Vehicle
7 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
General Motors is recalling 21,567 model year 2012 Chevrolet Sonic vehicles because the transmission turbine shaft may fracture, potentially limiting speed or causing the vehicle to coast.
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.
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.
General Motors is recalling 2012 Chevrolet Sonic vehicles because a front brake pad may be missing, which could reduce braking performance and increase crash risk.
General Motors is recalling specific 2012-2014 Buick and Chevrolet vehicles because insulation on the engine block heater cord can damage in cold weather, exposing wires.
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.
General Motors is recalling 2012 Chevrolet Sonic vehicles because the windshield washer hose may separate, preventing washer fluid from reaching the windshield and increasing crash risk.
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.
2 trims tested for 2012; overall ratings can differ by trim.
View on NHTSA.govSource: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
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.
792 manufacturer service bulletins across 9 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
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.