The Recall Desk
Our severity:HighNHTSA·13V023000·Announced 2013-01-24

GM Recalls Certain 2012 Vehicles for Driver Air Bag Deployment Risk

General Motors is recalling certain 2012 Chevrolet Camaro, Cruze and Sonic, and Buick Verano vehicles because a driver air bag may fail to deploy in a crash.

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: Score 3 applies because this is a risk-of-harm vehicle defect, and the notice includes no injury report. The defect can prevent driver frontal air bag deployment in a qualifying crash, increasing injury risk.

Plain-English summary

General Motors is recalling certain model year 2012 Chevrolet Camaro, Cruze and Sonic, and Buick Verano vehicles. A shorting bar in the driver-side frontal air bag may intermittently contact the air bag terminals.

If contact occurs during a crash that requires the driver's frontal air bag to deploy, the air bag will not deploy, increasing the driver's risk of injury. GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering wheel air bag coil free of charge. The recall began February 13, 2013. Owners may contact GM at 1-800-521-7300.

The recalled product

Product
CHEVROLET, BUICK CRUZE, SONIC, CAMARO, VERANO
Brand
CHEVROLET
Manufacturer
General Motors LLC
Category
Vehicle — Driver frontal air bag
Hazard
Affected units
4,167

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Model numbers (4)

  • CRUZE
  • SONIC
  • CAMARO
  • VERANO

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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