# Vehicle Recall Monitor (`hereditary_model/vehicle-recall-monitor`) Actor

Finds NHTSA safety recalls for the makes and models you track, scored by severity and recency.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/hereditary\_model/vehicle-recall-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Aaron Marxsen](https://apify.com/hereditary_model) (community)
- **Categories:** Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 recall returneds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Vehicle Recall Monitor

Every open safety recall for every make and model sold in the US lives in one public NHTSA database — but there's no built-in alert for "tell me when a car I service gets a new one." This pulls it for the vehicles you track and scores each recall by how serious it is.

### What it does

1. Looks up NHTSA safety recalls for each make/model (and optional year) you give it.
2. Scores every recall 0–100: NHTSA's own `parkIt` flag ("do not drive") and `parkOutside` flag (fire risk) dominate the score, with a recency bonus on top.
3. Sorts highest-severity first.
4. Drops anything older than your reporting window **before** billing.

### Output

| Field | Notes |
| --- | --- |
| `make`, `model`, `modelYear`, `campaignNumber` | Which vehicle, which recall |
| `component`, `summary`, `consequence`, `remedy` | What's wrong and what the fix is |
| `parkIt`, `parkOutside` | NHTSA's own severity flags |
| `reportReceivedDate` | When NHTSA received it |
| `severityScore` | 0–100 |

### Input

Only `vehicles` is required, one per line as `make,model` or `make,model,year`.

```json
{
  "vehicles": ["honda,accord,2022", "ford,f-150"],
  "sinceDays": 730
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event. You're billed per recall returned and once per vehicle digested. Data source: NHTSA's public recalls API, no API key required.

# Actor input Schema

## `vehicles` (type: `array`):

One per line, as "make,model" or "make,model,year" — for example honda,accord or honda,accord,2022.

## `sinceDays` (type: `integer`):

Only include recalls NHTSA received within the last N days.

## `maxResultsPerVehicle` (type: `integer`):

Caps how many recalls are returned per vehicle line, most severe first.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "vehicles": [
    "honda,accord"
  ],
  "sinceDays": 730,
  "maxResultsPerVehicle": 30
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `recalls` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "vehicles": [
        "honda,accord"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("hereditary_model/vehicle-recall-monitor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "vehicles": ["honda,accord"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("hereditary_model/vehicle-recall-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "vehicles": [
    "honda,accord"
  ]
}' |
apify call hereditary_model/vehicle-recall-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,hereditary_model/vehicle-recall-monitor"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/hx0LlwxS8Cuhb6sz4/builds/DLE6EnOWIcLJ0j8Sx/openapi.json