CHEVROLET CAMARO · model year

1984 CHEVROLET CAMARO

40 NHTSA complaints, 2 crash reports for this specific cohort.

NHTSA overall rating

Not crash-tested

New Car Assessment Program

The 1984CHEVROLETCAMARO carries 40 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 2 crashes, 0 fires, 3 injuries, and 1 fatality. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.

Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1984 CAMARO is seat belts:front:buckle assembly with 12 filings, followed by seat belts:front:retractor (7) and seat belts:front:anchorage (4). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.

NHTSA currently has 57 investigation files overlapping the 1984 CAMARO, and 2 remain open. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.

40
Complaints
2
Crashes
0
Fires
3
Injuries
1
Deaths

Total Complaints

40 filings

Crashes Reported

2 reports

Source

NHTSA ODI

Federal complaints database

Complaints vs. fleet median (215)

At or below the fleet median complaint volume.

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY12
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR7
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE4
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING3
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS3
SEAT BELTS3
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL1
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH1
TIRES1
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS1
STEERING:COLUMN1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH1
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT1
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM1

Recent Complaints

20150513SEAT BELTS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1984 CHEVROLET CAMARO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT SHOULDER BELT FAILED TO RETRACT INTO PLACE AND THE CONTACT CONSTANTLY HAD TO ADJUST THE SHOULDER BELT TO ENSURE IT WAS SECURELY CONNECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 85V169000 (SEAT BELTS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 8/21/15*CN THE CONSUMER STATED HE NOW HAS THE UPDATED SEAT BELTS. UPDATED 09/01/15*JB

Mileage: 165,000

20100428SEAT BELTS

MY 17 YEAR OLD SON [XXX], HAS A 1984 CHEVROLET CAMARO, AND TWICE THIS YEAR, HE AND I TOOK IT IN TO LARAMIE GM AUTO CENTER HERE IN LARAMIE, WYOMING AND ASKED THEM TO REPAIR THE SEAT BELTS ON RECALL # 85V169000. THE SERVICE MANAGER, NAMED MIKE TOLD ME AFTER EXAMINING THE BELTS THAT HE WOULD LOOK INTO IT, AND SAID HE WOULD CALL US WITH THE RESULTS. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT [XXX] RECENTLY GOT A TICKET FROM THE WYOMING HIGHWAY PATROL, FOR A DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT, AND SHOWED THE TICKET TO THE SERVICE MANAGER, MIKE. I ALSO SHOWED MIKE THE SEAT BELT RECALL, AND THE NEXT DAY MIKE CALLED US AND TOLD US THE REPAIR OF THE FAULTY SEAT BELTS WAS ALREADY REPAIRED ONCE, AND THAT IT IS GM POLICY THAT RECALLS WOULD ONLY BE REPAIRED ONCE TO EACH VEHICLE EFFECTED. I ALSO SHOWED MIKE THE VIN NUMBER, SHOWING HIM THAT THAT VIN NUMBER WAS ONE OF THE CAMAROS EFFECTED BY THE RECALL. I WAS TOLD BY MIKE THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT LARAMIE GM AUTO WOULD REPAIR THE SEAT BELTS WAS IF WE PAID THEM TO INSTALL NEW SEAT BELTS.

Mileage: 132,050

20100428SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING

MY 17 YEAR OLD SON [XXX], HAS A 1984 CHEVROLET CAMARO, AND TWICE THIS YEAR, HE AND I TOOK IT IN TO LARAMIE GM AUTO CENTER HERE IN LARAMIE, WYOMING AND ASKED THEM TO REPAIR THE SEAT BELTS ON RECALL # 85V169000. THE SERVICE MANAGER, NAMED MIKE TOLD ME AFTER EXAMINING THE BELTS THAT HE WOULD LOOK INTO IT, AND SAID HE WOULD CALL US WITH THE RESULTS. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT [XXX] RECENTLY GOT A TICKET FROM THE WYOMING HIGHWAY PATROL, FOR A DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT, AND SHOWED THE TICKET TO THE SERVICE MANAGER, MIKE. I ALSO SHOWED MIKE THE SEAT BELT RECALL, AND THE NEXT DAY MIKE CALLED US AND TOLD US THE REPAIR OF THE FAULTY SEAT BELTS WAS ALREADY REPAIRED ONCE, AND THAT IT IS GM POLICY THAT RECALLS WOULD ONLY BE REPAIRED ONCE TO EACH VEHICLE EFFECTED. I ALSO SHOWED MIKE THE VIN NUMBER, SHOWING HIM THAT THAT VIN NUMBER WAS ONE OF THE CAMAROS EFFECTED BY THE RECALL. I WAS TOLD BY MIKE THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT LARAMIE GM AUTO WOULD REPAIR THE SEAT BELTS WAS IF WE PAID THEM TO INSTALL NEW SEAT BELTS.

