2012 Chevrolet Cruze air bags problems
34 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze — 4% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“The "service airbag" alert comes up every time the vehicle is turned on. My mechanic told me that this may have been due to a faulty seat belt. This car has never been in a collision, is clean title, and otherwise is in good working conditions. The estimate for this repair was $950 parts and labor.”
filed May 23, 2022
“I just recently had an accident, a deer ran out and hit me and I was going 60 mph. Once we impacted the airbag sensor came on and said airbags deployed. Then the sensor went off but you could smell the powder of the airbags but the airbags did not deploy.”
filed Sep 28, 2021
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- Driver side frontal air bag has a shorting bar which may intermittently contact the air…Campaign 14V300000 · Jun 6, 2014
- Driver side frontal air bag has a shorting bar which may intermittently contact the air…Campaign 13V023000 · Jan 24, 2013
- Driver side frontal air bag has a shorting bar which may intermittently contact the air…Campaign 12V522000 · Oct 31, 2012
Related service bulletins
This engineering informational bulletin provides process for a GM engineering study on curtain Takata Airbag Steering Wheel Modules and needs the used Takata airbags to be returned to GM.
PIE0877 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Oct 31, 2025
Air Bags problems in other Cruze years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 Cruze | 2 | 10% |
| 2018 Cruze | 8 | 7% |
| 2017 Cruze | 7 | 3% |
| 2016 Cruze | 21 | 9% |
| 2015 Cruze | 20 | 8% |
| 2014 Cruze | 75 | 11% |
| 2013 Cruze | 49 | 8% |
| 2011 Cruze | 40 | 5% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.