Use cases
- Car dealers: Decode the VINs on your lot or listings in bulk, show the NHTSA recalls filed for each make, model and year, and link buyers to the official VIN check.
- Fleet managers: Decode a fleet's VINs, list the NHTSA recalls filed for each make, model and year, and get a webhook when a new recall names your models. Free, no signup.
- Insurance and warranty: Look up the recalls filed for a vehicle's make, model and year at quote, renewal or claim time, with NHTSA's defect, consequence and remedy text.
- Auto repair shops: Recall prompts at check-in: decode the VIN, list the recalls filed for its make, model and year with the remedy, and link the official VIN check.
- Grocery and food apps: Match products to FDA and USDA food recalls by barcode or brand, show lot codes as the notice wrote them, and get new food recalls by webhook.
- Parenting and baby apps: Car seat recalls from NHTSA, cribs, strollers and toys from CPSC, and baby food and formula from FDA, by brand, model number or UPC.
- Newsrooms: New recalls from US, Canadian, UK, EU and Australian agencies as they are published, company histories, and the official link for every record.
- Home Assistant: A sensor per vehicle with the NHTSA recalls filed for its make, model and year, refreshed twice a day, from a free RecallDB key. MIT-licensed.
Comparing options? See RecallDB compared with going to each agency directly.