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NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) - Recalls

Manufacturers who determine that a product or piece of original equipment either has a safety defect or is not in compliance with Federal safety standards are required to notify the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) within 5 business days. NHTSA requires that manufacturers file a Defect and Noncompliance report as well as quarterly recall status reports, in compliance with Federal Regulation 49 (the National Traffic and Motor Safety Act) Part 573, which identifies the requirements for safety recalls. This information is stored in the NHTSA database. Use this data to search for recall information related to: • Specific NHTSA campaigns • Product types

NHTSA is an organization under the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) whose mission is to save lives, prevent injuries and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes, through education, research, safety standards and enforcement activity. NHTSA is dedicated to achieving the highest standards of excellence in motor vehicle and highway safety.

Implementations

Approach A. Get by Model Year, Make, Model

	Make the request to get the Recalls for the required combination of Model Year, Maker and Model. for xml - /api/Recalls/vehicle/modelyear/2000/make/saturn/model/ls?format=xml for json - /api/Recalls/vehicle/modelyear/2000/make/saturn/model/ls?format=json
Response Fields	Response is a list of Recalls for the given Model Year, Maker and Model
Response Sample
Working Sample	XML JSON JSV CSV

Approach B. Get by Model Year, Make, Model

Step 1 : Get all Model Years	Request a list of available Model Years for a given product type (Vehicle). for xml - /api/Recalls/vehicle?format=xml for json - /api/Recalls/vehicle?format=json
Response Fields	Response is a list of available Model Years in the repository. Use a Model Year from this list to use in the next step.
Response Sample
Working Sample	XML JSON JSV CSV

Step 2 : Get all Makes for the Model Year	Request a list of vehicle Makers by providing a specific vehicle ModelYear. for xml - /api/Recalls/vehicle/modelyear/2000?format=xml for json - /api/Recalls/vehicle/modelyear/2000?format=json
Response Fields	Response is a list of vehicle Makers for that Model Year. Use the Model Year and a Maker from this list to use in the next step.
Response Sample
Working Sample	XML JSON JSV CSV

Step 3 : Get all Model for the Make and Model Year	Request a list of vehicle Models by providing the vehicle Model Year and Maker. for xml - /api/Recalls/vehicle/modelyear/2000/make/saturn?format=xml for json - /api/Recalls/vehicle/modelyear/2000/make/saturn?format=json
Response Fields	Response is a list of Recalls for the given Model Year, Maker and Model
Response Sample
Working Sample	XML JSON JSV CSV

Step 4 : Get all recalls for the selected Model Year, Make, Model	Now that you have all three key piece of information (Model Year, Maker, Model), go ahead and make the request to get the Recalls for the required combination. for xml - /api/Recalls/vehicle/modelyear/2012/make/bmw/model/3-series?format=xml for json - /api/Recalls/vehicle/modelyear/2012/make/bmw/model/3-series?format=json
Response Fields	Response is a list of Recalls for the given Model Year, Maker and Model.
Response Sample
Working Sample	XML JSON JSV CSV

Approach C. Get by NHTSA Campaign Number

Step 1 :Get all recalls as part of a NHTSA Recall Campaign Number	Request a list of recalls by providing the NHTSA Recall Campaign Number. for xml - /api/Recalls/vehicle/campaignnumber/12v176000?format=xml for json - /api/Recalls/vehicle/campaignnumber/12v176000?format=json
Response Fields	Response is a list of Recalls for the specified NHTSA Recall Campaign Number.
Response Sample
Working Sample	XML JSON JSV CSV

Request Specification

RECALLNUMBER

XML JSON JSV CSV SOAP1.1 SOAP1.2

RECALLPRODUCT