Vehicle Recall

Recalls filed in 2011

Manufacturers filed 655 US vehicle safety recalls in 2011, covering 15,556,343 vehicles. 2021 remains the busiest year on record, with 1,094. Webasto filed the most that year, with 61.

Campaigns
655
Vehicles covered
15,556,343
Largest recall
1,512,107
Rank by volume
#19 of 60

Makes that filed most in 2011

  1. Webasto30,760 vehicles61 recalls
  2. Ford3,735,201 vehicles23 recalls
  3. Freightliner152,326 vehicles18 recalls
  4. Honda2,238,931 vehicles17 recalls
  5. Chevrolet346,559 vehicles15 recalls
  6. Thomas Built Buses27,525 vehicles14 recalls
  7. Blue Bird19,898 vehicles13 recalls
  8. Altec6,376 vehicles12 recalls
  9. Toyota2,430,922 vehicles12 recalls
  10. Keystone9,355 vehicles10 recalls
  11. Volvo43,253 vehicles10 recalls
  12. IC Bus21,843 vehicles9 recalls

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

Parts recalled most in 2011

  1. Visibility: Sun/Moon Roof Assembly60 recalls
  2. Equipment47 recalls
  3. Engine and Engine Cooling44 recalls
  4. Equipment: Labels24 recalls
  5. Power Train: Axle Assembly24 recalls
  6. Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer19 recalls
  7. Equipment: Air Conditioner18 recalls
  8. Service Brakes, Air: Automatic17 recalls
  9. Electrical System15 recalls
  10. Electronic Stability Control (ESC)12 recalls

Largest recalls of 2011

  1. Honda — Power Train: Control Module (tcm/PCM/Tecm)11V3950004 August 20111,512,107
  2. Toyota — Vehicle Speed Control: Accelerator Pedal11V11300024 February 20111,363,244
  3. Ford — Air Bags: Inflator Module11V10700023 February 20111,325,000
  4. Ford — Fuel System, Gasoline: Mounting11V38500029 July 20111,100,000
  5. DJG — Child Seat: Strap/Webbing11C00100010 February 2011794,247
  6. Lexus — Vehicle Speed Control: Accelerator Pedal11V11200024 February 2011769,379
  7. Ford — Structure: Underbody Shields11V03000026 January 2011425,288
  8. Toyota — Engine and Engine Cooling11V5390009 November 2011420,326
  9. Ford — Tires: Tread/Belt11T00200015 March 2011390,657
  10. Subaru — Suspension: Lower Arm11V4640006 September 2011318,215
  11. Honda — Seat Belts: Webbing11V4680009 September 2011310,773
  12. Toyota — Air Bags11V24500021 April 2011307,848
  13. Chrysler — Air Bags: Frontal11V3940003 August 2011298,949
  14. Ford — Structure: Door11V0490001 February 2011280,946
  15. Harley-Davidson — Exterior Lighting: Switch11V50600019 October 2011250,757
  16. Lexus — Fuel System, Gasoline: Delivery11V02900026 January 2011244,779
  17. Dodge — Steering: Tie Rod Assembly11V3500006 July 2011242,780
  18. BMW — Exterior Lighting: Brake Lights11V43800026 August 2011241,000
  19. Toyota — Equipment: Labels11V56000030 November 2011210,000
  20. Hyundai — Air Bags: Frontal11V4720009 September 2011205,233
  21. Nissan — Steering: Column11V24400020 April 2011195,991
  22. Dodge — Electrical System: Ignition11V1390001 March 2011195,798
  23. Hyundai — Air Bags: Sensor/Control Module-Inactive11V14300015 March 2011188,697
  24. Gunite — Service Brakes, Air: Automatic11E00800025 February 2011179,202
  25. Volkswagen — Fuel System, Diesel11V4900003 October 2011168,275

The 25 largest of 655 filed in 2011. See every recall or the largest on record.

Have they been repaired?

Manufacturers report progress quarterly on 8 of the 2011 campaigns. Across those, 2.0% of the 889,888 vehicles involved have been repaired, leaving 871,698 outstanding.

The remaining 2011 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

2011 here is the year the recall was filed with NHTSA, not the model year of the vehicles. A 2011 filing routinely covers vehicles built years earlier, and a car of model year 2011 appears in filings for years afterwards.

“Vehicles covered” sums the manufacturer’s own estimate for each campaign. A vehicle recalled twice in 2011 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 2011 because the flag did not exist then \u2014 not because no 2011 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.