Buick / Chevrolet recall: Air bags
What is wrong
General Motors is recalling certain model year 2012 Buick Verano, Chevrolet Cruze, and Chevrolet Sonic vehicles. The driver side frontal air bag has a shorting bar which may intermittently contact the air bag terminals.
What could happen
If the bar and terminals are contacting each other at the time of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal airbag, that airbag will not deploy, increasing the driver's risk of injury.
The fix
General Motors will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering wheel airbag coil, free of charge. The safety recall began on January 11, 2013. Owners may contact General Motors at 1-800-521-7300.
Vehicles covered
- Buick Verano 2012
- Chevrolet Cruze 2012
- Chevrolet Sonic 2012
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 12V522000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- General Motors LLC
- Reported to NHTSA
- Oct 31, 2012
- Owners notified
- Jan 11, 2013
- Vehicles or items affected
- 2,949
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- –
- Part
- Air bags
- Maker's own recall number
- 12261
Notes
This is General Motors recall number 12261.Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Other recalls for the same vehicles
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- Buick / Cadillac / Chevrolet and more recall: Power train Oct 29, 2020
- Buick / Cadillac / Chevrolet and more recall: Service brakes, hydraulic Aug 30, 2018
- Chevrolet recall: Fuel system, gasoline May 10, 2018
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.