# NHTSA recall 12V522000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 12V522000
- Manufacturer's number: 12261
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2012\-10\-31
- Owners notified: 2013\-01\-11
- Component: AIR BAGS
- Units potentially affected: 2949

## 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 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.


## Notes

This is General Motors recall number 12261.Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2012 BUICK VERANO](/makes/buick/verano/2012/recalls.md)
- [2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE](/makes/chevrolet/cruze/2012/recalls.md)
- [2012 CHEVROLET SONIC](/makes/chevrolet/sonic/2012/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [PIE0877](/bulletins/11024955.md), 2025-11-05, Service bulletin
- [120941002A](/bulletins/10246609.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin
- [120941001A](/bulletins/10246608.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin
- [12261B](/bulletins/10245878.md), 2023-12-04, Service bulletin
- [12261A](/bulletins/10245877.md), 2023-12-04, Service bulletin
- [12261](/bulletins/10245876.md), 2023-12-04, Service bulletin
- [120941002B](/bulletins/10245787.md), 2023-12-04, Service bulletin
- [120941002](/bulletins/10245786.md), 2023-12-04, Service bulletin
- [120941001](/bulletins/10245785.md), 2023-12-04, Service bulletin
- [PIT5994](/bulletins/10234237.md), 2023-04-17, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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