Vehicle Recall

Recalls filed in 2023

Manufacturers filed 1,000 US vehicle safety recalls in 2023, covering 39,757,940 vehicles. 2021 remains the busiest year on record, with 1,094. Ford filed the most that year, with 54.

Campaigns
1,000
Vehicles covered
39,757,940
Largest recall
3,372,743
Rank by volume
#6 of 60

Makes that filed most in 2023

  1. Ford5,006,514 vehicles54 recalls
  2. Mercedes-Benz520,158 vehicles38 recalls
  3. BMW244,096 vehicles30 recalls
  4. Kia3,110,447 vehicles21 recalls
  5. Volvo91,877 vehicles21 recalls
  6. Forest River945 vehicles19 recalls
  7. Jeep1,341,369 vehicles19 recalls
  8. Nissan1,784,245 vehicles19 recalls
  9. Honda6,035,998 vehicles17 recalls
  10. Mack29,248 vehicles17 recalls
  11. Toyota4,104,620 vehicles16 recalls
  12. Autocar29,914 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 2023

  1. Electrical System53 recalls
  2. Equipment: Labels30 recalls
  3. Electrical System: Instrument Cluster/Panel23 recalls
  4. Equipment23 recalls
  5. Electrical System: Traction Battery21 recalls
  6. Electrical System: Wiring21 recalls
  7. Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer21 recalls
  8. Equipment: Oven/Stove/Cooktop20 recalls
  9. Power Train: Driveshaft19 recalls
  10. Structure: Body17 recalls

Largest recalls of 2023

  1. Mando — Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Control Unit/Module23E0730002 October 20233,372,743
  2. Honda — Fuel System, Gasoline: Fuel Pump23V85800018 December 20232,490,460
  3. Tesla — Electrical System: Software23V83800012 December 20232,031,220
  4. Toyota — Electrical System: 12V/24V/48V Battery23V7340001 November 20231,853,568
  5. Kia — Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Control Unit/Module23V65200025 September 20231,730,192
  6. Hyundai — Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Control Unit/Module23V65100022 September 20231,649,478
  7. Ford — Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings23V16200010 March 20231,280,726
  8. Honda — Back Over Prevention: Display Function23V43100015 June 20231,209,673
  9. Toyota — Air Bags: Occupant Classification23V86500020 December 2023999,901
  10. Buick — Air Bags: Inflator Module23V33400010 May 2023995,085
  11. Ford — Parking Brake: Electrical23V50900021 July 2023870,701
  12. Toyota — Structure: Bumpers23V72000026 October 2023750,795
  13. Nissan — Electrical System: Key/Sender23V09300016 February 2023712,458
  14. Ford — Equipment: Owners/Service/Other Manual23V4200009 June 2023691,133
  15. Chevrolet — Child Seat: Vehicle Latch Anchor23V33900011 May 2023668,187
  16. Honda — Structure: Frame and Members23V22800030 March 2023616,128
  17. Hyundai — Trailer Hitches23V18100017 March 2023584,784
  18. Michelin — Tires: Markings23T00200013 April 2023542,110
  19. Honda — Seat Belts: Buckle Assembly23V1580009 March 2023448,613
  20. Lincoln — Back Over Prevention: Camera23V34200012 May 2023442,973
  21. Nissan — Air Bags: Frontal23V06700010 February 2023404,690
  22. Lincoln — Back Over Prevention: Camera23V02200023 January 2023382,759
  23. Tesla — Steering: Automated/Adaptive Steering23V08500015 February 2023362,758
  24. Honda — Visibility: Exterior23V17400016 March 2023339,404
  25. Kia — Latches/Locks/Linkages: Latch23V59400024 August 2023319,436

The 25 largest of 1,000 filed in 2023. See every recall or the largest on record.

Urgent advisories in 2023

17 of the 2023 recalls tell owners to stop driving the vehicle. 22 warn of a fire risk while parked.

Have they been repaired?

Manufacturers report progress quarterly on 959 of the 2023 campaigns. Across those, 64.8% of the 35,960,151 vehicles involved have been repaired, leaving 10,093,658 outstanding.

The remaining 2023 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

2023 here is the year the recall was filed with NHTSA, not the model year of the vehicles. A 2023 filing routinely covers vehicles built years earlier, and a car of model year 2023 appears in filings for years afterwards.

“Vehicles covered” sums the manufacturer’s own estimate for each campaign. A vehicle recalled twice in 2023 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.