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NHTSA campaign 13V023000 · Manufacturer campaign 12261

Buick and Chevrolet Recall 13V-023: Driver Side Frontal Air bag may not Deploy

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 13V023000 (Manufacturer campaign 12261) was reported by General Motors LLC on January 24, 2013, with 4,167 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Buick Verano, Chevrolet Camaro, Chevrolet Cruze and more for the 2012 model year. Owners were notified on February 13, 2013, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 13V023000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

To see whether a specific vehicle is included and still needs the repair, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
13V023000 (also written 13V-023 or 13V023)
Filed by
General Motors LLC
Manufacturer campaign number
12261
Report received
Potentially affected
4,167 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Air Bags
Owners notified

Repair completion: 86.44% (latest rate the manufacturer reported to NHTSA; dataset updated October 21, 2026)

NHTSA cautions against comparing completion rates across recalls or manufacturers. How try.vin reads them.

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 13V023000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Buick

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Chevrolet

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 13V023000.

Defect description

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.

Safety 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.

Manufacturer 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.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 13V023000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.