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U.S. Vehicle Safety Recalls
Vehicle recall campaigns and vehicles potentially affected, by month
Recall campaigns · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Vehicles affected · 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. Vehicles are the manufacturer’s estimate of those that may be affected.
How many recalls automakers file, and how many vehicles they reach. One campaign on a best-selling model can set a month.
What this chart reads
- NHTSA Vehicle Safety Recalls (Monthly)as “Recall campaigns”latest 2026-09-01
- Vehicles Affected by Safety Recalls (Monthly)as “Vehicles affected”latest 2026-09-01
Sources
NHTSA Vehicle Safety Recalls (Monthly). 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.
Vehicles Affected by Safety Recalls (Monthly). 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.
Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.