Vehicle Recall

Recalls filed in 2018

Manufacturers filed 1,033 US vehicle safety recalls in 2018, covering 38,850,923 vehicles. That is the fourth busiest year on record. Forest River filed the most that year, with 45.

Campaigns
1,033
Vehicles covered
38,850,923
Largest recall
4,815,661
Rank by volume
#4 of 60

Makes that filed most in 2018

  1. Forest River27,204 vehicles45 recalls
  2. Mercedes-Benz453,334 vehicles41 recalls
  3. Ford5,936,340 vehicles32 recalls
  4. Altec22,726 vehicles27 recalls
  5. BMW789,357 vehicles26 recalls
  6. Thomas Built Buses53,233 vehicles23 recalls
  7. Freightliner134,427 vehicles20 recalls
  8. Honda2,744,424 vehicles20 recalls
  9. Toyota1,624,174 vehicles20 recalls
  10. Volkswagen694,733 vehicles20 recalls
  11. Chevrolet1,650,578 vehicles17 recalls
  12. Jeep424,418 vehicles16 recalls

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

Parts recalled most in 2018

  1. Equipment53 recalls
  2. Air Bags: Inflator Module50 recalls
  3. Equipment: Labels40 recalls
  4. Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer34 recalls
  5. Seats32 recalls
  6. Electrical System31 recalls
  7. Electrical System: Wiring29 recalls
  8. Structure29 recalls
  9. Suspension: Non-Powered Axle Assembly23 recalls
  10. Electrical System: Software22 recalls

Largest recalls of 2018

  1. Ram — Electrical System: Software18V33200017 May 20184,815,661
  2. ZF — Air Bags: Air Bag/Restraint Control Module18E04300020 June 20183,619,897
  3. Ford — Seat Belts: Pretensioner18V56800031 August 20181,619,112
  4. Takata — Air Bags: Inflator Module18E0020002 January 20181,500,000
  5. Honda — Air Bags: Inflator Module18V66100027 September 20181,355,406
  6. Ford — Steering: Steering Wheel/Handle Bar18V16700012 March 20181,301,986
  7. Ford — Fuel System, Gasoline: Storage18V73500022 October 20181,282,596
  8. Ram — Latches/Locks/Linkages: Latch18V48600027 July 20181,149,223
  9. Chevrolet — Steering: Electric Power Assist System18V5860007 September 20181,015,918
  10. Takata — Air Bags: Inflator Module18E0010002 January 20181,000,000
  11. Toyota — Hybrid Propulsion System18V6840004 October 2018807,329
  12. Takata — Air Bags: Inflator Module18E0030002 January 2018800,000
  13. Honda — Air Bags: Inflator Module18V0420009 January 2018691,726
  14. Lexus — Air Bags: Inflator Module18V0240009 January 2018628,018
  15. Hyundai — Air Bags18V13700027 February 2018580,058
  16. BMW — Air Bags14V42800011 June 2018574,007
  17. Bosch Automotive Steering — Steering: Electric Power Assist System18E02400019 April 2018557,722
  18. Kia — Air Bags: Air Bag/Restraint Control Module18V3630001 June 2018507,587
  19. Ford — Power Train: Floor Shift18V47100016 July 2018504,182
  20. Ford — Engine18V89400018 December 2018410,289
  21. Volkswagen — Air Bags: Inflator Module18V1480006 March 2018363,713
  22. Audi — Engine and Engine Cooling: Cooling System18V22900011 April 2018342,867
  23. Nissan — Latches/Locks/Linkages: Latch18V91500019 December 2018341,003
  24. Dodge — Air Bags: Inflator Module18V0210009 January 2018328,177
  25. Ford — Air Bags: Inflator Module18V04600011 January 2018327,796

The 25 largest of 1,033 filed in 2018. See every recall or the largest on record.

Urgent advisories in 2018

20 of the 2018 recalls tell owners to stop driving the vehicle. 1 warn of a fire risk while parked.

Have they been repaired?

Manufacturers report progress quarterly on 993 of the 2018 campaigns. Across those, 69.1% of the 30,816,075 vehicles involved have been repaired, leaving 7,835,349 outstanding.

The remaining 2018 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

2018 here is the year the recall was filed with NHTSA, not the model year of the vehicles. A 2018 filing routinely covers vehicles built years earlier, and a car of model year 2018 appears in filings for years afterwards.

“Vehicles covered” sums the manufacturer’s own estimate for each campaign. A vehicle recalled twice in 2018 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.