Chevrolet Cruze, Sonic +1 more: Air bags

Affects Chevrolet Cruze, Sonic, Camaro · 2012 — about 32K vehicles.

The hazard

If the bar and terminals are contacting each other at the time of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, that air bag will not deploy, increasing the driver's risk of injury.

What to do

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering wheel air bag coil, free of charge. The recall began on July 25, 2014. Chevrolet owners may contact GM at 1-800-222-1020. Buick owners may contact GM at 1-800-521-7300. Note: This is an expansion of recalls 12V-522 and 13V-023.

Critical — crash/injury risk now High — injury risk; see remedy Moderate — fix at next service Low — minor / informational