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What is a recall on a vehicle?

What is a recall on a vehicle?

A vehicle recall is a safety campaign requiring a manufacturer remedy for an identified defect or noncompliance. NHTSA's FLAT_RCL_POST_2010.zip source through 2026-06-19 contains 15,035 distinct campaigns in Fonteum's dated projection. Check a specific 17-character VIN at NHTSA because campaign counts do not show whether that vehicle has an open remedy.

Published
2026-07-21
Retrieved
Not reported
Snapshot
sha256:97d855925d09adb598e847df87ca4504b8b471d69eb03d89f0550f8506f1d5a6
Data as of
2026-06-19

Source artifact receipts

Each receipt below describes its exact retained artifact or live source. Dates and digests never cross artifact boundaries.

FLAT_RCL_POST_2010.zip

Evidence publisher: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Source date: 2026-06-19.

Published
2026-07-14
Retrieved
Not reported
Snapshot
sha256:723e850f0aa5981a2d83ca57e9707b693742b97c241de864070a15b39b7576af
Data as of
2026-06-19

Retained artifact creator: Fonteum LLC. Generated 2026-07-14. Based on: FLAT_RCL_POST_2010.zip by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Scope and material limitation

What this answer covers

This guide explains campaign records and the official VIN handoff. It does not infer the open-recall status of a specific vehicle from aggregate data.

Dated source facts

What the cited record says

Source-snapshot manifest receipt

Reproducible lineage, explicitly unsigned

This receipt attests the source snapshot manifest, not any individual fact.

The answer-series chain record is unsigned. It does not authenticate a person, organization, eligibility state, or individual fact.

Snapshot manifest SHA-256
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Previous chain SHA-256
c2eb3ae0ffe20749053d7246a0a77c7bcc4d38c864ae2e2a3559cc4bdeda4c31
Current chain SHA-256
607b117d9e8da263adcd57e0240dccd40c0ffd99f9aa8ed697f317df881b32fd
signature_linked_facts
0
Answer-series chain status
unsigned

Primary-source chain

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  1. FLAT_RCL_POST_2010.zipNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationSnapshot:

    Limitation: The retained projection was captured 2026-06-24 and covers campaigns reported through 2026-06-19. Counts do not show whether a specific VIN has an open remedy or rank vehicle quality.

  2. NHTSA vehicle recall lookupNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAccessed:

    Limitation: The live lookup uses a specific 17-character VIN. Aggregate campaign counts cannot substitute for the current vehicle-specific result.

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Methodology and limitations

How to interpret this answer

Methodology version: citation-answer/v1

  • Campaign records do not encode the current remedy status of every VIN.
  • This aggregate public-record answer is not a consumer report, person-level dossier, eligibility decision, or risk score.
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Frequently asked questions

Questions about this answer

Does a campaign count show whether my vehicle has an open recall?
No. Use NHTSA's VIN lookup for the specific vehicle.
Is a recall count a vehicle-quality ranking?
No. Campaign counts have model-year, scope, and reporting limits.

What’s on file, by the numbers

Platform snapshot · 2026-07-28

13.4Mproviders & companiesProviders, organizations, owners, and facilities on file
26.2Msource-linked factsSource-linked field facts in the dated platform snapshot
90sources with dataDistinct snapshot source IDs with at least one positive record count
79fresh sourcesDistinct source IDs whose latest positive-data snapshot falls within the preceding 45 days
111sources integratedActive registry rows; integration does not establish a load
13state Medicaid jurisdictionsDistinct states represented in the state-exclusions serving table

Integrated, with-data, and fresh-observation counts are separate. No platform-wide source-completeness count is published. Completeness is source-specific and must be evaluated against the named source's expected scope. State coverage is a separate jurisdiction measure.

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Source and date

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Available derivation

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Daily observations

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