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Vehicle Recalls That Name Software or EV Batteries
Share of vehicle safety recall campaigns over 12 months, %
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Software, firmware or OTA update · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
High-voltage battery · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. Shaded: the range about two in three outcomes land in. A projection, not a promise.
NHTSA recalls data, campaigns by the month NHTSA received the manufacturer’s defect report. A campaign counts when NHTSA’s defect or remedy summary names the term; word lists in each signal’s methodology.
Cars run on code now. A rising share of recalls are software faults or are fixed with a software update, some over the air, and battery recalls follow the EV fleet.
What this chart reads
- Share of Vehicle Recalls Citing Software (12-Month, %)as “Software, firmware or OTA update”latest 2026-09-01
- Share of Vehicle Recalls Citing High-Voltage Batteries (12-Month, %)as “High-voltage battery”latest 2026-09-01
Sources
Share of Vehicle Recalls Citing Software (12-Month, %). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, recalls data (static.nhtsa.gov/odi/ffdd/rcl/FLAT_RCL_POST_2010.zip, layout RCL.txt), refreshed daily by NHTSA; U.S. government work. Refreshed daily.
Share of Vehicle Recalls Citing High-Voltage Batteries (12-Month, %). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, recalls data (static.nhtsa.gov/odi/ffdd/rcl/FLAT_RCL_POST_2010.zip, layout RCL.txt), refreshed daily by NHTSA; U.S. government work. Refreshed daily.
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