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.
Imported from Japan? Cars sold new in Japan have a chassis number such as ZVW30-1234567 instead of a VIN. Check a Japanese import by its model code.
New: your car's recall card. Pick make, model and year and get a card with its recall count to send to family. Make your card.
Buying a used car? The five-minute recall checklist: which register to check, what proof to ask for, and what to do if a recall is open.
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.
Prefer to browse? Recalls by make, model and year.
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.