Recalls ·2012 Buick Verano

2012 Buick Verano recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recalls for the 2012 Buick Verano; the most frequently affected component is air bags. Owners filed 106 complaints, most often about engine. Among the 6 model years of this model in the database, 2012 ranks #2 for number of recalls.

Recalls3
Complaints106
Crashes reported2in stored complaints

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Recalls (3)

Air bagsCampaign 14V300000 · 06 Jun 2014

Problem: 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.

Risk: 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.

Remedy: 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.

Air bagsCampaign 13V023000 · 24 Jan 2013

Problem: 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.

Risk: 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.

Remedy: 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.

Air bagsCampaign 12V522000 · 31 Oct 2012

Problem: 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.

Risk: 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.

Remedy: 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 owners complain about

Share of the 40 most recent complaints stored for this model year, by component. Owners can list more than one component.

Engine22 · 55%
Air bags13 · 32%
Power train3 · 8%
Electrical system3 · 8%
Electronic stability control (esc)2 · 5%
Service brakes1 · 2%
Unknown or other1 · 2%
Fuel/propulsion system1 · 2%

When complaints were filed

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From owner complaints

Vehicle displays service airbag message intermittent while driving also does not show airbag is on for passenger

Air bags · Dec 2019 · NHTSA complaint record

While pulling into my home driveway, when i applied brakes . And the car started to accelerate causing me to hit my other vehicle and then the car proceeded into the side of my house . I just 2 days prior had my car inspected at firestone, i also just had new brakes and rotors replaced less than 5 months prior, also…

Air bags · Nov 2020 · NHTSA complaint record

My car has started to burn oil quickly in the past and I was bringing my car to get oil changes more frequently than the sticker was saying at the dealership. Recently my car showed no oil on the dipstick after my car stopped running. 2 quarts of oil was added and the oil only showed at the tip of the dipstick. My…

Engine · Nov 2021 · NHTSA complaint record

When im driveing and the passager is sitting next to me the airbag light says its off please have it service . Then it turn on for a couple of sec and it shuts off . Also my fog light nob is like melting around it very weird. Mybe the light it has around the nob is to strong dont know all driving is in the city

Air bags · Jun 2019 · NHTSA complaint record

How this year compares

Recalls per model year for this model.

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Source

Recall and complaint records from the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). A recall listed here may not apply to every vehicle of this model year — always check your VIN with NHTSA or a dealer.