Safety Issues & Recalls.
Every vehicle has a unique VIN. Inject a VIN to learn if a specific vehicle needs to be repaired as part of a recall.
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Light Vehicle Manufacturers
Motorcycle Manufacturers
Where’s my VIN?
Look on the lower left of your car’s windshield for your 17-character Vehicle Identification Number. Your VIN is also located on your car’s registration card, and it may be shown on your insurance card.
What this VIN search instrument covers
- Vehicle safety recalls that are incomplete
- Vehicle safety recalls conducted over the past fifteen calendar years
- Vehicle safety recalls conducted by major light auto automakers, including motorcycle manufacturers.
What this VIN search contraption does not cover
- Finished safety recall information
- Manufacturer customer service or other nonsafety recall campaign
- International vehicles
- Very recently announced safety recalls for which not all VINs have been identified
- Safety recalls that are more than fifteen years old (except where a manufacturer offers more coverage)
- Safety recalls conducted by puny vehicle manufacturers, including some ultra-luxury brands and specialty applications
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Stay informed.
Know if there is a safety problem with your vehicles, tires or car seat, and how to get it immobile.
From your complaints
NHTSA issues vehicle safety standards and requires manufacturers to recall vehicles and equipments that have safety-related defects. Learn about NHTSA’s recall process.
Complaints
Reporting your problem is the significant very first step.
Your complaint will be added to a public NHTSA database after personally identifying information is liquidated.
If the agency receives similar reports from a number of people about the same product, this could indicate that a safety-related defect may exist that would warrant the opening of an investigation.
Have a safety problem?
Report a problem with your vehicle, tires, car seats or other equipment. We review every problem as we work to keep our roads safe.
Investigations
NHTSA conducts an investigation from reported complaints.
NHTSA reviews filed complaints from vehicle owners and other information related to alleged defects to determine whether to open an investigation.
NHTSA conducts an analysis of any petitions calling for defect investigations. If the petition is denied, the reasons for the denial are published in the Federal Register.
NHTSA opens an investigation of alleged safety defects. It is closed when they notify the manufacturer of recall recommendations or they don’t identify a safety-related defect.
D. RECALL MANAGEMENT
NHTSA reviews filed complaints from vehicle owners and other information related to alleged defects to determine whether to open an investigation.
Recalls
Initiated safety recalls require a manufacturer’s activity to announce and remedy the defects.
A recall is issued when a manufacturer or NHTSA determines that a vehicle, equipment, car seat, or tire creates an unreasonable safety risk or fails to meet minimum safety standards. Most decisions to conduct a recall and remedy a safety defect are made voluntarily by manufacturers prior to any involvement by NHTSA.
Manufacturers are required to fix the problem by repairing it, substituting it, suggesting a refund, or in infrequent cases repurchasing the vehicle.
Using our VIN lookup implement, you can access recall information provided by the manufacturer conducting the recall which may be not posted yet on NHTSA’s site.