Vehicle Recall

Recalls filed in 2020

Manufacturers filed 881 US vehicle safety recalls in 2020, covering 55,645,227 vehicles. 2021 remains the busiest year on record, with 1,094. Mercedes-Benz filed the most that year, with 45.

Campaigns
881
Vehicles covered
55,645,227
Largest recall
10,000,000
Rank by volume
#11 of 60

Makes that filed most in 2020

  1. Mercedes-Benz228,152 vehicles45 recalls
  2. Ford4,449,441 vehicles43 recalls
  3. Forest River33,596 vehicles38 recalls
  4. BMW418,787 vehicles35 recalls
  5. Chevrolet1,097,935 vehicles28 recalls
  6. Freightliner342,121 vehicles27 recalls
  7. Thor Motor Coach11,641 vehicles18 recalls
  8. Honda5,142,114 vehicles17 recalls
  9. Volkswagen376,288 vehicles16 recalls
  10. Altec9,256 vehicles15 recalls
  11. Audi240,589 vehicles15 recalls
  12. Blue Bird13,821 vehicles15 recalls

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

Parts recalled most in 2020

  1. Equipment45 recalls
  2. Equipment: Labels35 recalls
  3. Electrical System: Wiring27 recalls
  4. Electrical System24 recalls
  5. Electrical System: Software21 recalls
  6. Exterior Lighting19 recalls
  7. Seat Belts18 recalls
  8. Service Brakes17 recalls
  9. Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer16 recalls
  10. Air Bags15 recalls

Largest recalls of 2020

  1. Takata — Air Bags: Frontal20E0010002 January 202010,000,000
  2. Kiekert — Latches/Locks/Linkages: Latch20E0100002 March 20205,641,577
  3. Toyota — Air Bags: Air Bag/Restraint Control Module20V02400017 January 20202,891,976
  4. Denso — Fuel System, Gasoline: Fuel Pump20E08500017 November 20202,483,801
  5. Denso — Fuel System, Gasoline: Fuel Pump20E02600024 April 20202,156,057
  6. Ford — Latches/Locks/Linkages: Latch20V3310008 June 20202,147,323
  7. Nissan — Latches/Locks/Linkages: Latch20V31500028 May 20201,831,818
  8. Lexus — Fuel System, Gasoline: Fuel Pump20V01200013 January 20201,830,752
  9. Lexus — Fuel System, Gasoline: Fuel Pump20V6820004 November 20201,525,742
  10. Honda — Air Bags: Inflator Module20V02600017 January 20201,439,841
  11. Takata — Air Bags: Inflator Module20E02200013 April 20201,318,212
  12. Pittsburgh Automotive — Equipment: Integrated Jack/Leveler/Stabilizer20E0270003 May 20201,254,000
  13. Dodge — Air Bags: Inflator Module20V3960007 July 2020925,239
  14. Acura — Air Bags: Inflator Module20V02700017 January 2020875,966
  15. Honda — Back Over Prevention: Camera20V77100010 December 2020737,233
  16. Hyundai — Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Control Unit/Module20V5430004 September 2020652,024
  17. Chevrolet — Seat Belts20V79200017 December 2020624,216
  18. Ford — Back Over Prevention: Camera20V57500023 September 2020620,246
  19. Honda — Back Over Prevention: Camera20V43900028 July 2020607,786
  20. Honda — Back Over Prevention: Camera20V44000028 July 2020499,344
  21. Ford — Service Brakes20V46900010 August 2020488,594
  22. Hyundai — Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Control Unit/Module20V0610004 February 2020476,111
  23. Peterbilt — Electronic Stability Control (ESC)20V1990006 April 2020460,515
  24. Pittsburgh Automotive — Equipment: Integrated Jack/Leveler/Stabilizer20E01600020 March 2020454,000
  25. Kia — Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Control Unit/Module20V51900027 August 2020440,370

The 25 largest of 881 filed in 2020. See every recall or the largest on record.

Urgent advisories in 2020

11 of the 2020 recalls tell owners to stop driving the vehicle. 7 warn of a fire risk while parked.

Have they been repaired?

Manufacturers report progress quarterly on 841 of the 2020 campaigns. Across those, 56.3% of the 33,638,157 vehicles involved have been repaired, leaving 11,811,363 outstanding.

The remaining 2020 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

2020 here is the year the recall was filed with NHTSA, not the model year of the vehicles. A 2020 filing routinely covers vehicles built years earlier, and a car of model year 2020 appears in filings for years afterwards.

“Vehicles covered” sums the manufacturer’s own estimate for each campaign. A vehicle recalled twice in 2020 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.