NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Buick Verano Recalls
The 2013 Buick Verano has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 27, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 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
- 107
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 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 2013 Buick Verano
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 23V516000
- Reported
- July 27, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 767
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 16V502000
- Reported
- July 5, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,367
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2016–2017 Verano, 6 other models
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 14V417000
- Reported
- July 2, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,990
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Verano, 3 other models
2013 Buick Verano complaints by year
NHTSA has received 107 owner complaints about the 2013 Buick Verano, the newest on August 12, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Buick Verano, the component group named most often is the engine (31%), followed by the electrical system (21%) and the air bags (17%).
1 of the 2013 Buick Verano's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2013 Buick Verano owners gave the mileage (77 complaints), the median was 35,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine33
- Electrical System23
- Air Bags18
- Steering14
- Unknown Or Other14
- Power Train13
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 21 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 15 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2013 Buick Verano peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 21. 43% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Buick Verano drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Buick Verano year in the same window: 1st highest of the 5 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 107 complaints about the 2013 Buick Verano are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Buick Verano by model year
Other 2013 Buick models
Newest record on this page: August 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted