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Buick Verano Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 11 safety recalls and 441 owner complaints across 6 model years of the Buick Verano (2012–2017). The most-complained-about year is 2013.

11
safety recalls, all years
441
owner complaints, all years
2014
year with most recalls
2013
year with most complaints

Pick your Buick Verano model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2017 Buick Verano19
2016 Buick Verano259
2015 Buick Verano059
2014 Buick Verano6101
2013 Buick Verano3107
2012 Buick Verano3106

What Buick Verano owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 441 complaints with NHTSA. The 2013 model year has the most, with 107.

All Buick Verano recalls (11)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Buick Verano, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Air bags: side/window

    NHTSA 25V764000 Reported 2,099 vehicles potentially affected General Motors, LLC

    General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2014 Buick Verano and Chevrolet Cruze vehicles. The left and/or right-side roof-rail air bag (RRAB) inflators located on the roof rails above the headliner, may rupture at the inflator weld joint.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the left and/or right-side RRAB modules, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 5, 2025. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300 or Chevrolet customer…

    Model years: 2014

  2. Air bags: side/window

    NHTSA 23V870000 Reported 20,712 vehicles potentially affected General Motors, LLC

    General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2014 Buick Verano and Chevrolet Cruze vehicles. The left and/or right-side roof-rail air bag (RRAB) inflators may rupture at the inflator weld joint. This recall is an expansion of Recall 23V-674.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the left and/or right-side RRAB modules as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 22, 2024. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300 and Chevrolet…

    Model years: 2014

  3. Air bags: side/window

    NHTSA 23V674000 Reported 9,264 vehicles potentially affected General Motors, LLC

    General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2014 Buick Verano and Chevrolet Cruze vehicles. The left and/or right-side roof-rail air bag (RRAB) inflators located on the roof rails above the headliner, may rupture at the inflator weld joint.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the left and/or right-side RRAB modules, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 12, 2024. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300 or Chevrolet customer…

    Model years: 2014

  4. Inflator module (air bags)

    NHTSA 23V516000 Reported 767 vehicles potentially affected General Motors, LLC

    General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2013 Buick Verano, Chevrolet Camero, Sonic, and Volt vehicles. The driver-side air bag inflator may explode during deployment due to a manufacturing defect.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the driver-side air bag module, free of charge. On some 2013 Volt vehicles, the steering wheel will be replaced as well, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 23, 2023.…

    Model years: 2013

  5. Hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (fuel system)

    NHTSA 16V595000 Reported 189 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2016 Buick Verano vehicles manufactured February 16, 2016, to May 12, 2016, equipped with a 2.0 liter turbocharged engine. The engine fuel line assembly may be misrouted, allowing the fuel line to contact the surface of the engine.

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel line assembly, free of charge. The recall began on August 19, 2016. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300. GM's number for this recall is…

    Model years: 2016

  6. Ignition (electrical system) and power train: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)

    NHTSA 16V502000 Reported 8,367 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Buick Verano and 2016 Chevrolet Malibu as the electronic park lock lever may allow the ignition key to be removed without the transmission being in PARK. Also, certain 2013 Buick Encore, 2011 Buick Regal, 2013-2014 Buick Verano, 2011-2016 Chevrolet Cruze, 2010-2013…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and if necessary replace the key cylinder lock housing, free of charge. The recall began on October 14, 2016. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at…

    Model years: 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017

  7. Electrical (equipment)

    NHTSA 14V417000 Reported 2,990 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Buick Encore all-wheel-drive vehicles manufactured August 23, 2012, to September 9, 2013; Verano vehicles manufactured August 8, 2012, to June 20, 2013; Chevrolet Cruze vehicles manufactured August 7, 2012, to August 16, 2013, and 2012-2014 Chevrolet Sonic vehicles…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the engine oil pan/block heater cord with a new cord that is rated for temperatures of minus 40 degree Celsius. The recall began in August 2014. Owners may contact Buick…

    Model years: 2013, 2014

  8. Air bags

    NHTSA 14V300000 Reported 31,520 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2012 Buick Verano vehicles manufactured December 2, 2011 to July, 16, 2012, Chevrolet Cruze vehicles manufactured December 7, 2011 to July 25, 2012, Chevrolet Sonic vehicles manufactured December 5, 2011 to August 2, 2012, and Chevrolet Camaro vehicles manufactured December 1, 2011…

    Remedy: 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…

    Model years: 2012

  9. Automatic transmission (power train)

    NHTSA 14V092000 Reported 355 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2014 Buick Regal, LaCrosse, Verano, and Enclave, and Chevrolet Impala, Malibu, Cruze, and Traverse, and GMC Acadia vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions. In the affected vehicles, the transmission shift cable adjuster may disengage from the transmission shift lever. As…

    Remedy: General Motors will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace any affected transmission shift cable adjusters, free of charge. The recall began on April 10, 2014. Chevrolet owners may contact General Motors…

    Model years: 2014

  10. Air bags

    NHTSA 13V023000 Reported 4,167 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2012 Chevrolet Camaro, Cruze and Sonic, and model year 2012 Buick Verano vehicles. The driver side frontal air bag has a shorting bar which may intermittently contact the air bag terminals.

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering wheel air bag coil, free of charge. The safety recall began on February 13, 2013. Owners may contact General Motors at 1-800-521-7300.

    Model years: 2012

  11. Air bags

    NHTSA 12V522000 Reported 2,949 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors is recalling certain model year 2012 Buick Verano, Chevrolet Cruze, and Chevrolet Sonic vehicles. The driver side frontal air bag has a shorting bar which may intermittently contact the air bag terminals.

    Remedy: General Motors will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering wheel airbag coil, free of charge. The safety recall began on January 11, 2013. Owners may contact General Motors at 1-800-521-7300.

    Model years: 2012

Other Buick models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.