Vehicle Recall

Recalls filed in 2019

Manufacturers filed 963 US vehicle safety recalls in 2019, covering 53,062,646 vehicles. 2021 remains the busiest year on record, with 1,094. Ford filed the most that year, with 60.

Campaigns
963
Vehicles covered
53,062,646
Largest recall
5,000,000
Rank by volume
#9 of 60

Makes that filed most in 2019

  1. Ford6,378,566 vehicles60 recalls
  2. Mercedes-Benz487,931 vehicles42 recalls
  3. BMW1,045,698 vehicles40 recalls
  4. Forest River8,498 vehicles35 recalls
  5. Freightliner188,425 vehicles25 recalls
  6. Chevrolet5,864,316 vehicles21 recalls
  7. Honda3,463,014 vehicles19 recalls
  8. Ram2,772,665 vehicles19 recalls
  9. Subaru3,312,837 vehicles17 recalls
  10. Toyota308,341 vehicles16 recalls
  11. Mazda752,570 vehicles15 recalls
  12. Altec18,377 vehicles14 recalls

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

Parts recalled most in 2019

  1. Equipment72 recalls
  2. Exterior Lighting: Brake Lights40 recalls
  3. Seats32 recalls
  4. Air Bags: Inflator Module31 recalls
  5. Equipment: Labels31 recalls
  6. Electrical System: Wiring29 recalls
  7. Structure: Escape/Egress/Exit23 recalls
  8. Electrical System: Instrument Cluster/Panel22 recalls
  9. Service Brakes21 recalls
  10. Engine17 recalls

Largest recalls of 2019

  1. Takata — Air Bags: Inflator Module19E0020002 January 20195,000,000
  2. Takata — Air Bags: Inflator Module19E0030002 January 20194,000,000
  3. Chevrolet — Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Vacuum19V6450006 September 20193,456,719
  4. Honda — Air Bags: Inflator Module19V50100027 June 20191,657,752
  5. Takata — Air Bags19E01600025 February 20191,500,000
  6. Dodge — Air Bags: Inflator Module19V01800015 January 20191,413,222
  7. Takata — Air Bags: Inflator Module19E08000026 November 20191,400,000
  8. Subaru — Exterior Lighting: Switch19V14900028 February 20191,303,530
  9. Lexus — Air Bags: Inflator Module19V0050009 January 20191,299,448
  10. Ford — Power Train: Automatic Transmission19V07500011 February 20191,263,051
  11. Nissan — Back Over Prevention: Camera19V65400012 September 20191,228,830
  12. Ford — Suspension: Rear19V43500010 June 20191,194,173
  13. Syntec — Seats19E0650003 October 20191,156,972
  14. Ram — Latches/Locks/Linkages: Latch19V3470009 May 20191,103,209
  15. Honda — Air Bags: Inflator Module19V1820006 March 20191,101,534
  16. Takata — Air Bags: Inflator Module19E0010002 January 20191,000,000
  17. Lexus — Air Bags: Inflator Module19V74100017 October 2019928,220
  18. Ram — Steering: Connection19V02100025 January 2019795,575
  19. Ford — Air Bags: Inflator Module19V0010007 January 2019782,384
  20. Mercedes-Benz — Visibility: Sun/Moon Roof Assembly19V91800020 December 2019747,928
  21. Volkswagen — Electrical System: Control Module19V61500022 August 2019679,027
  22. Volkswagen — Exterior Lighting: Headlights19V38900022 May 2019662,185
  23. Chevrolet — Electronic Stability Control (ESC)19V76100024 October 2019652,967
  24. Ford — Seats: Recliner19V63300028 August 2019639,137
  25. Lincoln — Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Control Unit/Module19V90400018 December 2019600,166

The 25 largest of 963 filed in 2019. See every recall or the largest on record.

Urgent advisories in 2019

12 of the 2019 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 923 of the 2019 campaigns. Across those, 69.2% of the 38,821,000 vehicles involved have been repaired, leaving 10,174,260 outstanding.

The remaining 2019 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

2019 here is the year the recall was filed with NHTSA, not the model year of the vehicles. A 2019 filing routinely covers vehicles built years earlier, and a car of model year 2019 appears in filings for years afterwards.

“Vehicles covered” sums the manufacturer’s own estimate for each campaign. A vehicle recalled twice in 2019 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.