A recall is not filed once. When a manufacturer changes what it told the regulator, it files again, and the earlier report stays published. Nobody counts how often that happens. We did.
What we found
We read the document index NHTSA publishes for the 1,440 most recent American recall campaigns. 611 of them, 42.4 per cent, have more than one Part 573 report on file.
The median campaign with more than one filing spans 25 days from the first report to the last. 42 span more than six months. 3 span more than a year.
| Filings held | Campaigns |
|---|---|
| 2 | 398 |
| 3 | 130 |
| 4 | 53 |
| 5 | 17 |
| 6 | 7 |
| 7 | 1 |
| 8 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 1 |
The campaigns filed most often
One campaign has been filed ten separate times over more than a year. The register shows you the latest one.
| Campaign | What it covers | Filings | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25V050 | MBUSA 2022-2025 EQB 250, EQB 300 4MATIC, and EQB 350 4MATIC elec | 10 | 12,236 |
| 25V437 | Nissan 2021-2024 Rogue, 2019-2020 Altima, 2019-2022 Infiniti QX50 | 9 | 443,899 |
| 25V598 | KTM 2022-2023 Husqvarna Svartpilen 401, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 | 9 | 9,070 |
| 25V487 | MBUSA 2022-2023 EQB 350 4MATIC, and EQB 300 4MATIC | 8 | 660 |
| 25V720 | FCA US 2018-2026 Ram ProMaster | 8 | 300,691 |
| 25V101 | Nova Bus 2006-2007 LFS transit buses | 7 | 2 |
| 25V055 | Volvo Trucks 2023-2025 VNR Electric trucks | 6 | 174 |
| 26V034 | Hyundai 2020-2025 Palisade | 6 | 568,576 |
| 25V719 | Isuzu 2022-2026 Isuzu FVR, 2023-2026 Chevrolet 7500XD, 2018-2026 | 6 | 17,084 |
| 25V061 | Grand Design 2019-2024 Grand Design Solitude fifth wheel trailers | 6 | 21,982 |
| 25V379 | MBUSA 2023-2025 GLC 300, GLC 300 4MATIC, 2024-2025 AMG GLC 43 4M | 6 | 92,851 |
| 25V066 | Zeekr one 2025 RT | 6 | 1 |
| 25V165 | Ford 2020-2022 Escape and 2021-2023 Bronco Sport | 6 | 33,576 |
| 25V564 | Tuff Trailer 2024 USA TTA17200T and USA TTA18200T trailers | 5 | 6 |
| 25V607 | Hyundai 2020-2025 Palisade | 5 | 568,580 |
The longest running
Measured from the first report NHTSA loaded to the most recent.
| Campaign | What it covers | Filings | First to last |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25V182 | PACCAR 2021-2026 Peterbilt 220, 2022-2026 Kenworth K370, and 2020 | 4 | 427 days |
| 25V050 | MBUSA 2022-2025 EQB 250, EQB 300 4MATIC, and EQB 350 4MATIC elec | 10 | 382 days |
| 25V197 | Ford 2018-2020 Expedition and Lincoln Navigator | 3 | 379 days |
| 25V487 | MBUSA 2022-2023 EQB 350 4MATIC, and EQB 300 4MATIC | 8 | 365 days |
| 25V455 | Ford fuel pump, 850,318 vehicles | 3 | 357 days |
| 25V564 | Tuff Trailer 2024 USA TTA17200T and USA TTA18200T trailers | 5 | 354 days |
| 25V586 | FCA US 2017-2019 Alfa Romeo Giulia and 2018-2019 Alfa Romeo Stelv | 4 | 316 days |
| 25V122 | Orange EV 2023-2024 HUSK-e XP terminal trucks | 2 | 309 days |
| 25V130 | Ford 2021-2022 Mustang Mach-E | 3 | 302 days |
| 25V552 | FCA US 2019-2021 Ram ProMaster and 2019-2020 Dodge Journey | 3 | 301 days |
Why this matters
Each of these is a recall where the description of the fault, the instruction for the fix, or the number of vehicles has been restated at least once. An owner who read the notice after the first filing and acted on it later may have acted on wording that had been replaced. Nothing in the public register says which version they read, because the register holds one version at a time.
On any recall page here, if NHTSA holds more than one filing, you will see the full list with the date each was loaded.
How this was measured, and what it does not say
- The sample is the 1,440 most recent campaigns, which covers 2025 and 2026. It is not the whole register, and older campaigns may behave differently. We say the sample size rather than implying it is everything.
- Filings are counted by the documents NHTSA publishes with the prefix
RCLRPTfor each campaign, and ordered by the date NHTSA loaded each file. The Part 573 form carries no amendment number, so load date is the only ordering the authority publishes. - More than one filing does not mean anything was wrong. Manufacturers file again for many reasons, including adding vehicles, correcting a detail, or reporting a changed remedy. We count filings; we do not judge them.
- Vehicle counts are the figure NHTSA’s live database returns today, which is not always the figure on the most recent filing. Where those two disagree we say so on the campaign page.
- Read from NHTSA on 31 August 2026. Read dates are last-read dates, not first-seen dates.
Check it yourself
Every figure here comes from one public endpoint, with no key and no account. For any campaign, ask NHTSA for its document list and count the reports whose name begins with RCLRPT. Recall data published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is in the public domain. The counting, and any error in it, is ours.