Buyer Research

2022 Chevrolet Camaro — Should You Buy One?

Typical asking price: $30,000–$48,000. There is 1 high-severity known issue you need to know before handing over a check.

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Kestrel Take

Thirteen complaints is not a record you can rate a car on, and we are not pretending otherwise: it is a young, low-volume car that most owners have not had long enough to complain about. What is there points where the earlier sixth-gen years point — the ten-speed automatic (a back-ordered valve body, a delayed 1–2 shift, the 2025 wheel lock-up recall with parts owners could not get) and, once, the 6.2L V8 seizing its rod bearings at 14,000 miles with warranty refused over a tune. Confirm recall 25V148 is closed rather than mailed, drive the automatic from cold, and on a V8 ask directly whether it has ever been tuned; a car still inside its powertrain warranty with a clean dealer history is the safe way to buy a 2022.

What we checked

Checked against public records, 2026-09-25

NHTSA holds 13 owner complaints for the 2022 Chevrolet Camaro, and 1 recall campaign.

That is too small a record to read a pattern from, so we are not going to pretend otherwise — with numbers this low one owner moves the percentage by a lot. What has been filed is grouped under the engine (4), the transmission and drivetrain (3), airbags (2). Treat those as things to look at, not as the vehicle's known weaknesses. A thin file usually means few of these were sold or few owners filed. It is not evidence the vehicle is trouble-free, and the issues below are our own research rather than a reading of this record.

One recall campaign covers this model year. Recalls are repaired free, for any owner, with no time limit on most safety campaigns — but only if someone books it in. Ask the seller to show it was done, or have any dealer check the VIN; it takes them a couple of minutes and costs nothing.

Counts come from the NHTSA complaint and recall database — free, public, and worth checking yourself.

Known Issues for the 2022 Chevrolet Camaro

Ranked by wallet impact. These are documented, recurring problems — not freak accidents. How we decide that.

Ten-speed valve body on back-order, a delayed 1–2 shift, and the wheel lock-up recallHigh — wallet impact

The transmission shows up in both the engine and powertrain clusters on this thin record. One owner's car sat at a dealership for two months waiting on a valve body GM could not supply; another's brand-new LS developed a delayed, then abrupt, first-to-second shift that two dealer visits did not resolve; a third received the recall 25V148 letter — wheel lock-up while driving on 2020–2022 ten-speed cars, fixed with control-module monitoring software — and was told the part was unavailable. The 2021 Camaro record shows what these transmissions cost when they fail, so confirm the recall is actually closed on the VIN lookup and drive the car from cold: a delayed or slammed 1–2 shift on a car this new is a walk-away, not a negotiating point.

Repair cost: $0 with the recall — verify it was performed; $1,500–$3,500 for a valve body; $5,000–$8,500 for a transmission

Source: NHTSA complaints filed under the transmission and drivetrain (3); 1 NHTSA recall campaign on this model year.

One 6.2L V8 rod-bearing failure at 14,000 miles, warranty refused over a calibrationMedium

Four engine complaints. The one that matters: an owner's 6.2L seized its main and rod bearings at 14,000 miles and was refused warranty because the car carried an intake and a non-factory engine calibration. GM has recalled a version of the 6.2L in its trucks for bearing failures; the Camaro's LT1 is a different variant and is not in that recall, and one complaint does not make it a pattern, but it does make a tune on a V8 a warranty problem you inherit. The others: a stability-control light cycling with a check-engine light that a dealer blamed on fuel, a valve body that belongs in the transmission story, and a manual owner objecting to the clutch-plus-brake start interlock. Ask whether the car has been tuned, and pull the oil dipstick and look for glitter.

Repair cost (estimate): $8,000–$15,000 for a V8 engine outside warranty; $150–$500 for the stability and check-engine light diagnosis — about 38% of what this car is typically worth

Source: NHTSA complaints filed under the engine (4).

Shifter will not go into Park without going through Reverse first — a park switchLow

One owner's 2022 refuses to register Park unless the lever is moved to Reverse and back, with no warning light; the dealer called it a faulty switch. It is the same shifter-switch family that produces the 'shift to park' message on other sixth-gen years, and it matters because a car that thinks it is not in Park keeps its modules awake and can drain the battery. Shift into Park and switch off three times during your visit and make sure the dash goes dark each time.

Repair cost (estimate): $150–$450 for a shifter park switch

Source: not yet checked against public records.

Walk-Away Red Flags

✗Delayed or abrupt first-to-second shift on a cold drive
✗Recall 25V148 listed as open or 'remedy not yet available' on the VIN lookup
✗Seller admits to a tune or an aftermarket intake on a V8
✗Glitter on the oil dipstick or a knock from the bottom of the engine at idle
✗Airbag warning that stays lit after start-up

Good Signs

✓Recall 25V148 shown closed on the NHTSA VIN lookup
✓Still inside GM's 5-year/60,000-mile powertrain warranty with a dealer service history
✓Six-speed manual with a smooth, quiet take-up from cold
✓Smooth, even upshifts through all ten gears from a cold start
✓Factory airbox and a stock calibration confirmed by a dealer scan