GM has issued a Customer Satisfaction Program for the 2020-2024 Chevy Camaro in which dealers will reprogram the Body Control Module (BCM). We covered many, many, many thefts and attempted thefts of sixth-generation Chevy Camaro models throughout 2024 when many of them turned up in illegal sideshows. Since Camaro theft has been an unfortunate trend in recent years, we asked GM whether the reprogram would address the muscle car’s theft problem.
“This body control module software enhancement involves an important security update for certain model year 2020 to 2024 Chevrolet Camaros,” a GM spokesman said in a statement to GM Authority. “GM counters vehicle theft methods as they evolve. We regularly work with law enforcement agencies to identify emerging tactics that may affect our products and make updates as needed to defend against them.”
The Customer Satisfaction Program addressing the issue is a bit light on details. It describes the job as an “enhancement” to the Body Control Module. No new parts are required, and the reprogramming is estimated to take less than an hour.
GM Customer Satisfaction Program number N242447610 offers this remedy free of charge to current owners. It should also be applied to any affected Chevy Camaro units still lingering in dealership inventory. The program lasts through March 31st, 2028.
In other recent Chevy Camaro news, we reported earlier this month that GM issued a safety recall for certain units of the 2020-2022 Chevy Camaro that may be affected by a momentary wheel lock-up problem caused by a defective transmission control valve that wears much faster than it should. This issue specifically applies to models equipped with the GM Hydra-Matic 10-speed automatic transmission.
GM subsequently issued a Special Coverage program that extends the availability of this fix for affected Chevy Camaro units to 15 years or 150,000 miles, whichever occurs first, from the previous 10 years or 100,000 miles.
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So, what about us 2016-2018 owners? just get f'd?
Yeah pretty much 😂
Thank you GM for pushing this out even though the car is now extinct, there is still some care for past products. Now I can have a little bit piece of mind for my 2021.
ANY security enhancement SHOULD apply to ALL Gen 6 Camaro’s!
Radio and some other electronics changed with 2019 model year, may explain why 16-18 models are not included. Not making excuses for GM, just know they made major changes to limit what the aftermarket could modify.
My 22 was at the dealer for some warranty items the past week, they applied the update while they had it. Picked it up yesterday and drove it for a couple of hours. Waze through CarPlay was acting up and gave me a blank screen a few times and I had to reconnect the phone to clear it up each time, never had this issue before. I have my music on a flash drive and the radio “was indexing” the whole trip,, it’s taken several minutes before, but never several hours. The "Interior Spectrum Lighting" changed from red to blue while driving without me touching the controls for it. Anyone else see any sporadic issues since the update?
My car was in and out in under an hour, specifically for this update. They said I shouldn't notice a difference. I did notice later that day that my interior lighting went from blue to red at some point. I passed it off as a factory reset and changed it back. Thanks for the heads up. I'll keep an eye on things for a bit.
I thought an early software update was a risk in case there are bugs but if indeed the risk of theft is reduced with the update, it was a an easy decision. Thanks GM.
So, was the update to actually fix the issue with the thefts? It was a pretty cryptic reply from GM. I've already had the BCM update done, but it would be really nice to know if it's actually going to be safe to leave my car alone in a parking lot.