NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Chevrolet Tahoe Recalls
The 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe 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 Tahoe. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 178
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe, 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 Tahoe
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, 2013–2014 Tahoe, 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 Tahoe, 5 other models
2012 Chevrolet Tahoe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 178 owner complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe, the newest on April 24, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe, the component group named most often is the air bags (34%), followed by the structure (21%) and the electrical system (7%).
2 of the 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe owners gave the mileage (123 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other100
- Air Bags61
- Structure37
- Electrical System13
- Engine9
- Power Train7
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 43 | |
| 2017 | 29 | |
| 2018 | 21 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 21 | |
| 2021 | 24 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 43. 6% 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 Tahoe drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Tahoe year in the same window: 23rd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Tahoe years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 178 complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Tahoe by model year
Other 2012 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: April 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted