Data sources

NHTSA datasets (updated daily)

• Consumer complaints — static.nhtsa.gov/odi/ffdd/cmpl/. Complaints since 1995. We do not store the complainant's city, VIN, dealer details or the operator name included in the file.
• Recalls — static.nhtsa.gov/odi/ffdd/rcl/. Defect and noncompliance campaigns since 1967.
• Recall quarterly reports — static.nhtsa.gov/odi/ffdd/rcl/. Manufacturers' reports on vehicles remedied.
• Defect investigations — static.nhtsa.gov/odi/ffdd/inv/.
• NCAP safety ratings and vPIC VIN decoding — api.nhtsa.gov and vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov.

These are works of the U.S. federal government and are in the public domain. Complaint text is written by members of the public; we remove email addresses, phone numbers and full VINs and show only short excerpts.

Vehicle body type

Used for the silhouette shown when no photo is available: NHTSA vPIC.

Photos

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Freshness

We download the NHTSA files every day. Each page shows the date of the latest data it uses.