Type the 17-character VIN from the windscreen, the driver's door frame or the registration document. No VIN to hand? Use make, model and year instead. Nothing you type is stored.
No VIN? Use make, model and year
In the Netherlands or Israel? Check by number plate
The plate goes to the authority's own open data and is not stored here.
What this check can and cannot tell you
It lists every campaign the American register links to this model and year, and marks those whose wording we have caught being rewritten. It also searches the Canadian, British, European, Dutch, Japanese and Israeli registers for the same car. It cannot say whether your own car's repair was already done: the manufacturer or the authority's VIN lookup can. A recall repair is free at an authorised dealer.
For developers and AI assistants: the same answer is at /api/v1/vehicle?vin= and as the MCP tool check_vehicle at /mcp. Free, CC BY 4.0.