Vehicle Recall

Recalls filed in 2009

Manufacturers filed 570 US vehicle safety recalls in 2009, covering 17,576,820 vehicles. 2021 remains the busiest year on record, with 1,094. Ford filed the most that year, with 40.

Campaigns
570
Vehicles covered
17,576,820
Largest recall
4,500,000
Rank by volume
#24 of 60

Makes that filed most in 2009

  1. Ford4,582,652 vehicles40 recalls
  2. Chevrolet2,160,811 vehicles24 recalls
  3. Blue Bird63,967 vehicles18 recalls
  4. Dodge300,306 vehicles13 recalls
  5. BMW19,827 vehicles11 recalls
  6. Freightliner82,706 vehicles11 recalls
  7. Toyota4,885,349 vehicles10 recalls
  8. Fleetwood12,293 vehicles9 recalls
  9. Kenworth120,450 vehicles9 recalls
  10. Volvo342,468 vehicles9 recalls
  11. Hyundai1,124,802 vehicles8 recalls
  12. Keystone1,311 vehicles8 recalls

Counted by the make named on each filing, so a manufacturer that sells several brands appears once per brand.

Parts recalled most in 2009

  1. Equipment Adaptive/Mobility68 recalls
  2. Equipment40 recalls
  3. Equipment: Air Conditioner28 recalls
  4. Equipment: Labels27 recalls
  5. Engine and Engine Cooling25 recalls
  6. Service Brakes, Hydraulic20 recalls
  7. Interior Lighting14 recalls
  8. Exterior Lighting11 recalls
  9. Service Brakes, Air: Quick Release Valve11 recalls
  10. Steering9 recalls

Largest recalls of 2009

  1. Ford — Vehicle Speed Control09V39900013 October 20094,500,000
  2. Toyota — Vehicle Speed Control: Accelerator Pedal09V3880005 October 20094,445,056
  3. Chevrolet — Engine and Engine Cooling09V1160008 April 20091,497,516
  4. Hyundai — Exterior Lighting: Switch09V12200015 April 2009532,633
  5. Dorel — Child Seat: Handle (infant)09C01000017 December 2009447,000
  6. Nissan — Engine and Engine Cooling09V16900019 May 2009362,891
  7. Chevrolet — Power Train: Column Shift09V0730006 March 2009276,729
  8. Belkin — Equipment09E05900013 November 2009241,000
  9. Lexus — Engine and Engine Cooling09V02000016 January 2009214,570
  10. Hyundai — Suspension09V12400016 April 2009188,282
  11. Chevrolet — Exterior Lighting: Switch09V31000029 July 2009185,903
  12. Nissan — Steering: Shaft Pitman09V41100019 October 2009163,659
  13. Hyundai — Suspension: Control Arm09V12500016 April 2009160,904
  14. Volvo — Fuel System, Gasoline: Fuel Pump09V48300018 December 2009158,733
  15. Caterpillar — Engine and Engine Cooling09E02000028 April 2009147,777
  16. Infiniti — Tires: Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems09V3930005 October 2009143,223
  17. Kia — Exterior Lighting: Switch09V13000017 April 2009139,844
  18. Toyota — Seat Belts: Retractor09V03100029 January 2009134,895
  19. Volvo — Visibility: Motor09V17300021 May 2009127,764
  20. Firestone — Tires: Tread/Belt09T00700029 June 2009127,183
  21. Kenworth — Engine and Engine Cooling09V16500019 May 2009112,736
  22. Harley-Davidson — Fuel System, Gasoline: Mounting09V4570001 December 2009111,569
  23. Toyota — Structure: Underbody Shields09V44400018 November 2009110,000
  24. Jeep — Seats: Seat Heater/Cooler09V1170009 April 2009103,409
  25. Toyota — Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Vacuum09V33800027 August 200995,705

The 25 largest of 570 filed in 2009. See every recall or the largest on record.

Have they been repaired?

Manufacturers report progress quarterly on 1 of the 2009 campaigns. Across those, 12.4% of the 447,000 vehicles involved have been repaired, leaving 391,460 outstanding.

The remaining 2009 campaigns are not in the quarterly file at all, so this is a rate across those that report, not across everything filed that year. See repair completion in full.

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Every year on record, with the long-run trend.

About this figure

2009 here is the year the recall was filed with NHTSA, not the model year of the vehicles. A 2009 filing routinely covers vehicles built years earlier, and a car of model year 2009 appears in filings for years afterwards.

“Vehicles covered” sums the manufacturer’s own estimate for each campaign. A vehicle recalled twice in 2009 is counted twice, so the figure is not a count of distinct vehicles.

Do Not Drive and Park Outside flags entered NHTSA’s public record in May 2025. This page shows no advisory section for 2009 because the flag did not exist then \u2014 not because no 2009 recall was urgent.

Compiled from NHTSA’s published recall files, which are US government open data and rebuilt daily. Figures on this page reflect the record as of 18 September 2026. Read the methodology, or check a specific vehicle at nhtsa.gov.