Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Skip to content
  • Feedback

    • NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) - Recalls - Recalls - Safety Issues for Vehicles, Child Restraints, Tires, and Equipment.

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    Manufacturers who determine that a product or piece of original equipment either has a safety defect or is not in compliance with Federal safety standards are required to notify the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) within 5 business days. NHTSA requires that manufacturers file a Defect and Noncompliance report as well as quarterly recall status reports, in compliance with Federal Regulation 49 (the National Traffic and Motor Safety Act) Part 573, which identifies the requirements for safety recalls. This information is stored in the NHTSA database. Use this data to search for recall information related to:- Specific NHTSA campaigns - Product types Access to public searches of NHTSA recall databases for tires, vehicles, car seats and equipment.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

    Collection

    This dataset is part of the following collection:

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/folders/Recalls/RCL.txt

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Data Update Frequency R/P1D

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOT Socrata Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier 83.9
    Data First Published 2002-12-16
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2018-12-19
    Category Transportation
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency R/P1D
    Agencydataseriesurl http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/folders/Recalls/FLAT_RCL.zip
    Agencyprogramurl http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/index.cfm
    Analysisunit Vehicles , Tires, Child Safety Seats, Equipment
    Bureau Code 021:18
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.transportation.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Categorydesignation Research
    Collectioninstrument N/A
    Collection Package Id 4babe43d-9609-4ed7-893b-0dceb0d8a0ee
    Data Quality True
    Data Dictionary http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/folders/Recalls/RCL.txt
    Data Dictionary Type text/plain
    Harvest Object Id 583ff3d9-d675-49c4-87df-85c3b6a2cb90
    Harvest Source Id a776e4b7-8221-443c-85ed-c5ee5db0c360
    Harvest Source Title DOT Socrata Data.json
    Homepage URL https://data.transportation.gov/d/4fsp-igku
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Old Spatial N/A
    Phone 202-366-0154
    Primary IT Investment UII 021-777552743
    Program Code 021:035
    Related Documents http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/folders/Recalls/RCL.txt
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 36e3176a58bb379b0f7c12deea6b7fe547a627cb17c05e7d8acc9ac0d220c2fe
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal R/1949-01-01/P1D

    Didn't find what you're looking for? Suggest a dataset here.