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2012 Buick Verano Research

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3 Recalls
106 Complaints
N/A Safety Rating
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Year Overall Front Crash Side Crash Rollover
2012 Not Rated Not Rated Not Rated Not Rated

⚠️ NHTSA Recalls (3)

The following safety recalls have been issued by NHTSA for the Buick Verano. If you own this vehicle, check your VIN at our VIN lookup tool or NHTSA.gov to see if your vehicle is affected.

2012 Model Year (3 recalls)

Campaign #14V300000 06/06/2014
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.

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.

Fix: 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.

Campaign #12V522000 31/10/2012
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.

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.

Fix: 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.

Campaign #13V023000 24/01/2013
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.

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.

Fix: 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.

💬 Consumer Complaints (106)

Real complaints filed with NHTSA by Buick Verano owners. These reports help identify common issues and potential safety concerns.

Most Reported Components

ComponentComplaints
ENGINE 34
AIR BAGS 21
STEERING 5
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 4
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 4
VISIBILITY/WIPER 3
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 3
STRUCTURE 2
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 2
2012 model • VISIBILITY/WIPER • 05/05/2026

Rear window shattered while driving. No rock or other damage. I just heard a loud bang and it exploded

2012 model • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM • 06/04/2024

NAV display and radio stopped working black screen blank

2012 model • ENGINE • 02/20/2024

On 2 separate occasions, I have gone through 4 quarts of oil in 2000 miles. No leaks as verified by mechanic. Just excessive burn. The check oil light does not come on to warn you and says I still have 50% oil life but almost bone dry.

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