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NHTSA vehicle recalls lookup: car recalls and other US vehicle safety recalls by make, model and year from the free NHTSA API. Campaign number, component, summary, consequence, remedy, park-it flags and a severity score. No login, no VINs, no personal data.
| Field | Name | Required | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
vehicles | Vehicles (Make,Model,Year) | no | One vehicle per line as Make,Model,Year, for example Toyota,Camry,2020. Leave the model out (Honda,2019) to cover every model of that make and year. Leave the list empty to use... |
parkWarningsOnly | Park-it or park-outside only | no | Turn on to keep only recalls where NHTSA says owners should stop driving or park outside. |
minSeverityScore | Minimum severity score | no | Optional 0 to 100. Keep only rows at or above this score. |
maxItems | Max rows | no | Stop after this many rows, highest severity first. You pay only for rows delivered. |
One row per result. These are the 17 fields declared in the actor's dataset schema (field list from the schema, not a sample run).
| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
campaignNumber | string | |
manufacturer | string | |
make | string | |
model | string | |
modelYear | string | |
component | string | |
summary | string | |
consequence | string | |
remedy | string | |
reportReceivedDate | string | |
daysSinceReport | integer | |
parkIt | boolean | |
parkOutside | boolean | |
overTheAirUpdate | boolean | |
severityScore | integer | |
recallUrl | string | |
scrapedAt | string |
Public data only, no login. Fields a source does not publish come back empty rather than guessed. Coverage and freshness follow the underlying public source.
Pay on Apify, no subscription: $0.00047 per recall row (pay per event). The live price is on the actor page.
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