🚗 NHTSA Vehicle Recalls & Complaints Scraper

Whether you're a consumer checking a vehicle's safety history, an automotive researcher tracking recall trends, or a fleet manager monitoring safety issues, this tool makes it easy to collect structured data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The NHTSA Scraper collects vehicle recalls and safety complaints with campaign numbers, components, summaries, remedies, crash data, injury counts, and more. Filter by make, model, and year.

✨ What Does It Do

• 🔔 Recall data - collect campaign numbers, affected components, summaries, consequences, and remedies from NHTSA
• 🚨 Complaint data - extract ODI numbers, crash/fire flags, injury and death counts, incident details
• 🚗 Vehicle filtering - search by make, model, and model year for targeted results
• 📋 Multi-model search - leave model empty to automatically search all models for a given make
• 📊 Structured output - get clean JSON, CSV, or Excel data ready for analysis

🔧 Input

• Mode - choose between Recalls or Complaints
• Max Items - how many records to collect (free users get 10 items, paid users up to 1,000,000)
• Make - vehicle manufacturer (e.g., "Toyota", "Ford", "Tesla")
• Model - vehicle model (e.g., "Camry", "F-150", "Model 3"). Leave empty for all models
• Model Year - specific year (e.g., 2024). Leave empty to search recent years

{
    "mode": "recalls",
    "maxItems": 10,
    "make": "Toyota",
    "model": "Camry",
    "modelYear": 2020
}

📊 Output

Recalls

Each recall record includes 12 data fields. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Field	Description
NHTSACampaignNumber	NHTSA recall campaign number
Manufacturer	Vehicle manufacturer name
Make	Vehicle make
Model	Vehicle model
ModelYear	Vehicle model year
Component	Affected component
Summary	Recall summary description
Consequence	Potential consequence of the defect
Remedy	Recall remedy description
ReportReceivedDate	Date the report was received
parkIt	Whether vehicle should be parked immediately
overTheAirUpdate	Whether recall can be fixed via OTA update

{
    "NHTSACampaignNumber": "20V682000",
    "Manufacturer": "Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing",
    "Make": "TOYOTA",
    "Model": "CAMRY",
    "ModelYear": "2020",
    "Component": "FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP",
    "Summary": "Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Camry vehicles. The low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail.",
    "Consequence": "If the fuel pump fails, the engine can stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.",
    "Remedy": "Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump assembly with an improved one, free of charge.",
    "ReportReceivedDate": "04/11/2020",
    "parkIt": false,
    "overTheAirUpdate": false
}

Complaints

Each complaint record includes 10 data fields.

Field	Description
odiNumber	ODI complaint number
manufacturer	Vehicle manufacturer
crash	Whether a crash occurred
fire	Whether a fire occurred
numberOfInjuries	Number of injuries reported
numberOfDeaths	Number of deaths reported
dateOfIncident	Date the incident occurred
dateComplaintFiled	Date the complaint was filed
components	Affected components
summary	Complaint description

{
    "odiNumber": 11728272,
    "manufacturer": "Toyota Motor Corporation",
    "crash": false,
    "fire": false,
    "numberOfInjuries": 0,
    "numberOfDeaths": 0,
    "dateOfIncident": "02/01/2024",
    "dateComplaintFiled": "03/31/2026",
    "components": "AIR BAGS",
    "summary": "The contact owns a 2020 Toyota Camry. The contact was notified of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V865000 (Air Bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available."
}

💎 Why Choose the NHTSA Scraper?

Feature	Our Tool	Manual NHTSA Search
Batch collection	✅ Up to 1M records	❌ Browse one at a time
Both recalls and complaints	✅ Single tool	⚠️ Separate searches
Multi-model search	✅ All models for a make	❌ One model at a time
Structured output	✅ JSON, CSV, Excel	❌ HTML pages only
Automated scheduling	✅ Daily/weekly monitoring	❌ Manual visits

📋 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Configure - set the mode (recalls or complaints), vehicle make, model, and year
3. Run It - click "Start" and get structured vehicle safety data in seconds

No coding, no setup, no manual browsing required.

🎯 Business Use Cases

• 🚗 Car buyers - check recall history before purchasing a used vehicle
• 🏢 Fleet managers - monitor recalls across all vehicles in your fleet
• 📊 Automotive researchers - analyze recall trends by manufacturer, component, or year
• ⚖️ Legal professionals - gather safety complaint data for automotive litigation
• 🔧 Repair shops - stay informed about active recalls for vehicles you service
• 📰 Journalists - track safety issues and recall patterns across manufacturers

❓ FAQ

🚗 What is NHTSA? The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is the U.S. federal agency responsible for keeping people safe on roads. They maintain a public database of vehicle recalls and safety complaints.

🔍 What's the difference between recalls and complaints? Recalls are official manufacturer-initiated safety actions to fix defects. Complaints are consumer-reported safety issues filed with NHTSA.

📋 Do I need to provide all three filters (make, model, year)? Only "make" is required. If you leave "model" empty, the scraper will search all models for that make. If you leave "year" empty, it will search the last 10 years.

⏱️ How long does a run take? A single make/model/year query returns results in under 1 second. Broader searches (all models for a make) take a few seconds depending on the number of models.

📅 How often is NHTSA data updated? NHTSA updates their database continuously as new recalls and complaints are filed. Set up a scheduled run to monitor for new safety issues.

🔗 Integrate NHTSA Scraper with any app

• Make - Automate vehicle safety monitoring workflows
• Zapier - Get alerts when new recalls match your criteria
• Slack - Get notified in your team channel
• Google Drive - Export safety data to spreadsheets
• Webhooks - Trigger actions when runs complete

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🆘 Need Help?

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⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to NHTSA, the U.S. Department of Transportation, or any government agency. It accesses only publicly available data through the official NHTSA public API.