Buick Verano; Chevrolet Camaro, Cruze, Sonic (2012): Air bags
Recall 14V300000 · Jun 6, 2014 · General Motors LLC
31,520
vehicles affected
31,520
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 14V300000
- Date
- Jun 6, 2014
- Maker
- General Motors LLC
- Units affected
- 31,520
- 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 Buick Verano vehicles manufactured December 2, 2011 to July, 16, 2012, Chevrolet Cruze vehicles manufactured December 7, 2011 to July 25, 2012, Chevrolet Sonic vehicles manufactured December 5, 2011 to August 2, 2012, and Chevrolet Camaro vehicles manufactured December 1, 2011 to June 11, 2012. 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 recall began on July 25, 2014. Chevrolet owners may contact GM at 1-800-222-1020. Buick owners may contact GM at 1-800-521-7300. Note: This is an expansion of recalls 12V-522 and 13V-023.
Vehicles covered
4 models, 4 model years in all
Related pages
Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 14V300000?
4 models: Buick Verano (2012), Chevrolet Camaro (2012), Chevrolet Cruze (2012) and 1 more, about 31,520 vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 14V300000?
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering wheel air bag coil, free of charge. The recall began on July 25, 2014. Chevrolet owners may contact GM at 1-800-222-1020. Buick owners may contact GM at 1-800-521-7300. Note: This is an expansion of recalls 12V-522 and 13V-023.
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.