Vehicle Recall

Recalls filed in 2013

Manufacturers filed 710 US vehicle safety recalls in 2013, covering 26,289,462 vehicles. 2021 remains the busiest year on record, with 1,094. Chevrolet filed the most that year, with 20.

Campaigns
710
Vehicles covered
26,289,462
Largest recall
2,864,670
Rank by volume
#16 of 60

Makes that filed most in 2013

  1. Chevrolet668,452 vehicles20 recalls
  2. BMW935,370 vehicles16 recalls
  3. Ford1,180,947 vehicles16 recalls
  4. Toyota4,004,128 vehicles15 recalls
  5. Blue Bird5,251 vehicles14 recalls
  6. Dodge1,501,991 vehicles13 recalls
  7. Prevost9,505 vehicles13 recalls
  8. Spartan3,588 vehicles13 recalls
  9. Nissan250,563 vehicles12 recalls
  10. Freightliner83,007 vehicles11 recalls
  11. Altec6,605 vehicles10 recalls
  12. Honda1,926,974 vehicles10 recalls

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

Parts recalled most in 2013

  1. Equipment120 recalls
  2. Latches/Locks/Linkages60 recalls
  3. Electrical System55 recalls
  4. Equipment: Labels31 recalls
  5. Air Bags21 recalls
  6. Seat Belts16 recalls
  7. Service Brakes15 recalls
  8. Power Train: Automatic Transmission14 recalls
  9. Electrical System: Software13 recalls
  10. Seats13 recalls

Largest recalls of 2013

  1. Fastec — Equipment13E03900012 July 20132,864,670
  2. Hyundai — Exterior Lighting: Switch13V1130001 April 20131,712,336
  3. Jeep — Fuel System, Gasoline: Tank Assembly13V25200019 June 20131,560,000
  4. Michelin — Tires: Tread/Belt13T01200012 December 20131,200,000
  5. Kia — Exterior Lighting: Switch13V1140001 April 2013980,377
  6. Toyota — Air Bags13V02900030 January 2013887,709
  7. Toyota — Air Bags13V44200017 October 2013802,769
  8. Toyota — Suspension: Rear13V38300028 August 2013780,584
  9. Honda — Air Bags13V01600018 January 2013748,481
  10. Dodge — Steering: Tie Rod Assembly13V5280006 November 2013706,664
  11. Toyota — Power Train: Automatic Transmission13V42900026 September 2013614,722
  12. Lippert — Latches/Locks/Linkages13E0670007 November 2013528,228
  13. BMW — Electrical System13V0440007 February 2013516,791
  14. ATE — Equipment13E04400016 August 2013488,144
  15. Chrysler — Air Bags13V2820002 July 2013442,320
  16. Ford — Fuel System, Gasoline13V22700031 May 2013390,783
  17. Honda — Air Bags13V41200019 September 2013374,618
  18. Hyundai — Suspension: Rear13V35400012 August 2013364,502
  19. Ford — Steering13V38500029 August 2013355,000
  20. Honda — Electrical System: Software13V5000001 November 2013344,187
  21. Toyota — Seat Belts13V3370007 August 2013342,451
  22. Jeep — Electrical System13V1750007 May 2013295,345
  23. Chevrolet — Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Power Assist13V36000015 August 2013292,879
  24. Fram/Subaru — Equipment13E00500029 January 2013282,514
  25. Dodge — Power Train: Differential Unit13V0380006 February 2013278,674

The 25 largest of 710 filed in 2013. See every recall or the largest on record.

Urgent advisories in 2013

2 of the 2013 recalls tell owners to stop driving the vehicle.

Have they been repaired?

Manufacturers report progress quarterly on 251 of the 2013 campaigns. Across those, 54.8% of the 10,581,252 vehicles involved have been repaired, leaving 3,813,144 outstanding.

The remaining 2013 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

2013 here is the year the recall was filed with NHTSA, not the model year of the vehicles. A 2013 filing routinely covers vehicles built years earlier, and a car of model year 2013 appears in filings for years afterwards.

“Vehicles covered” sums the manufacturer’s own estimate for each campaign. A vehicle recalled twice in 2013 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.