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2012 Chevrolet Sonic service brakes problems

14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic4% of all complaints for this model year.

14
Service Brakes complaints
4%
share of all complaints
37,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
5 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My 2012 chevrolet sonic was involved in an automobile accident resulting in injury to me because my airbags did not deploy. There were several recall campaigns on the vehicle that did not come up under my vin.campaign id 12v52200, campaign id 13v023000, campaign id14v315000, campaign id 14v317000…

    filed Jan 26, 2017

  • On 1/31/2016 a vehicle pulled out in front of me. The first and biggest issue was the airbag never went off and the seat belt tensioners did not lock the belts either. I went forward and hit my head on the steering wheel rendering me unconscious!!! Almost the whole front end had to be replaced…

    filed Jan 8, 2017

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Related recalls

Service Brakes problems in other Sonic years

YearReportsShare
2017 Sonic25%
2016 Sonic24%
2015 Sonic33%
2014 Sonic64%
2013 Sonic115%
Sonic service brakes problems by year →

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.