One-time snapshot

NHTSA Vehicle Recalls 1966–March 2026

Recall campaign and affected-product records with defect and remedy text.

Snapshot coverage

Records: 176,073 product rows; 29,865 distinct campaign IDs

Coverage: Recall dates: 1966-01-19 through 2026-03-26

Format: CSV + Parquet

Package uploaded: 2026-03-31

Listing reviewed: 2026-09-19

The upload and review dates do not extend the source coverage. This is a dated snapshot; future updates are not included.

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Known limitations

Multiple product/model rows can belong to the same campaign. Count distinct campno values for campaign totals.
do_not_drive and park_outside are missing throughout this snapshot. Missing values do not mean that no warning exists.
This historical snapshot cannot establish current recall status for a particular VIN.
Current official files contain additions and revisions to historical records; this dated snapshot is not a complete copy of today's affected-product listings.

Files in this snapshot

Row counts are per table and should not be added as independent events. Expand a file to see its delivered Parquet field names and types.

nhtsa_recalls.parquet — 176,073 rows · 32 fields

Field	Type
record_id	int64
campno	string
maketxt	string
modeltxt	string
mfgcampno	string
compname	string
mfgname	string
bgman	string
endman	string
rcltypecd	string
potaff	int64
odate	string
influenced_by	string
mfgtxt	string
rcdate	string
datea	string
rpno	string
fmvss	string
desc_defect	string
conequence_defect	string
corrective_action	string
notes	string
rcl_cmpt_id	string
mfr_comp_name	string
mfr_comp_desc	string
mfr_comp_ptno	string
do_not_drive	int64
park_outside	int64
model_year	int64
recall_type	string
recall_year	int64
mfg_span_days	int64

Inspect the public CSV

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv(
    "https://huggingface.co/datasets/claritystorm/nhtsa-vehicle-recalls/resolve/main/sample_1000.csv"
)
print(df.shape)
print(df.columns.tolist())
print(df.head())

This CSV is a sample, not the full package. It does not establish complete historical coverage or represent every field’s missingness. License details are on the Hugging Face card.

Source: government source portal · Dataset changelog