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Accident Reconstruction Research: Defects and Recall Database

If you do not find your information listed using this search, it means we do not have a recall for your information in our database.

Please note that documents which are summarized here may be ordered from NHTSA Technical Information Services. Fees are involved in providing these documents. The following link describes TIS Fees. Also described is the TIS Reading Room, where visitors can view and/or copy documents and files.

Use the following links to locate defect and recall information:

Vehicles: This links to the Monthly Vehicle Recall Reports for the past 6 months.

Child Safety Seat: Child safety seat recalls from 1990 to date, by manufacturer.

Tires: The search engine allows you to retrieve information by equipment producer and/or model.


Equipment: The search engine allows you to retrieve information by equipment producer and/or model.

School Bus Recall: Safety Recalls for all school buses from January 1997, updated annually.

Recall Booklet: The purpose of this booklet is to answer the most commonly asked recall related questions.

Recall Search by Make and Model: The search engine allows you to retrieve information by the vehicle or equipment producer and/or model.

Recall Database List and Downloads: File dump of all vehicle, equipment and tire safety recall campaigns from 1966 to present. Updated weekly.

VOQ: This is an on-line form to report a safety-related defect or a problem with a safety recall in your motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment.

Recall Problem: What does it mean when a manufacturer initiates a safety recall involving vehicles or items of motor vehicle equipment?

Recall and Quarterly Guide/Form: Guide for vehicle or equipment manufacturer's to use in filing a Defect or Noncompliance Information Report, and quarterly recall status reports.

Safety Recall Compendium: A recall program guide for the manufacturer preparing to conduct a safety recall.