It might not be a good idea to do any high-speed runs in your new Camaro

Alessandro · 05-05-2009, 11:31 AM

A Planet LSX forum member's posted a report with photos of the new Chevy Camaro with a crack on the front fascia's big upper brow reportedly attributed to a high-speed run. UPDATE BELOW.

The cracks, which appear on both sides of the big upper brow of the nose of the new Camaro, were attributed to a high speed run — 155 MPH — earlier in the week. Here's the full report:

While I was doing the photo shoot on a 2010 Camaro SS this past Friday, we noticed some cracks forming at the upper corners of the grille. The tech that was assisting us during the shoot said that those happened during a top speed run earlier that week. The car achieved 155 mph, and apparently it lifted the upper part of the nose enough to form the cracks. I'm not sure if this problem has been addressed, or even mentioned before. Surely it can be something that GM can fix by adding more bracing perhaps, or a thicker nose molding. This 2010 SS was a production car, only a week old, so this concerns me.
It might not be a good idea to do any high-speed runs in your new Camaro, at least until we understand the problem and how to fix it first.

Nevermind the high speed runs, maybe it'd also be a good idea to make sure you don't encounter any stiff winds. Match this nose-cone issue up with the slapped-on brake weights issue and Camaro crap-out we reported last week and you've got yourself a couple of cracks in the otherwise perfect fan-boy fascia of the Camaro

Crimson92 · 05-05-2009, 11:32 AM

think of it as a self made air brake

FStop7 · 05-05-2009, 12:12 PM

GM, masters of the failverse.

Yearofthe1 · 05-05-2009, 12:54 PM

But UAW union workers make 3 times more than their Japanese counterparts, why should they be building high quality cars?

Spec 1 · 05-05-2009, 01:08 PM

This is not good news for GM if true.

jeremyc74 · 05-05-2009, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Yearofthe1

But UAW union workers make 3 times more than their Japanese counterparts, why should they be building high quality cars?

This is a design issue, and the UAW has nothing to do with it.

canucklion · 05-05-2009, 02:28 PM

picture

BillLee · 05-05-2009, 02:35 PM

damn. still a nice looking car though

marty_mcfly · 05-05-2009, 02:57 PM

lol first we have Z06 roofs flying off now this

Genro757 · 05-05-2009, 03:00 PM

FAIL...GM!

canucklion · 05-05-2009, 03:01 PM

I guess it's not a good idea to drive the new Camaro past 40 miles:
http://jalopnik.com/5232715/first-ca...rom-dealership

Also their brake caliper seemed to be rushed onto production too soon:
http://jalopnik.com/5222908/2010-che...-brake-weights

Hopefully they're address these issues as wel speak, it's a nice looking car and could potentially save GM

ragingclue · 05-05-2009, 03:21 PM

Wow. This wasn't caught at any point in testing during the years and years GM was developing this damn thing? All that extra time, and problems like this....

jeremyc74 · 05-05-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by marty_mcfly

lol first we have Z06 roofs flying off now this

At least the fuel pumps are holding up.

guardianangel3290 · 05-05-2009, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jeremyc74

At least the fuel pumps are holding up.

hahaha

MrRoboto · 05-05-2009, 07:51 PM

When 1960s style and 2009 performance meet.

jeremyc74 · 05-07-2009, 10:13 PM

Seems this wasn't a customer car that had this issue.

Quote:

UPDATE: We've now heard back from Planet LSX's source at GM: "Apparently this was an early production nose, slapped on to get it to Hennessey for parts development. The issue has been addressed and repaired on other cars. Something about a bolted bracket not being installed properly." Glad to hear that! [Planet LSX via Camaro5]

335ifanatic · 05-07-2009, 11:46 PM

Well you get what you pay for. Shame really because I really like the new Camaro.

quagmire · 05-08-2009, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by 335ifanatic

Well you get what you pay for. Shame really because I really like the new Camaro.

And you completely ignored the post above yours didn't you?

Kenix · 05-08-2009, 12:13 AM

I don't understand how a crack like that forms. At first I thought it was a crack forming between the front bumper panel and the front three quarters, but this totally different. Even if it's a pre-production nose, this is pretty outrageous.

335ifanatic · 05-08-2009, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quagmire

And you completely ignored the post above yours didn't you?

I was talking in general about the build quality.

blklacker · 05-08-2009, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeremyc74

At least the fuel pumps are holding up.

Yeah but I rather have the lesser of two evils.. I'll take fuel pump over my car literally falling apart after driving too fast..could you image the compound damage this would cause after 5k miles.

Another note..that's not the nose of the car that's the freaking front corner of the car. The crack is spreading dam near the hood. They may have a serious design flaw scary stuff. Driving a 4,000lb 400+hp car that falling apart..that takes some balls. ill pass

exidisjon · 05-08-2009, 01:37 AM

GM's aeroDAMit..Not good.

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