Vehicle Recall

Recalls filed in 2022

Manufacturers filed 1,051 US vehicle safety recalls in 2022, covering 32,270,783 vehicles. That is the third busiest year on record. Ford filed the most that year, with 63.

Campaigns
1,051
Vehicles covered
32,270,783
Largest recall
2,925,968
Rank by volume
#3 of 60

Makes that filed most in 2022

  1. Ford8,643,480 vehicles63 recalls
  2. Mercedes-Benz1,520,933 vehicles40 recalls
  3. Kia1,458,962 vehicles24 recalls
  4. Volkswagen720,859 vehicles24 recalls
  5. Audi433,903 vehicles23 recalls
  6. Hyundai1,452,051 vehicles22 recalls
  7. BMW1,014,543 vehicles20 recalls
  8. Tesla3,769,598 vehicles20 recalls
  9. Forest River177,185 vehicles16 recalls
  10. Blue Bird10,296 vehicles15 recalls
  11. Thomas Built Buses33,199 vehicles15 recalls
  12. Chevrolet930,561 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 2022

  1. Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer55 recalls
  2. Electrical System37 recalls
  3. Equipment: Labels34 recalls
  4. Steering31 recalls
  5. Equipment: Lines and Fittings27 recalls
  6. Equipment: Oven/Stove/Cooktop24 recalls
  7. Engine and Engine Cooling: Engine Control Module (ECU/ECM)21 recalls
  8. Back Over Prevention: Display Function20 recalls
  9. Equipment15 recalls
  10. Electrical System: Instrument Cluster/Panel14 recalls

Largest recalls of 2022

  1. Ford — Power Train: Gear Position Indication (prndl)22V41300010 June 20222,925,968
  2. Ram — Structure: Hinge and Attachments22V9040008 December 20221,224,078
  3. Tesla — Visibility: Power Window Devices and Controls22V70200019 September 20221,096,762
  4. BMW — Engine and Engine Cooling: Crankcase (pcv)22V1190002 March 2022917,106
  5. Tesla — Electrical System: Software22V0450001 February 2022817,143
  6. GMC — Exterior Lighting: Headlights22V1370008 March 2022740,581
  7. Cadillac — Exterior Lighting: Software22V9030008 December 2022740,108
  8. Chevrolet — Visibility: Motor22V16500017 March 2022681,509
  9. Nissan — Electrical System: Interior/Under Dash22V02400021 January 2022664,779
  10. Ford — Visibility: Linkages22V25000014 April 2022652,996
  11. Tesla — Electrical System: Software22V23500012 April 2022594,894
  12. Tesla — Electrical System: Software22V0630004 February 2022578,607
  13. Ford — Fuel System, Gasoline: Fuel Injection System22V85900018 November 2022521,746
  14. Cadillac — Seat Belts: Critical Fasteners22V61700011 August 2022484,155
  15. Ford — Visibility: Motor22V84200015 November 2022483,082
  16. Toyota — Electronic Stability Control (ESC): Software22V23900013 April 2022458,110
  17. Kia — Air Bags22V03100025 January 2022410,619
  18. Ford — Electrical System: Integrated Trailer Brake Control22V19300025 March 2022391,836
  19. Ram — Electronic Stability Control (ESC)22V14000010 March 2022370,437
  20. Hyundai — Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Control Unit/Module22V0560003 February 2022357,348
  21. Mercedes-Benz — Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Vacuum22V3150009 May 2022350,294
  22. Mercedes-Benz — Fuel System, Diesel: Control/Drive Module22V95500023 December 2022348,183
  23. Ford — Engine and Engine Cooling: Oil/Lubrication22V19100025 March 2022345,451
  24. Cadillac — Exterior Lighting: Software22V8270003 November 2022338,735
  25. Ford — Back Over Prevention: Camera22V08200016 February 2022330,784

The 25 largest of 1,051 filed in 2022. See every recall or the largest on record.

Urgent advisories in 2022

18 of the 2022 recalls tell owners to stop driving the vehicle. 14 warn of a fire risk while parked.

Have they been repaired?

Manufacturers report progress quarterly on 1,012 of the 2022 campaigns. Across those, 70.0% of the 31,435,101 vehicles involved have been repaired, leaving 8,560,730 outstanding.

The remaining 2022 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

2022 here is the year the recall was filed with NHTSA, not the model year of the vehicles. A 2022 filing routinely covers vehicles built years earlier, and a car of model year 2022 appears in filings for years afterwards.

“Vehicles covered” sums the manufacturer’s own estimate for each campaign. A vehicle recalled twice in 2022 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.