1997 Chevrolet Camaro defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1997 Chevrolet Camaro. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• FUEL TUBE RETAINING CLIP FAILURE
  Engineering Analysis EA97024 · opened Nov 13, 1997 · closed Sep 29, 1998

  Most of the reports reviewed in this investigation are fire incidents in which fuel leakage has been alleged as the cause or the area of origin is consistent with the alleged defect.there is no evidence that the subject clip was a factor in any of these fire incidents and nhtsa testing indicates thatbroken or dislodged…

• FUEL TUB RETAINING CLIP FAILURE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE97036 · opened Jul 24, 1997 · closed Nov 13, 1997

  Owners have reported failures of the fuel tube retention clip that attaches to the plastic throttle linkage cover.according to gm, the subject retention clip (p/n 12048089) was implemented in production on october 12, 1993, to address a concern with incorrect assembly plant fuel line routing.mis-routed fuel tubes may f…