Check a specific vehicle for open NHTSA safety recalls, including glazing/windshield-camera/ADAS-related campaigns, before performing a calibration or glass replacement.

domain: api.nhtsa.gov · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Call GET https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/recallsByVehicle?make={MAKE}&model={MODEL}&modelYear={YEAR} — free, no API key or auth required.
  2. Read each recall's Component and Summary fields and filter client-side for glazing/windshield/camera/ADAS keywords; there is no server-side component filter on this endpoint.
  3. If exact make/model/year values are unknown, first call api.nhtsa.gov/products/vehicle/modelYears?issueType=r, then .../makes?modelYear=...&issueType=r, then .../models?modelYear=...&make=...&issueType=r to enumerate valid values.
  4. To pull full detail on one campaign already identified, call api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber={NHTSA campaign number}.

Known gotchas

Related routes

Retrieve full detail for a specific NHTSA recall campaign number tied to a windshield/camera/glazing defect, once the campaign ID is already known.
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Identify which ADAS features on a specific vehicle rely on a windshield-mounted camera (lane-keeping, forward collision warning, adaptive cruise control) before authorizing a windshield replacement, using NHTSA's vPIC VIN decoder.
vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov · 5 steps · unrated

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