Buick Verano; Chevrolet Camaro, Cruze, Sonic (2012): Air bags
Recall 13V023000 · Jan 24, 2013 · General Motors LLC
4,167
vehicles affected
4,167
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 13V023000
- Date
- Jan 24, 2013
- Maker
- General Motors LLC
- Units affected
- 4,167
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Air bags
- Model years
- 2012
- Started by
- The safety regulator
- Hazard
- Crash risk
What is wrong
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2012 Chevrolet Camaro, Cruze and Sonic, and model year 2012 Buick Verano 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 air bag, that air bag will not deploy, increasing the driver's risk of injury.
The fix
Recall repairs are free of charge.
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering wheel air bag coil, free of charge. The safety recall began on February 13, 2013. Owners may contact General Motors at 1-800-521-7300.
Vehicles covered
4 models, 4 model years in all
Related pages
Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 13V023000?
4 models: Buick Verano (2012), Chevrolet Camaro (2012), Chevrolet Cruze (2012) and 1 more, about 4,167 vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 13V023000?
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering wheel air bag coil, free of charge. The safety recall began on February 13, 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 air bag, that air bag 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.