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154 recalls issued in 2026

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Official safety, recall, complaint and fuel-economy data for 2,548 vehicles, straight from U.S. government sources.

No signup. No cost. Just the facts. · Index refreshed Oct 19, 2026.

NHTSA frontal crash test of a 2022 Tesla Model 3
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2022 Tesla Model 3

5.0

Crash rating

17

Recalls

749

Complaints

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Issued in the last few weeks

154 recall campaigns have been issued so far in 2026 · index refreshed Oct 19, 2026.

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Do-not-drive orders

NHTSA has told owners of these vehicles to stop driving them until the repair is done. The fix is free at any franchised dealer.

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What you get

Everything you need. In one report.

Six government datasets, reconciled into a single plain-language record for every vehicle in the index.

2,697 campaigns indexed

Recalls

Severity-ranked, with the 32 active do-not-drive orders surfaced first.

285,780 owner reports

Complaints

Tallied into crashes, fires, injuries and deaths, grouped by the part that failed.

1,541 vehicles rated

Crash ratings

NCAP frontal, side and rollover stars — 1,183 with real test media.

2,548 vehicles costed

Fuel & cost

EPA city, highway and combined MPG, plus a five-year running-cost projection.

Investigations

Open and closed NHTSA defect investigations — the early warning before a recall exists.

Tools

VIN decoder, side-by-side comparison, ownership-cost calculator and buying checklist.

2,548

Vehicles indexed

37

Makes covered

1,183

With crash-test media

2,697

Recall campaigns

How it works

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1

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2

We reconcile six datasets

Recalls, complaints, investigations, bulletins, crash ratings and EPA economy, matched to that vehicle.

3

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One page, plain language, severity first — with every campaign number traceable back to NHTSA.

NHTSA side-impact crash test
1,183 vehicles with crash media

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Not a diagram or a rendering — the actual frontal, side and pole test photography NHTSA captured, alongside the star ratings it produced.

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Provenance

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Recall campaigns, owner complaints, defect investigations, service bulletins and NCAP crash-test results.

nhtsa.gov
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Protection Agency

Fuel economy, electric range, emissions ratings and annual running-cost estimates.

fueleconomy.gov
vPIC

Vehicle Product Information Catalog

VIN decoding, factory specifications and standard-fit safety equipment for every US-market vehicle.

vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov

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What we always do

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  • 32 vehicles under a do-not-drive order right now
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