{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"13V023000","date":"2013-01-24","owner_notified":"2013-02-13","manufacturer":"General Motors LLC","component":"AIR BAGS","summary":"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.","consequence":"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.","notes":"This is General Motors recall number 12261 and is an expansion of NHTSA recall 12V-522.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.","mfr_campaign":"12261","part_number":null,"units":4167,"completion":{"kind":"quarterly","report_number":9,"period_from":"2015-1","period_to":"2015-1","submitted":"2015-05-05","involved":4167,"remedied":3602,"unreachable":25,"removed":0,"remedied_percent":86,"as_of":"2026-10-19"},"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"french":null,"vehicles":[{"year":2012,"make":"BUICK","model":"VERANO","vehicle_id":"2012_buick_verano","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2012,"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"CAMARO","vehicle_id":"2012_chevrolet_camaro","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2012,"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"CRUZE","vehicle_id":"2012_chevrolet_cruze","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2012,"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"SONIC","vehicle_id":"2012_chevrolet_sonic","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null}],"may_apply":true,"as_of":"2026-10-19","lookup":{"nhtsa":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls","tc":"https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng","maker":null},"attribution":[],"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/13V023000"}