NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Chevrolet Colorado Recalls
The 2012 Chevrolet Colorado has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 19, 2012.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Chevrolet Colorado. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 42
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2012 Chevrolet Colorado, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2012 Chevrolet Colorado
Latches/locks/linkages: hood: latch
- Campaign
- 12V594000
- Reported
- December 19, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 118,800
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 113, hood latch
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Colorado, 1 other model
Seat belts: front
- Campaign
- 11V552000
- Reported
- November 17, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,593
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2012 Chevrolet Colorado complaints by year
NHTSA has received 42 owner complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Colorado, the newest on July 28, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (7%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Colorado, the component group named most often is the air bags (21%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the engine (19%).
None of the 2012 Chevrolet Colorado's 2 recalls concerns the air bags.
Where 2012 Chevrolet Colorado owners gave the mileage (31 complaints), the median was 43,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags9
- Electrical System8
- Engine8
- Service Brakes7
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)5
- Steering5
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Colorado peaked in 2012, when NHTSA received 6. 40% 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 Colorado drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Colorado year in the same window: 14th highest of the 15 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Colorado years.
The 42 complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Colorado are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Colorado by model year
Other 2012 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: July 28, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted