NHTSA Vehicle Safety Scraper

Export official vehicle recalls and owner complaints by year, make, and model with defects, remedies, incidents, injuries, and source links.

What you get

Check several vehicle configurations in one run and produce one clean row per official recall campaign or consumer complaint. Recall rows explain the affected component, safety consequence, and remedy; complaint rows add incident, crash, fire, injury, death, and filing details when published.

Output fields

Field	Description
record_type	recall or complaint
record_id	Campaign or complaint identifier
manufacturer	Published manufacturer name
make / model / model_year	Vehicle identity
component	Affected component
summary	Recall or complaint narrative
consequence / remedy	Recall consequence and corrective action
report_received_date / notes	Recall reporting fields
park_it / park_outside / over_the_air_update	Published urgent-action indicators
incident_date / filed_date	Complaint dates
crash / fire	Complaint incident indicators
injuries / deaths	Published complaint counts
vehicle_query	Input vehicle that produced the row
source_url / source	Official NHTSA source and attribution

Example output

{
  "record_type": "recall",
  "record_id": "24V128000",
  "manufacturer": "Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing",
  "make": "TOYOTA",
  "model": "CAMRY",
  "model_year": "2024",
  "component": "SEATS",
  "vehicle_query": "2024|Toyota|Camry"
}

Input parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
vehicles	No	Vehicles as `YEAR
recordTypes	No	Any combination of recalls and complaints.
maxResultsPerVehicle	No	Maximum rows for each vehicle/type pair. Defaults to 10.

Use cases

• Fleet teams: monitor recalls across standardized year/make/model inventories.
• Dealers and marketplaces: add safety-history evidence to vehicle workflows.
• Insurers and legal researchers: compare complaint incidents across models.
• Automotive analysts: build source-linked recall and defect datasets.

Export NHTSA recalls and complaints without a VIN

Query one or more year, make, and model combinations to collect official model-level safety records. The Actor deliberately excludes VINs and retains campaign or complaint identifiers for source verification.

Limitations

This search uses year, make, and model rather than a complete VIN-specific eligibility check. A campaign may apply only to certain production dates or configurations. Complaints are consumer reports and are not proof of a defect. Always confirm vehicle-specific safety actions with NHTSA and the manufacturer.

Compared to alternatives

Compared with fortuitous_pirate/nhtsa-recalls-scraper, this Actor supports several vehicles and both recalls and complaints in one run. Compared with scrapers_lat/nhtsa-recalls-scraper, it uses a low default cap and keeps urgent recall indicators alongside complaint incident counts. Store pricing and features can change.

FAQ

Can this check whether my exact VIN is recalled?

No. It identifies campaigns for a year, make, and model. Use the official VIN recall lookup for a vehicle-specific answer.

Are complaints verified defects?

No. They are reports submitted to NHTSA and should be interpreted separately from recall campaigns.

What input format should I use?

Use YEAR|MAKE|MODEL, for example 2024|Toyota|Camry.

Explore more at thirdwatch.dev. Related Actors: CPSC Product Recalls Scraper, FDA Recalls Scraper, and Google News Scraper.

Last verified: 2026-07