolet Camaro has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 12, 2001.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Chevrolet Camaro. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 68
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Chevrolet Camaro, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2002 Chevrolet Camaro
Structure: frame and members
- Campaign
- 01V381000
- Reported
- December 12, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 897
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Camaro, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E065000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Camaro, 9 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Camaro, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Camaro, 46 other models
2002 Chevrolet Camaro complaints by year
NHTSA has received 68 owner complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Camaro, the newest on September 15, 2020. Of these, 5 describe a crash (7%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Camaro, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (31%), followed by the visibility (16%) and the engine and engine cooling (13%).
None of the 2002 Chevrolet Camaro's 5 recalls concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2002 Chevrolet Camaro owners gave the mileage (37 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic21
- Visibility11
- Engine And Engine Cooling9
- Electrical System8
- Power Train7
- Fuel System, Gasoline5
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 8 | |
| 2003 | 16 | |
| 2004 | 11 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 9 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Camaro peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 16. 63% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Chevrolet Camaro drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Camaro year in the same window: 10th highest of the 14 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 68 complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Camaro are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Camaro by model year
Other 2002 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: September 15, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted