2000 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 SS from North America - Comments

This car is absolutely the most pathetic excuse for craftsmanship I've ever seen:

4 Batteries Replaced.

2 Electric Window Motors in the Same Window.

1 Turn Signal Toggle Switch.

Oil Leak.

1 Rack and Pinion Replacement.

Do you see how many miles I've driven it so far? Only a little over 400. I've only put 3 tank fulls of gas in this thing and see what's all gone wrong? The rack and pinion is actually mind boggling to me. I've never even heard of one of those going out and I've driving some old junk before with high miles. My car has only 65,669 on it and the Rack and Pinion is too dangerous to drive. Wasn't that way when I bought it a mear 400 miles ago. Unbelievable...that's the only word I can say...Unbelievable...I will NEVER buy another GM product for that matter. NEVER and I will tell everyone I care about not to buy one of these. How people like these cars is beyond me. "Like a Rock, is fine if you're not going to go anywhere."

Car is fast when it runs... if it runs. I have the battery out of it right now to keep it from draining again. I have a pan under it catching oil. If any of you think I'm making this up, come over to my house and see the Camaro, it is crap! I thought that trying chevy and seeing what grass was like on the other side would be OK, but this is what I get! I'm going back to my old Mustangs, which I know aren't near as fast, but at least one of those things will start every time you run them and not leave you stranded 50 miles away from home when you take your wife out to a steak dinner.

Have you tried tracing the source of the battery drain???

Did you check for oil leaks before you bought the car?

Buying used vehicles is always a gamble - you really need to do your homework & check the car thoroughly before spending your hard-earned money.

Yeah, it's me, I wrote the review. I just started the car yesterday for the first time in a month or so, and lo and behold, it just ate another battery later on last night when I started it again.

The vehicle is now making motor noise and has leaked a bunch of oil at an alarming rate, backing it in and out of my driveway. Is this what General Motors is good for?

I'm still stuck driving my 1993 Toyota Corolla, my beater, or should I say the best car I've ever owned. I don't know, so frustrated I can't even put it into words. It's quite frankly, comical what's happened to me with this car. UNBELIEVABLE. NEVER AGAIN.

I have owned a 1996 Camaro SS for 8+ years. Intake manifold leaks are common in F-bodies and actually fairly inexpensive to fix. Head gasket leaks are uncommon, so I doubt this is the source of your oil leak.

Your car has burned through 4 batteries. Until you find the source of your battery drain (alternator?) stop dropping batteries into this car. Fix the problem, not the symptom!

Sports / muscle cars are not typically designed with reliability as it's strongest attribute. If you want reliability, keep buying Toyotas. Ford Mustangs are no more reliable than Camaros. Any UNBIASED technician will tell you the same. If you must have a sports / muscle car that performs and is noted for reliablity, seek out a C5 or C6 Corvette or a Japanese import (Nissan 350Z or Honda S2000 are good choices). The bottom line? Spend the time and money, within reason, to fix this SS. Once you troubleshoot this car, save it for sunny weekends and pile miles on your Toyota during the week. You are likely paying for the prior owner's neglect with this car. Hang in there!

I have another Chevy model, and what's weird is my starter would actually drain my battery cause it was bad. Try getting it checked.

To the dude who made the review. Yes you need to go back to the old 5.0 Mustangs. It's all I drive and they are so reliable, and yes they are not as strong as last Camaros, but with few mods man you'll be rolling and they're not expensive too mod. They take bolt-ons real good and are easy to work on, unlike the Camaros - they have 1/2 the motor under the freaken dash, and are so hard to tune up and distributer behind water pump? LOL come on. Plus Camaros will give you so many problems. like my brother's 99 Camaro. Look at the 5.0 reviews, 99 percent are good. And I mean 87 to 93 Mustangs. Best cars. I don't mean to trash on Camaros. Just 93 to 02. American muscle rules. Good luck.

My friend has a 2006 Mustang V6, and has also had battery issues. The car actually died a couple times while he was driving! You want to talk about dangerous?!?!

He however, used a battery charger, and got the problem fixed. His car doesn't even have 20k on it yet...

It isn't uncommon to find a Camaro SS that was abused. I recommend you buy a new car, or maybe one with less than 20k. You never know what the previous driver did to the car...

Hey man, I really think you've just had bad luck with the used car. I own a 2000 Z28 and have had almost no problems with the car, other than a few of my own doing, which were my fault for modding out the car, and just driving it way too hard.

The window motors going out are a known issue with these cars, so you would have noticed this if you did some research.

Now my dad owns a 95 Corvette, and he's had I think a total of 4 problems with it since he bought it, and the car now has almost 300k miles on it because he just drives and drives it. The only things he has replaced are the radiator once, the water pump once, and the heads once, because while he was having problems with the radiator, he let the car get too hot and warped them. The problems occurred over a time of probably 10 or 12 years now. This is fantastic for any car with over 200k miles on it, so don't knock GM as a whole because you had some insanely bad luck with one car.

You can't trash the car or GM for someone elses abuse. Obviously this car was beat on before you received it and 65K is a lot of miles if you drive the car hard. I have seen 5.0 Mustangs with under 10K miles on them with a second set of tires on the rear worn out from abuse... Always be thorough in your purchasing process when buying a high performance car used. I wouldn't even think of buying a Camaro with over 20K miles on it and it would only be from the original owner who was obsessed with taking care of it. You spend more up front but save money down the road on cars like that. Did you carfax it? Sounds like it may be an accident car if the steering rack broke and you have leaks.