Ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure on the 2015 Chevrolet Camaro
When ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure gets reported
Owners of the 2015 Chevrolet Camaro report ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure at a median of 40,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 35,000 miles and a quarter after 50,000 miles, from 14 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 85,000 miles. It is the 2nd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 20,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 65,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 40,800 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A window that narrow is the signature of a part that fails on its own schedule rather than on how the car is driven — which is usually a design or supplier problem rather than wear and tear.
29% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21,900 miles | 35,906 miles | 40,000 miles | 51,125 miles | 62,700 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 $250–$1,500 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 4 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2014, at a median of 20,000 miles, and latest on the 2013 at 95,000 miles.
By volume the 2015 is the worst of them, which makes this a problem of this specific year rather than of the model as a whole.
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.
When the vehicle is shifted into park and the key is cycled back to the off position, the key will not release from the ignition switch on the steering column. I contacted my dealer and they indicated that the 2015 camaro did not have any such issues reported and no recall was indicated. I believe the issue to be related to a faulty sensor or switch connection at the transmission, resulting in the vehicle computer or ignition switch not registering that the vehicle is actually in park. I turned the key to the on position (without starting the car) and cycled the gear shift back and forth a couple of times and switched the key back to the off position and the key was released. This is happening every day! Frustrating to say the least. If I can't get the key out, I can't lock the vehicle which would potentially result in my property or the vehicle itself being stolen. This problem applies while parked on a dry level surface and a sloped dry surface.
I was driving on a city street approaching and intersection with a green light and made a moving right had turn onto the perpendicular street. As I proceeded through the turn and started to allow my steering whee return to center in which the steering wheel is moving in a counterclockwise direction, the "paddle shifter" located on the right side of the steering wheel caught in the cavity / void in the key fob / remote entry fob and prevented the steering wheel from returning to center. I had a car on my rear while making the turn so I couldn't just stop, the car was now headed to the right curb and a concrete railroad bridge wall. I pulled on the wheel to the left to try to center the wheel and straighten the car but the wheel wasn't moving to the left. I gave a very hard pull to the left and heard my keys go flying across the car and the wheel was now free and I regained control of the car. After I had control of the car again I noticed that the key had broken from the excessive force I applied to free the steering wheel. This all happened in a few seconds in moving morning rush hour traffic. As soon as I was able I pulled over…
My steering wheel makes a squeaky noise whenever I make a turn. It started out only making the sound sporadically. It is now making the noise louder and every time I make a turn while driving and even when I turn the wheel while parked (I tested this to see if it would make the sound all the time). This has been happening since april 2018. As of the past two days, my key now gets stuck in the ignition when I cut the car off. The key will not turn all the way so that I can take it out.
Also reported on the 2015 Chevrolet Camaro
Other electrical problem
Other engine problem
Other powertrain problem
Seat belt or retractor failure
Stalling while driving
Tail light, brake light or signal failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 22 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 ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure happen on the 2015 Chevrolet Camaro?
Across 14 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 40,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 35,000 miles and a quarter after 50,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure on the 2015 Chevrolet Camaro?
22 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 25 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