Buick Verano; Chevrolet Cruze, Sonic (2012): Air bags
Recall 12V522000 · Oct 31, 2012 · General Motors LLC
2,949
vehicles affected
2,949
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 12V522000
- Date
- Oct 31, 2012
- Maker
- General Motors LLC
- Units affected
- 2,949
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Air bags
- Model years
- 2012
- Started by
- The maker
- Hazard
- Crash risk
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 can 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
Recall repairs are free of charge.
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
3 models, 3 model years in all
Related pages
Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 12V522000?
3 models: Buick Verano (2012), Chevrolet Cruze (2012), Chevrolet Sonic (2012), about 2,949 vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 12V522000?
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.
What can 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.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. A dealer can tell whether a single vehicle still needs the repair.