- Open now
- 77
- Opened in 2026
- 23
- Newest opened
- 21 September 2026
- Closed since 1972
- 5,126
Open investigations
Newest first.
- Crashes involving comma.ai driving automation products
- Driveshaft to rear differential connection failure
- Compliance with Standing General Order 2021-01 Reporting Requirements
- Loss of Motive Power
- Tesla Cybercab FMVSS Certification
- 2024 Ford Maverick Hybrid Intermittent Loss of Braking
- Electronic Brake Module Component Failure
- Loss of motive power due to engine failure post recall remedy
- Road debris/rocks damaging the heat exchangers
- Timing Belt Failure
- Lower Lateral Link detachment
- Carry Handle Separation
- NU Car rental of vehicles with open recalls
- Rear Toe Link May Separate
- Automated Driving System (ADS) conflict avoidance, driving behavior competence and assertiveness
- Front Steering Knuckle Fractures
- Anti-lock brake system (ABS) Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illuminated
- Fuel smell and loss of motive power
- FSD Collisions in Reduced Roadway Visibility Conditions
- Loss of Power Steering Assist
- Unintended Transmission Downshift and Rear Wheel Lock-up
- Waymo AV striking a child in the area of a school.
- Momentary increase in steering effort after recall remedy
- Recall 23V-413 Post Remedy Failures
- Rear Seat Belt Stitching Failure and Detachment
- Inaccurate Rear Passenger Seat Belt Warning Status
- Loss of Motive Power
- Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) Failure
- Loss of motive power due to engine failure
- Automatic Emergency Braking Errors
- DTN Air Bag Inflator Rupture
- Waymo AV drives around a stopped school bus
- Traffic safety violations while Full Self Driving ("FSD") is engaged
- Electronic door handles become inoperative
- Intermittent Loss of Electric Power Steering
- Engine failure
- Compliance with Standing General Order 2021-01 Reporting Requirements
- Post Recall Remedy Brake Transmission Shift Interlock (BTSI) Failure
- Remedy Effectiveness of Recall 22V887
- Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fuel Leak
- No Restart After Auto Start/Stop Engages
- Inadvertent Automatic Emergency Braking
- Collisions Involving Ford BlueCruise
- Inadvertent Automatic Emergency Braking
- Frame Flex on Grand Design Fifth Wheel Recreational Trailers
- Vehicle entrapment
- Engine Stall With Intermittent Restart
- Loss of Motive Power
- Side curtain air bags may deploy inadvertently
- Sogefi Secondary Diesel Fuel Filter Leak
- Recall 23V838 Remedy Effectiveness
- Inadvertent Automatic Emergency Braking
- High Voltage Coolant Heaters may fail to defrost windshield
- Blue Compass RV Open Recall Sale
- 2022 RAM Transmission Snap Ring Failure
- Loss of motive power due to an internal wiring connector short.
- Certification
- Ignition-off high voltage battery fire (Remedy effectiveness of Recall 22V-077)
- Certification
- Brake Actuator Valve Wear
- Hyundai and Kia ABS Module Fires
- Electrical problems / No-start
- Intermittent/Comp Loss of Power Steering
- Sudden Unintended Acceleration
- Certification, Recall Scope, Timeliness
- High pressure fuel pump failure
- Hertz/Vehicles Rented with Open Recalls
- Healey Brothers Ford / Open Recall Sale
- Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture
- Rearview Camera FMVSS 111 Noncompliance
- Fuel Loss from Filler Neck
- Failure to report under 49 CFR Part 579
- False Automatic Emergency Braking
- Sale of noncompliant school bus
- Air Bag Clockspring Failure
- Air Bag Inflator Rupture
- Air Bag Inflator Rupture
What an investigation means
An investigation is not a recall, and it is not a finding that anything is wrong. It means NHTSA has seen enough — owner complaints, crash reports, data from the manufacturer — to look more closely. There is nothing an owner needs to do because an investigation is open. If a recall follows, it appears on this site within a day of NHTSA publishing it.
NHTSA’s record links about 1 in 4 closed investigations (1,412 of 5,126) to a recall that followed.
- Defect Petition
- Someone has formally asked NHTSA to investigate. NHTSA decides whether to open an investigation, aiming to do so within four months.
- Preliminary Evaluation
- NHTSA asks the manufacturer for information and analyses it. Target: eight months.
- Engineering Analysis
- A deeper stage, often after a Preliminary Evaluation, with more testing and information requests. Target: 18 months.
- Recall Query
- A check on whether an existing recall was wide enough or its repair works. Target: eight months.
If you have had a problem with your own vehicle, you can report it to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. Owner reports are one of the ways investigations start.