Vehicle Safety Report — NHTSA Recalls + Complaints
A combined recall and complaint safety report per vehicle make/model/year — NHTSA's own 'do not drive' recall flag plus crash/fire/injury/death complaint pattern counts, not just raw lists. Free, official, keyless NHTSA data.
Vehicle Safety Report — NHTSA Recalls + Complaints returns 15 documented output fields, including make, model, modelYear, recallCount and recallSeverity. Every field carries a declared type, a written description and an example value. 26 runs are recorded on Apify.
- 15
- Output fields
- 1
- Inputs
- 26
- Runs
- 2026-10-16
- Last run
01 — output
What it returns
Every field the extractor writes to its dataset, with its type, a written description and an example value.
| Field | Type | What it holds | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| make | stringnull | Make as recorded for this row. | <make> |
| model | stringnull | The model that produced this answer. | gpt-4.1 |
| modelYear | stringnull | Model Year as recorded for this row. | <modelYear> |
| recallCount | integernull | How many recalls were recorded. | 0 |
| recallSeverity | stringnull | Severity assigned to the recall. | <recallSeverity> |
| recallSeverityNote | stringnull | Note explaining the recall severity. | <recallSeverityNote> |
| recallComponents | stringnull | Components affected by the recall. | <recallComponents> |
| totalComplaints | integernull | Total complaints recorded. | 0 |
| complaintsInvolvingCrash | integernull | Complaints that involve a crash. | 0 |
| complaintsInvolvingFire | integernull | Complaints that involve fire. | 0 |
| totalInjuriesReported | integernull | Injuries reported in connection with this item. | 0 |
| totalDeathsReported | integernull | Deaths reported in connection with this item. | 0 |
| topComplaintComponents | stringnull | Components attracting the most complaints. | <topComplaintComponents> |
| status | stringnull | Outcome recorded for this row. | ok |
| verdict | stringnull | The Actor's conclusion for this row, stated in words. | pass |
02 — sample
One record
Assembled from the example values declared on the schema above, not invented at render time.
{
"make": "<make>",
"model": "gpt-4.1",
"modelYear": "<modelYear>",
"recallCount": 0,
"recallSeverity": "<recallSeverity>",
"recallSeverityNote": "<recallSeverityNote>",
"recallComponents": "<recallComponents>",
"totalComplaints": 0
}03 — input
What you give it
| Input | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| vehicles | arrayrequired | Vehicles to check, each with make, model, and modelYear (all three required). Example: [{"make": "Honda", "model": "Accord", "modelYear": "2023"}] |
04 — run
Run Vehicle Safety Report on your own input
It runs in the cloud on Apify. Nothing to install, and you are billed per result returned rather than per attempt.
05 — questions
Asked before running it
15 of 15 fields described
- What does Vehicle Safety Report — NHTSA Recalls + Complaints return?
- It returns 15 documented output fields: make, model, modelYear, recallCount, recallSeverity, recallSeverityNote, recallComponents, totalComplaints, complaintsInvolvingCrash, complaintsInvolvingFire, totalInjuriesReported and totalDeathsReported. Each field declares its type, a description of what it holds, and an example value. The remaining 3 are listed in the output schema below.
- What input does Vehicle Safety Report — NHTSA Recalls + Complaints require?
- vehicles is required. The full input schema, with types and defaults, is below.
- Does Vehicle Safety Report — NHTSA Recalls + Complaints need an API key or login?
- No. None of its inputs is a credential, and it reads only public data. Nothing to sign up for before the first run.
- How do I run Vehicle Safety Report — NHTSA Recalls + Complaints?
- It runs on Apify. Start it from its listing with the inputs above, or call the Apify API with the Actor's ID. Results land in a dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read through the Apify API into your own pipeline.