| --- |
| license: cc0-1.0 |
| task_categories: |
| - text-classification |
| - tabular-classification |
| - tabular-regression |
| language: |
| - en |
| tags: |
| - federal |
| - government |
| - regulatory |
| - united-states |
| - public-data |
| - cc0 |
| - national-highway-traffic-safety-administ |
| - nhtsa |
| - vehicle-recall |
| - auto-safety |
| pretty_name: "NHTSA vehicle recalls" |
| size_categories: |
| - unknown |
| homepage: https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/nhtsa-recalls |
| --- |
| |
| # NHTSA vehicle recalls |
|
|
| National Highway Traffic Safety Administration vehicle recall campaigns. By make, model, year, component. Includes do-not-drive (park_it) flags. |
| |
| ## Live API |
| |
| This dataset is served via a **live REST API** at `api.ai-analytics.org`. The card you're reading exists so HuggingFace's index can route AI agents + researchers to the canonical source. |
| |
| - **API endpoint**: `https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/recent` |
| - **Dataset landing page**: <https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/nhtsa-recalls> |
| - **DataCatalog (JSON-LD)**: <https://api.ai-analytics.org/.well-known/dataset.json> |
| - **DCAT-US (data.gov-compatible)**: <https://api.ai-analytics.org/data.json> |
| |
| ### Quick start |
| |
| ```bash |
| # Recent records (JSON) |
| curl 'https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/recent?limit=10' |
| |
| # Browse on the web |
| open 'https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/nhtsa-recalls' |
| ``` |
| |
| ### MCP (Model Context Protocol) |
| |
| This dataset is also accessible via MCP at `https://api.ai-analytics.org/mcp` — Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP-compatible agents can call it directly. |
| |
| ## Source |
| |
| - **Agency**: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| - **Primary source**: <https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/recallsByVehicle> |
| - **License**: CC0 1.0 Universal (derived data). Underlying federal works are US public domain under [5 USC 105](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/105) / [17 USC 105](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/105). |
| - **Update cadence**: Per agency (most refresh daily via Cloudflare Cron Trigger) |
| |
| ## Keywords |
| |
| NHTSA, vehicle recall, auto safety, park it, OTA update |
| |
| ## Citation |
| |
| ```bibtex |
| @misc{ai_analytics_nhtsa_recalls_2026, |
| title = {{name}}, |
| author = {AI Analytics}, |
| year = {2026}, |
| url = {https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/nhtsa-recalls}, |
| note = {Derived from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. License: CC0 1.0.} |
| } |
| ``` |
| |
| ## Related |
| |
| - [Full data catalog (100 datasets)](https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/) |
| - [Unified compliance screening (30+ enforcement lists)](https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/screening/all) |
| - [Cross-vertical entity timeline](https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/entity/AAPL/timeline) |
| - [OpenAPI 3.1 spec](https://api.ai-analytics.org/openapi.json) |
| - [llms.txt for AI agents](https://api.ai-analytics.org/llms.txt) |
| |
| --- |
| *Maintained by [AI Analytics](https://ai-analytics.org). Data is CC0; please cite the upstream agency.* |
| |
