21V246000
AIR BAGS:CRITICAL FASTENERS
Unsecured side curtain air bags may not perform as intended, increasing the risk of injury.
2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE
5 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 587 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints587
Complaints citing a crash16
Complaints citing a fire4
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 5 of 5
15V415000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
If the open liftgate unexpectedly falls, it may strike a person, increasing their risk of injury.
14V266000
SEAT BELTS
If the steel cable becomes fatigued and separates, the seatbelt may not properly restrain the seat occupant increasing the risk of an injury in a crash.
14V118000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
Failure of the side impact air bags and seat belt pretensioners to deploy in a crash increase the risk of injury to the driver and front seat occupant.
12V151000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
IF THIS OCCURS, DRIVER VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
What owners report most
- 115ENGINE
- 84ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 62STEERING
- 47AIR BAGS
- 47ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 46POWER TRAIN
- 37VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 35UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.