Mileage: 132,050

20090224SEAT BELTS

SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKE, WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO FASTEN BELT. THE RED BUTTON IS BROKEN. *TR

Mileage: 99,000

20071001SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1984 CHEVROLET CAMARO. WHILE TRYING TO FASTEN THE SEAT BELT, THE BUCKLE BROKE. THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEAT BELTS ARE PINK. RECALL#90V105000 WAS RELATED TO THE PLASTIC COMPONENTS OF THE BELT BUCKLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE DEALER INFORMATION IS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 15,000. UPDATED 01-15-08. *KB UPDATED 12/12/07. *JB

Mileage: 15,000

20030928SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

FRONT SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT.

Mileage: 56,000

20021211SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

NO SUMMARY. DT

20020313SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY

DRIVER'S RESTRAINT DOES NOT LOCK INTO BUCKLE HARNESS. VEHICLE IS INCLUDED UNDER RECALL 84 V 0111000; HOWERVER, DEALER AND MAUFACTURER WILL NOT REPAIR VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL.*AK

20020312SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY

DRIVER'S RESTRAINT WILL NOT LOCK INTO THE BUCKLE HARNESS. VEHICLE IS INCLUDED IN A MANUFACTURER RECALL; HOWEVER, DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WILL NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL.*AK *YD

20010424SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

RECALL NHTSA# 90V105000 I NEED FUNCTIONING SEATBELTS!!!*AK

20001120STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

THE LEFT FRONT FRAME RAIL HAS THREE MAJOR CRACKS BETWEEN THE STEERING GEAR BOX AND CROSS MEMBER(UNIBODY), CONSUMER NOTICED THIS WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT AND HEARING CLICKING AND POPPING NOISES. *SLC

20001020FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM

NEED ANY INFORMATION ON MY CAR PLEASE.

20000124SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE RED RELEASE BUTTON IS BROKEN, PREVENTING THE SEAT BELT FROM LOCKING IN THE BUCKLE HOSUING MECHANISM. ALSO, RECALL 90V105000 INVOLVED THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM. BUT, MANUFACUTRER REFUSED TO CORRECT THE RECALL . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

19990818SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

I HAVE QUESTIONS CONCERNING FIVE SEPARATE CAMPAIGN NUMBERS FROM THE NHTSA CONCERNING MY VEHICLE. THE ID #'S ARE AS FOLLOWS:84V093000, 90V105000, 85V169000, 84V011000, AND 91V055000. GENERAL MOTORS HAS A FILE # 990463549 UNDER MY NAME CONCERNING THESE SPECIFIC RECALLS WHICH THEY SAY ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO MY VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THESE COMPONENTS. I WAS HOPING YOU COULD ASSIST ME IN GETTING THESE ISSUES RESOLVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.

19990805EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT

CONSUMER PUT THE JACK UNDER INTO THE TWO HOLES UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE . CONSUMER WENT UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND THE CAR DROPPED ON HER. SHE WAS INJURED AND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. *AK

19990712CrashFatalSEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

SEAT BELT FAILED WHEN THERE WAS IMPACT FROM BEHIND.CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

19990621SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY

RECALL # 90V105000 INTERIOR SYSTEMS: ACTIVE RESTRAINTS: BELT BUCKLES: DEALER IS REFUSING TO HONOR RECALL NOTICE BECAUSE NO RECORD OF VIN # IN COMPUTER. CONSUMER RECEIVED NOTICE IN SEPTEMBER OF 1994, STATING THAT DEALER WOULD PERFORM REPAIRS ANY TIME DURING THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE AT NO CHARGE. *AK

19990226SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

RECALL WORK NOT COMPLETED ON THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR MECHANISM DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.

19990128STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

FRAME ON THE VEHICLE BROKE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO MAKE NOISE, SUCH AS POPPING AND KNOCKING SOUNDS WHEN TRYING THE STEERING WHEEEL. *AK

19981112STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

FRAME APPEARS TO HAVE A STRESS CRACK AT THE POINT WHERE THE STEERING BOX IS BOLTED TO IT. THE CAR IS NOT DRIVEN IN THE WINTER, HAS 75,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT, IS KEPT IN A GARAGE AND HAS NO RUST ON ANY PART OF THE FRAME OR BODY. ALSO IT WAS NEVER INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CRACK WAS DISCOVERED BY MY MERCHANIC WHEN THE STEERING STARTED TO DRIFT WHILE DRIVING. IT WAS FOUND THAT DUE TO THIS CRACK THE STEERING BOX MOVES BECAUSE THE FRAME IS NO LONGER RIGID AT THAT POINT.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many complaints does the 1984 CHEVROLET CAMARO have?
The 1984 CHEVROLET CAMARO has 40 NHTSA complaints, 2 crashes, 0 fires, 3 injuries, and 1 deaths reported.
What are the most common problems with the 1984 CHEVROLET CAMARO?
The most-complained component for the 1984 CHEVROLET CAMARO is SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY with 12 complaints. Other frequently reported areas include SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR and SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE.
Is the 1984 CHEVROLET CAMARO safe to buy?
Review the complaint history, crash and fire reports, safety ratings, and recall status on this page to make an informed decision. No NHTSA crash test rating is available for this model year. Compare with other model years using the links above.
Where does this data come from?
All complaint, recall, and safety rating data is sourced from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Complaints are filed by vehicle owners through NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation.

Vehicle Safety Guides

Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.