NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Chevrolet Avalanche Recalls
The 2012 Chevrolet Avalanche has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Chevrolet Avalanche. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 36
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2012 Chevrolet Avalanche, 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 Chevrolet Avalanche
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V051000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 284,645
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V054000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,778,128
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013 Avalanche, 11 other models
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V827000
- Reported
- December 30, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 84,192
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Avalanche, 5 other models
2012 Chevrolet Avalanche complaints by year
NHTSA has received 36 owner complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Avalanche, the newest on May 5, 2024. Of these, 2 describe a crash (6%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Avalanche, the component group named most often is the air bags (17%), followed by the engine (8%) and the power train (8%).
2 of the 2012 Chevrolet Avalanche's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2012 Chevrolet Avalanche owners gave the mileage (25 complaints), the median was 44,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other17
- Air Bags6
- Engine3
- Power Train3
- Steering2
- Structure2
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Avalanche peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 7. 33% 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 Chevrolet Avalanche drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Avalanche year in the same window: 6th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Avalanche years.
The 36 complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Avalanche are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Avalanche by model year
Other 2012 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: May 5, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted