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2012 Buick Verano — Problems, Recalls & Complaints

Aggregated from NHTSA safety recalls and owner complaints. Data updated daily from federal databases.

3
Open Recalls
106
Owner Complaints
4
Reported Injuries
0
Reported Deaths
53
Fair
Reliability Score (0–100)
Declining -80%
Complaint Trend
2 last 24mo vs 10 prior

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2012 Buick Verano Safety Recalls (3)

14V30000006/06/2014
AIR BAGS

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.

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.

12V52200031/10/2012
AIR BAGS

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.

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.

13V02300024/01/2013
AIR BAGS

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.

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.

Most Common Problems Reported for 2012 Buick Verano

ENGINE
34
AIR BAGS
21
STEERING
5
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
4
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE
4
VISIBILITY/WIPER
3
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE
3
STRUCTURE
2

Based on 106 owner complaints filed with NHTSA

Safety Incident Summary

8
Crash-Involved Complaints
4
Reported Injuries
0
Reported Deaths

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