Other powertrain problem on the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro
When other powertrain problem gets reported
Owners of the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro report other powertrain problem at a median of 15,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 5,000 miles and a quarter after 85,000 miles, from 11 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 92,000 miles. It is the 5th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 1,200 miles at the tenth percentile to 145,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 142,800 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
64% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,200 miles | 6,650 miles | 13,000 miles | 85,500 miles | 144,000 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $400–$4,500 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 14 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2002, at a median of 7 miles, and latest on the 2015 at 30,000 miles.
By volume the 2017 carries the most reports, with 37; the 2011 has 14. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Second gear grind . 2011 camaro ls. Six speed transmission. Second gear grind occurs with every up shift or down shift . This occurs during acceleration and deceleration. At times car will not go into second gear at all causing concern for safety . I have contacted gm who has addressed the issue once but the repair was made with the same defective products. The issue returned after 3,000 miles. The attempted repair was. Synchronizers, new first and second gears, ball bearings and forks. Again after 3,000 miles the grind and second gear failure has returned and what appears to be worse then the first time. My car has not been modified and is full stock. *tr
After only 12,500 miles and 9 months, the clutch in my 2011 v6 camaro ls burnt out. The dealership is telling me that it looks like I drove it "aggressively." I have not, as it is my only vehicle and I obviously need it for work. They are not covering the clutch because it is 500 miles over my "wearable parts warranty." now I have sent an email complaining about the issue to chevrolet and they are sending a regional technician out to look at the car. But the fact remains that this is a common issue (check the camaro5.com forums) and should be fixed somehow. *tr
When merging into high speed traffic the transmission grinds/rejects second gear in the manual transmission causing the car to jerk and slow down unexpectedly. I almost was in a accident due to the missed shift.
Also reported on the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro
Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault
Other body or interior problem
Other electrical problem
Other engine problem
Other wheel or tire problem
Airbag failed to deploy in a crash
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 14 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other powertrain problem happen on the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro?
Across 11 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 15,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 5,000 miles and a quarter after 85,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other powertrain problem on the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro?
14 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.3 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed