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Every recall notice names a part. Sorting them by that part is something the regulator already does, so this is not a page about airbags and brakes. It is a page about what those notices told owners would happen next: whether a date for the letter was given at all, whether it has since passed, how long owners actually waited for a fault of that kind, and which notices were quietly reworded after publication.

Across the 15,228 notices in the register whose record names a part, 1,218 gave owners no date for the letter at all (8 per cent of them). 470 of the dates that were given have since passed. 59 notices have been reworded since publication.

Part Notices Median wait No letter date given Date given, and passed Reworded after publication
Equipment 2,628 29 days 225 69 10
Electrical System 1,827 41 days 132 81 12
Structure 901 42 days 53 36 7
Air Bags 844 46 days 91 15 0
Power Train 815 42 days 71 23 4
Steering 745 39 days 76 28 1
Suspension 730 33 days 55 19 1
Exterior Lighting 663 43 days 56 15 4
Engine And Engine Cooling 586 47 days 52 30 2
Service Brakes, Hydraulic 583 37 days 51 14 0
Fuel System, Gasoline 469 46 days 37 11 0
Visibility 463 34 days 24 6 1
Seats 459 43 days 39 17 3
Tires 453 34 days 27 12 0
Seat Belts 450 48 days 28 12 2
Service Brakes, Air 352 43 days 32 6 2
Equipment Adaptive/mobility 289 36 days 26 5 2
Back Over Prevention 245 48 days 8 15 4
Latches/locks/linkages 237 49 days 7 3 1
Fuel System, Diesel 197 43 days 15 13 0
Wheels 191 30 days 20 6 0
Parking Brake 175 49 days 11 3 0
Fuel System, Other 145 35 days 20 3 0
Trailer Hitches 142 32 days 14 2 1
Engine 116 50 days 11 2 0
Vehicle Speed Control 93 37 days 8 4 0
Child Seat 89 47 days 6 5 1
Electronic Stability Control (esc) 84 46 days 3 8 1
Service Brakes 78 39 days 5 0 0
Hybrid Propulsion System 46 57 days 3 0 0
Forward Collision Avoidance 46 41 days 4 5 0
Service Brakes, Electric 19 not known 1 0 0
Visibility/wiper 18 not known 1 1 0
Lane Departure 12 not known 1 1 0
Other 10 not known 0 0 0
Unknown Or Other 9 not known 0 0 0
Interior Lighting 7 not known 1 0 0
Communication 7 not known 2 0 0
Traction Control System 4 not known 1 0 0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic; Autohold Brake System/brake Hold 1 not known 1 0 0

Groups holding fewer than 25 notices are counted in the table but have no page of their own. A page about a handful of notices tells a reader less than the row above does.

How this page is built

The part and the remedy are read out of the authority record for each campaign, one campaign at a time, and stored as they are read. All 15,233 campaigns in the register have been read. The rewrite record and the promised-letter record are ours: no regulator publishes either. How we work sets out the whole method, and anything we have got wrong is listed on the corrections page.

Every rewrite we have caught · How long before they tell you · By manufacturer · Ask what changed

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