{"id":"be6f7f9e-36a2-43fe-8f34-9e8140ec2984","task":"Look up vehicle recalls via the NHTSA API","domain":"api.nhtsa.gov","steps":["To look up recalls by VIN, send GET https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/recallsByVehicleId?vin={VIN}; the response returns all open and completed recall campaigns associated with that specific vehicle.","To search recalls by make, model, and year, send GET https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/recallsByVehicle?make={make}&model={model}&modelYear={year}.","Parse each recall record in the results array; key fields include NHTSACampaignNumber, Component, Summary (hazard description), Consequence, Remedy, and ReportReceivedDate.","To retrieve consumer complaints, send GET https://api.nhtsa.gov/complaints/complaintsByVehicle?make={make}&model={model}&modelYear={year}.","For safety ratings, send GET https://api.nhtsa.gov/SafetyRatings/modelyear/{year}/make/{make}/model/{model} to get overall and component ratings on a 1-5 star scale.","All endpoints are unauthenticated, return JSON, and are free to use; paginate with the offset and count parameters when result sets may be large."],"gotchas":["The recalls-by-VIN endpoint checks the specific vehicle against the NHTSA recall database but recall completion status for a specific VIN is not always updated in real time; a recall may show as open even if the specific vehicle was already remedied at a dealer.","Make and model strings must match NHTSA's internal naming exactly; use the vPIC API to decode the VIN and extract the canonical make and model strings before constructing recall queries.","NHTSA datasets and APIs are provided as-is for informational purposes; do not use them as the sole basis for safety-critical decisions without also consulting the manufacturer's recall notification system."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T07:24:38.380Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:44:30.178Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/be6f7f9e-36a2-43fe-8f34-9e8140ec2984"}