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Recalls Watch

Vehicle recalls

Campaigns NHTSA received in the last twelve months for the models this site follows. For any other vehicle, use the lookup by make, model and year.

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To check one vehicle, use the lookup by make, model and year or the VIN lookup. Both ask NHTSA at the moment you search.

36 vehicles notices, newest first

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Hazard and remedy text is quoted from the agency, unedited. The red tag names the kind of risk with a word from that text. Every notice links to its official page.

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About vehicle recalls

How a vehicle recall works

A safety recall starts when a manufacturer or NHTSA decides that a vehicle, or a piece of its equipment, has a defect that affects safety or does not meet a federal standard. The manufacturer files a report with NHTSA, which gives the campaign a number such as 26V578000: the year, a letter for the type of product, and a sequence.

Owners are notified by mail, and the repair is done by dealers at no charge. The letter can arrive weeks after the campaign is filed, because parts have to be available first. That gap is the reason to look the campaign up instead of waiting for the letter.

Reading a campaign

Each campaign has three texts written by the manufacturer and published by NHTSA: the summary (which vehicles and what the defect is), the consequence (what can happen) and the remedy (what the dealer will do and when). This site shows the three as published.

Some campaigns carry an advisory. “Do not drive” and “park outside” are the two that matter most: they tell you to change how you use the vehicle today, before any repair.

Questions and answers

Why are only some models listed here?

The collector follows a fixed set of common models and their recent model years. Every other vehicle is covered by the lookup, which asks NHTSA at the moment of the search.

Do recalls expire?

The recall itself does not expire and follows the vehicle, not the owner. The legal duty to repair it for free covers vehicles up to 15 years old when the defect is determined; many manufacturers repair older ones as well. Tires have a short deadline to claim the free remedy after the notice.

Does a recall mean I should stop driving?

Only when the campaign says so. Most campaigns ask you to schedule a repair. A “do not drive” advisory is shown at the top of the campaign when NHTSA attached one.

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