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.

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.

Actions

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.

Documents (15)

• Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)
• Quarterly Performance Report
• Quarterly Performance Report
• Defect Notice(Part 573)
• Manufacturer Notices(to Dealers,etc)
• Recall Acknowledgement
• Quarterly Performance Report
• Quarterly Performance Report
• Quarterly Performance Report
• Defect Notice(Part 573) - amended
• Recall Quarterly Report - 2014-Q3
• Quarterly Performance Report
• Remedy Instructions and TSB
• Recall Quarterly Report - 2015-Q1
• Recall Quarterly Report 2014-Q4

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