NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Chevrolet Camaro Recalls
The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 23, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Chevrolet Camaro. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 113
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Chevrolet Camaro, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro
Seats: front assembly: power adjust
- Campaign
- 14V447000
- Reported
- July 23, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 414,333
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Camaro, 5 other models
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V346000
- Reported
- June 20, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 464,712
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013–2014 Camaro
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
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 19E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013–2015 Camaro
2012 Chevrolet Camaro complaints by year
NHTSA has received 113 owner complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro, the newest on July 23, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (9%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro, the component group named most often is the electrical system (24%), followed by the engine (23%) and the air bags (19%).
2 of the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro's 5 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2012 Chevrolet Camaro owners gave the mileage (84 complaints), the median was 34,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System27
- Engine26
- Air Bags22
- Power Train15
- Structure11
- Steering8
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 17 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 17. 48% 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 Camaro drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Camaro year in the same window: 8th highest of the 14 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 113 complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Camaro by model year
Other 2012 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: July 23, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted