NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Buick Verano Recalls
The 2012 Buick Verano has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 6, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Buick Verano. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 106
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2012 Buick Verano, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2012 Buick Verano
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V300000
- Reported
- June 6, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 31,520
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 13V023000
- Reported
- January 24, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,167
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 12V522000
- Reported
- October 31, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,949
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2012 Buick Verano complaints by year
NHTSA has received 106 owner complaints about the 2012 Buick Verano, the newest on May 5, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (8%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Buick Verano, the component group named most often is the engine (45%), followed by the air bags (25%) and the electrical system (15%).
3 of the 2012 Buick Verano's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2012 Buick Verano owners gave the mileage (75 complaints), the median was 56,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine48
- Air Bags27
- Electrical System16
- Steering9
- Power Train7
- Vehicle Speed Control7
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2012 Buick Verano peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 19. 29% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Buick Verano drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Buick Verano year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 5 ranked years.
The 106 complaints about the 2012 Buick Verano are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Verano by model year
Other 2012 Buick models
Newest record on this page: May 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted