{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "General recall 12V522 (12261): Buick Verano, Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Sonic (2012)",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v522/",
  "summary": "Recall 12V522 (General Motors): If the bar and terminals are contacting each other at the time of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's front...",
  "excerpt": "Buick Verano, Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Sonic, model year 2012. Filed by General Motors LLC and reported to NHTSA on 31 October 2012. 2,949 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says 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. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls General Motors's own number for this recall: 12261. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V522 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways. Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “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.” 12V522 General Motors LLC Air Bags 31 October 2012 2012-2012 BUICK VERANO, CHEVROLET CRUZE, CHEVROLET SONIC If the bar and terminals are contacting each other at the time of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T14:48:48+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-17T06:27:53+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"General recall 12V522 (12261): Buick Verano, Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Sonic (2012)\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v522/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}