Use cases / Insurance and warranty
RecallDB for insurance and warranty
The problem
Underwriting, warranty and claims teams want to know what a model has been recalled for, and whether a failure matches a known defect.
RecallDB returns each recall with the component, NHTSA's plain summary of the defect, the consequence and the remedy, and the official link, for the make, model and year (directly, or decoded from a VIN).
What a VIN answer covers. Recalls filed for this make, model and year. To confirm whether this vehicle's recall has been repaired, check nhtsa.gov/recalls or a dealer.
Endpoints that help
Example
curl https://recalldb.app/v1/vehicles/honda/civic/2019 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $RECALLDB_KEY"Free and Pro
Free (beta): 1,000 requests a month for evaluation; the latest recorded change of each recall.
Pro (planned): Free (beta) is for non-commercial use: build and test on it. A product or service you sell needs Pro, which is planned (commercial use, about 50,000 requests a day, instant webhooks, 100 VINs per batch call); join the waitlist and we write once when it opens. Full change history per recall is planned for Pro.
Every answer names the agency and links its official notice. RecallDB reports what notices say; it never tells anyone that a car or product is free of recalls.