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Look up a recall by its number

Type the number printed on a recall notice. The record is read from the agency that issued it, at the moment you search, and shown in the agency’s own words.

Agency

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Which number is which

Each agency numbers its recalls in its own way, and a recall letter often carries more than one number. The number of the manufacturer (“Honda recall X95”, “Safety Recall 24S12”) is internal to the company. The agencies index their own:

  • CPSC uses a five-digit number such as 26789, where the first two digits are the fiscal year. Its notices show it as “Recall number”, usually written with a dash: 26-789.
  • FDA gives each recall event a number such as 99737, and each product inside the event a recall number such as H-1339-2026. This lookup takes the event number; the product numbers are listed on the notice.
  • NHTSA uses campaign numbers such as 20V771000: two digits for the year, a letter for the kind of product (V for vehicles, T for tires, C for child seats, E for equipment) and a sequence.

Questions and answers

Which numbers can I look up?

A CPSC recall number (for example 26789), an FDA recall event number (for example 99737) or an NHTSA campaign number (for example 20V771000). The record is read from the agency that issued it at the moment of the lookup.

Where is the recall number printed?

On the recall notice itself: CPSC shows it at the end of its press release, NHTSA on the owner letter as “NHTSA recall number”, and FDA in its enforcement report. A letter from a manufacturer may show the manufacturer’s own number instead, which the agencies do not index.

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