You can access the NHTSA Recall and Complaint Monitor programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {}
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("george.the.developer/nhtsa-recall-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

NHTSA Recalls by VIN, Make, Model + Complaint API API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use NHTSA Recall and Complaint Monitor API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

NHTSA Recall and Complaint Monitor API in JavaScript

NHTSA Recall and Complaint Monitor API through CLI

NHTSA Recall and Complaint Monitor OpenAPI definition

NHTSA Recall and Complaint Monitor API

Vehicle Recalls and Complaints (NHTSA)

agentictools/vehicle-recalls-complaints

Look up US vehicle safety recalls and owner complaints from NHTSA by make, model, and year, or by VIN. Official NHTSA data.

Ken Agland

NHTSA Vehicle Recall Monitor API

jeeves_is_my_copilot/nhtsa-vehicle-recall-monitor

Check vehicle recall records from NHTSA for make/model/year queries.

Alexander Abernathy

NHTSA Vehicle Recalls & Complaints Scraper

johnatan029/nhtsa-vehicle-recalls-complaints

Look up NHTSA vehicle recall campaigns and owner complaints by make, model, and year for up to 200 vehicles per run. Export campaign details, remedies, crash/fire flags, injuries, deaths, dates, and normalized safety data from official NHTSA public APIs.

Johnn Mottin

NHTSA Vehicle Recalls & Complaints Scraper

parseforge/nhtsa-vehicle-recalls-scraper

Collects NHTSA vehicle safety recall records and consumer complaints filtered by make, model, and model year. Returns each recall or complaint as a structured flat row with official defect and remedy details.

ParseForge

NHTSA Vehicle Recalls Scraper

fortuitous_pirate/nhtsa-recalls-scraper

Scrape NHTSA vehicle safety recall data by make, model, and year. Access recall campaigns, safety investigations, complaints, and technical service bulletins from the official NHTSA database.

Fortuitous Pirate

US NHTSA Vehicle Recall Monitor

zeekr011/us-nhtsa-monitor

Query and monitor official NHTSA vehicle safety recalls by vehicle or campaign.

hugo liu

NHTSA Vehicle Recalls, Complaints & VIN Decoder

dromb/nhtsa-recalls-us

Search official US vehicle recalls and consumer complaints or decode VIN specifications using NHTSA public APIs.

Dmitriy Gyrbu

VIN Decoder + NHTSA Recalls & Complaints: One Call

getascraper/nhtsa-vehicle-intelligence-monitor

Decode any US VIN into full specs, then pull every open NHTSA recall and consumer complaint for that vehicle in one merged record. Skip juggling separate VIN, recall, and complaint tools. Accepts VIN or make/model/year. $0.0018 per vehicle.

GetAScraper

NHTSA Vehicle Recall Search

lulzasaur/vehicle-recalls-scraper

Search NHTSA vehicle recalls by make, model, and year. Official government recall data with summaries, consequences, and remedies. Clean JSON output.

lulz bot

NHTSA Vehicle Recall Checker

copious_atoll/nhtsa-recall-checker

Checks vehicles against the NHTSA recall database by VIN. Returns recall status, count, and detailed recall information including campaign number, component, summary, consequence, and remedy.