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Chevrolet Cruze · 2012

7 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V300000·2014-06-06

    GM Recalls 2012 Vehicles for Driver Air Bag Deployment Failure

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

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, BUICK CRUZE, SONIC, CAMARO, VERANO
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V360000·2013-08-15

    GM Recalls 2011-2012 Chevrolet Cruze for Brake Assist Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2011-2012 Chevrolet Cruze vehicles because the electric vacuum pump may fail, reducing brake assist and increasing crash risk.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET CRUZE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·12V522000·2012-10-31

    GM Recalls 2012 Buick Verano, Chevrolet Cruze, and Sonic for Air Bag Defect

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

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, BUICK CRUZE, SONIC, VERANO
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·12V288000·2012-06-22

    GM Recalls 2011-2012 Chevrolet Cruze Vehicles for Engine Fire Risk

    General Motors is recalling 2011 and 2012 Chevrolet Cruze vehicles because spilled oil may ignite near hot engine parts, posing a fire hazard.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET CRUZE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·12V289000·2012-06-22

    GM Recalls 2011-2012 Chevrolet Cruze for Fuel Tank Weld Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2011-2012 Chevrolet Cruze vehicles because missing welds on fuel tank brackets could allow the tank to come loose in a crash, potentially causing a fuel leak and fire.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET CRUZE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V502000·2016-07-05

    GM Recalls Vehicles for Ignition Key Removal and Rollaway Risk

    General Motors is recalling specific Buick, Chevrolet, and GMC vehicles because the ignition key may be removed without the transmission in Park, creating a rollaway hazard.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, BUICK, GMC EQUINOX, REGAL, CRUZE, TERRAIN
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V023000·2013-01-24

    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.

    Product
    BUICK — BUICK, CHEVROLET VERANO, CRUZE, SONIC, CAMARO
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • PE20011 Preliminary Evaluation · fuel/propulsion system
  • AQ12002 Audit Query · engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline
  • PE12010 Preliminary Evaluation · engine

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2011 · powertrain — 176 complaints, median 65,000 mi
  • 2012 · powertrain — 126 complaints, median 65,000 mi
    Includes 3 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2014 · engine — 118 complaints, median 70,000 mi
    Includes 3 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2013 · engine — 118 complaints, median 87,000 mi
    Includes 3 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2013 · powertrain — 108 complaints, median 49,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

916 manufacturer service bulletins across 10 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2019: 4.1/5 · 21 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2018: 3.6/5 · 109 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2017: 3.5/5 · 201 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2016: 3.3/5 · 249 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2015: 3.3/5 · 251 complaints · most complained-of: engine

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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