What Does This Mean to Me? When your vehicle, equipment, car seat, or tire is subject to a recall, a safety defect has been identified that affects you.
NHTSA monitors each safety recall to make sure owners receive safe, free, and effective remedies from manufacturers according to the Safety Act and Federal regulations. If there is a safety recall, your manufacturer will fix the problem free of charge. If you have registered your vehicle, your manufacturer will notify you if there's a safety recall by sending you a letter in the mail. Please do your part and make sure your vehicle registration is up-to-date, including your current mailing address.
You can also sign up to receive from NHTSA e-mail recall notifications affecting your make and model; download the Safercar mobile app for iPhones or Safercar mobile app for Androids to have recall alerts sent to your phone; or subscribe to RSS feeds about safety-related recalls for child restraints, vehicles and tires.
Manufacturers are obligated to attempt to notify owners of recalled products. For vehicles, that means manufacturers merge their own vehicle purchase records with current State vehicle registration information.
For equipment, where State registration records do not exist, manufacturers are obligated to notify their distribution chain and known purchasers of the recalled equipment.
However, even if you do not receive a notification, if your vehicle, child restraint, or other item of equipment is involved in a safety recall, the manufacturer is obligated to provide a free remedy.
Your VIN is also located on your car's registration card, and it may be shown on your insurance card. Reporting a vehicle safety problem to NHTSA is an important first step to get the situation remedied and make our roads safer. Enter a VIN to learn if a specific vehicle needs to be repaired as part of a recall. You have been redirected to this page because NHTSA's VIN search tool may be experiencing intermittent disruption due to routine maintenance, slow manufacturer response or heavy traffic to this page.
To ensure you get the important information you are seeking, you can click on the appropriate vehicle maker below to go to its VIN search tool. You can also contact our Vehicle Safety Hotline at for assistance. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience. Look on the lower left of your car's windshield for your character Vehicle Identification Number. Your VIN is also located on your car's registration card, and it may be shown on your insurance card.
When SaferCar discovers a safety recall for the vehicle or equipment you entered, it will send you an alert on your mobile device. Your complaint fuels our work. Learn about the different steps that lead to recalls and safer vehicles. NHTSA issues vehicle safety standards and requires manufacturers to recall vehicles and equipment that have safety-related defects.
Your complaint will be added to a public NHTSA database after personally identifying information is removed.
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.
Report a problem with your vehicle, tires, car seats or other equipment. We review every problem as we work to keep our roads safe. NHTSA reviews filed complaints from vehicle owners and other information related to alleged defects to decide 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.
Motor Vehicle Equipment Recalls. Tire Recalls. Monthly Recall Reports - Listing of notable safety recalls affecting the public occurring in a given month. School Bus Recalls.
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