Vehicle Recall

Recalls filed in 2012

Manufacturers filed 661 US vehicle safety recalls in 2012, covering 18,281,264 vehicles. 2021 remains the busiest year on record, with 1,094. Ford filed the most that year, with 29.

Campaigns
661
Vehicles covered
18,281,264
Largest recall
2,519,424
Rank by volume
#18 of 60

Makes that filed most in 2012

  1. Ford1,515,910 vehicles29 recalls
  2. Webasto12,300 vehicles19 recalls
  3. BMW471,552 vehicles15 recalls
  4. International55,988 vehicles15 recalls
  5. Chevrolet745,657 vehicles13 recalls
  6. Honda2,374,636 vehicles13 recalls
  7. Toyota5,518,706 vehicles12 recalls
  8. Blue Bird3,679 vehicles11 recalls
  9. Prevost1,670 vehicles11 recalls
  10. Ducati14,545 vehicles10 recalls
  11. Altec6,085 vehicles9 recalls
  12. Nissan119,054 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 2012

  1. Equipment102 recalls
  2. Equipment Adaptive/Mobility37 recalls
  3. Equipment: Labels23 recalls
  4. Electrical System22 recalls
  5. Visibility: Sun/Moon Roof Assembly21 recalls
  6. Engine and Engine Cooling15 recalls
  7. Structure: Roof and Pillars14 recalls
  8. Service Brakes, Hydraulic12 recalls
  9. Equipment: Electrical11 recalls
  10. Wheels11 recalls

Largest recalls of 2012

  1. Toyota — Visibility: Power Window Devices and Controls12V49100010 October 20122,519,424
  2. Honda — Exterior Lighting: Switch12V13600030 March 20121,375,217
  3. Acura — Electrical System: Switch12V57300011 December 2012807,161
  4. Bf Goodrich — Tires: Tread/Belt12T01900025 July 2012799,900
  5. Toyota — Suspension: Rear12V3730002 August 2012780,584
  6. Jeep — Air Bags12V5270008 November 2012744,822
  7. Toyota — Steering12V53700014 November 2012669,705
  8. Subaru — Exterior Lighting12V60200026 December 2012633,842
  9. Honda — Steering: Hose, Piping, and Connections12V22200017 May 2012625,762
  10. Ford — Engine and Engine Cooling12V35300026 July 2012529,719
  11. Toyota — Air Bags: Frontal12V0920007 March 2012495,470
  12. Saturn — Power Train: Gear Position Indication (prndl)12V46000018 September 2012426,240
  13. Chevrolet — Engine and Engine Cooling12V28800022 June 2012413,148
  14. BMW — Electrical System: Cables12V12600026 March 2012367,682
  15. Toyota — Engine and Engine Cooling12V53600014 November 2012350,662
  16. Jeep — Suspension: Rear12V0850005 March 2012346,900
  17. Subaru — Seat Belts: Rear/Other12V09900013 March 2012326,014
  18. Buick — Electrical System12V40600016 August 2012278,174
  19. Honda — Electrical System12V4860005 October 2012268,655
  20. Ford — Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Control Unit/Module12V0050009 January 2012244,530
  21. Mazda — Engine and Engine Cooling12V35700027 July 2012217,500
  22. Ford — Power Train: Automatic Transmission12V0060009 January 2012206,452
  23. Toyota — Equipment12E04600017 October 2012200,000
  24. Hyundai — Air Bags: Sensor/Control Module-Inactive12V35400025 July 2012199,118
  25. Toyota — Exterior Lighting: Switch12V0910007 March 2012186,798

The 25 largest of 661 filed in 2012. See every recall or the largest on record.

Urgent advisories in 2012

2 of the 2012 recalls tell owners to stop driving the vehicle.

Have they been repaired?

Manufacturers report progress quarterly on 21 of the 2012 campaigns. Across those, 56.5% of the 3,672,923 vehicles involved have been repaired, leaving 1,468,894 outstanding.

The remaining 2012 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

2012 here is the year the recall was filed with NHTSA, not the model year of the vehicles. A 2012 filing routinely covers vehicles built years earlier, and a car of model year 2012 appears in filings for years afterwards.

“Vehicles covered” sums the manufacturer’s own estimate for each campaign. A vehicle recalled twice in 2012 is counted twice, so the figure is not a count of distinct vehicles.

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.