NHTSA Recalls Scraper 🚗

US vehicle safety recalls — straight from the official NHTSA API. No API key, no proxy.

Pull every safety recall for any vehicle by make, model and model year: campaign number, affected component, plain-English summary, safety consequence, remedy, report date, and NHTSA's severe "Do Not Drive / Park It" and "Park Outside" flags. Give it just a make + years and it auto-discovers every recalled model for you.

Perfect for automotive dealers & marketplaces, insurance & fleet risk, vehicle-history products, consumer-safety apps, and journalism.

Uses the official NHTSA Recalls API — public US government safety data, no key, very low maintenance.

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Features

• ✅ No API key, no proxy — official government API, stable and low-maintenance.
• ✅ Auto-discover models — give a make + years, get recalls for every model (no need to list them).
• ✅ Severity flags — "Do Not Drive" and "Park Outside" surfaced as booleans.
• ✅ Powerful filters — by component (airbag, brake, fuel), keyword (fire, takata), report date.
• ✅ Deep links — each recall carries its NHTSA lookup URL.

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Input

Field	Description
Makes	Vehicle makes, e.g. ["honda", "toyota", "ford"].
Models	Optional. Leave empty to auto-discover all recalled models per make + year.
Model years	List of years, e.g. ["2019", "2020"].
Model year from / to	Or use a year range instead of a list.
Component contains	Only recalls for a component (airbag, brake, fuel…).
Keyword	Match summary/consequence/component/remedy (fire, stall, takata…).
"Do Not Drive" only	Only NHTSA's most severe "Park It" recalls.
Reported after	Only recalls reported on/after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
Max results	Cap across all makes/models/years.

Example — every Ford recall, 2020–2022

{
  "makes": ["ford"],
  "modelYearFrom": 2020,
  "modelYearTo": 2022,
  "maxResults": 2000
}

Example — fire-risk recalls across brands

{
  "makes": ["honda", "toyota", "kia"],
  "modelYears": ["2021"],
  "keyword": "fire"
}

Output

{
  "campaign_number": "22V484000",
  "manufacturer": "Ford Motor Company",
  "make": "FORD",
  "model": "ESCAPE",
  "model_year": "2021",
  "component": "ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING",
  "summary": "Ford Motor Company is recalling certain 2020-2022 Escape...",
  "consequence": "An engine compartment fire increases the risk of injury.",
  "remedy": "Dealers will update the powertrain control module software, free of charge...",
  "notes": "Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332.",
  "report_received_date": "2022-07-07",
  "do_not_drive": false,
  "park_outside": false,
  "over_the_air_update": false,
  "recall_url": "https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=22V484000"
}

Run it on a schedule

Set reportedAfter to a recent date and run daily/weekly to catch new recalls for the makes you care about — pipe alerts to Slack, email or a webhook.

Notes & limitations

• Official NHTSA Recalls API — public US vehicle-safety records.
• Recalls are queried per make + model + model year; auto-discovery expands a make into its recalled models.
• componentContains, keyword, doNotDriveOnly and reportedAfter are applied as filters over the fetched recalls.
• Data source: NHTSA (US DOT).

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Keywords

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