Recall check by year, make and model
Choose a model year, a make and a model: NHTSA's campaigns for it load at once. The example shows the 2020 Honda CR-V, with 7 campaigns.
This recall check asks NHTSA's public Recalls API, the database behind nhtsa.gov, for every safety recall campaign covering the model year, make and model you choose. Each campaign shows its NHTSA number, the date the manufacturer filed the defect report, the component involved, a summary of the defect, the remedy, and a red label when NHTSA attached a do-not-drive or park-outside warning. If you have the VIN, the second field decodes it through NHTSA vPIC and fills in the three lists for you. Model names follow NHTSA's spelling, which splits hybrids, plug-ins and heavy-duty versions into separate entries; check each one that could match your vehicle. The result is the campaign list for the model as built, which is what you want before buying. Whether one particular car still has a campaign open depends on its VIN and on dealer records, and NHTSA answers that on its own lookup.
NHTSA safety recall campaigns
7 campaigns
2020 Honda CR-V
26V332000May 21, 2026
air bags › sensor › occupant classification › front passenger
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2021, 2023 Acura TLX, 2019-2024 RDX, 2017-2020, 2022-2026 MDX, 2017-2021, 2023, 2025 Honda Ridgeline, 2017-2022 Pilot, 2019-2021 Passport, 2018-2026 Odyssey, 2019-2022 Insight, 2019-2021 HR-V,…
Remedy: Dealers will replace the seat weight sensors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 7, 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers…
24V064000February 1, 2024
air bags › sensor › occupant classification › front passenger
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Pilot, Accord, Civic sedan, HR-V, Odyssey, 2020 Civic coupe, Fit, 2021-2022 Civic hatchback, 2021 Civic Type R, Insight, 2020-2021 CR-V, CR-V Hybrid, Passport, Ridgeline, Accord Hybrid, 2020…
Remedy: Dealers will replace the seat weight sensors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 28, 2024. This is a phased recall. Owners may contact Honda customer service at…
23V858000December 18, 2023
fuel system, gasoline › delivery › fuel pump
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2013-2023 Honda Accord, Civic Coupe, Civic Sedan, Civic Hatchback, Civic Type R, CR-V, HR-V, Ridgeline, Odyssey, Acura ILX, MDX, MDX Hybrid, RDX, RLX, TLX, 2019-2022 Honda Insight, Passport, 2020 Honda…
Remedy: Dealers will replace the fuel pump module, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed September 6, 2024. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this…
23V524000July 27, 2023
equipment › other › labels
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2017, 2020, and 2022 CR-V vehicles. The certification label on the driver's side door states incorrect Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR), Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR), and tire size information.…
Remedy: Dealers will install a new corrected label, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 18, 2023. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's…
23V158000March 9, 2023
seat belts › front › buckle assembly
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2017-2020 CR-V, 2018-2019 Accord and Accord Hybrid, 2018-2020 Odyssey, 2019 Insight, and 2019-2020 Acura RDX vehicles. A manufacturing issue with the front seat belts may cause the seat belt buckle…
Remedy: Dealers will replace the driver and front passenger seat belt buckle release buttons or the buckle assemblies as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 18, 2023.…
22V380000May 26, 2022
fuel system, gasoline › storage › tank assembly
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2020 CR-V vehicles. The clip for the absorber inside the fuel tank was not secured properly and may detach, which can cause an inaccurate fuel gauge reading.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the fuel tank, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 5, 2022. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this…
19V865000December 5, 2019
structure › frame and members
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2019-2020 CR-V vehicles. The rear subframe bolts were improperly manufactured and may loosen, allowing the rear subframe to separate.
Remedy: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the rear subframe bolts and retorque them or replace them, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began January 27, 2020. Owners may contact…
A campaign covers every vehicle of the model and year built in the affected window. To see whether one car still has it open, enter its VIN on nhtsa.gov/recalls or the maker's site.
Model-year campaigns and open recalls are two different answers
A campaign covers every vehicle of a model built inside a window the maker defines: a range of production dates, one assembly plant, one engine. Two cars of the same model year can therefore differ, one inside the window and one outside. The list above tells you which campaigns exist; the dealer, or NHTSA’s VIN search, tells you which of them apply to a given car and whether the repair was done. NHTSA's VIN search covers recalls from the past 15 calendar years and the major carmakers, motorcycle brands and some truck makers.
When a used car shows an open campaign, the repair remains free at any franchised dealer of the brand, as long as the vehicle was first sold no more than 15 calendar years before the recall notice. The guide to checking recalls explains the rule and has a calculator for it.
Reading a campaign
The campaign number reads like 24V123000: year of filing, V for vehicle (E for equipment, T for tires, C for child seats), then a sequence. The component line uses NHTSA's categories, such as "air bags", "electrical system" or "back over prevention" for rearview cameras. A do-not-drive warning means NHTSA and the maker consider the car unsafe to drive until repaired, which happened in 164 campaigns of every kind between 2016 and 2025; a park-outside warning means a fire risk even when the car is off. Our page on those advisories lists the latest ones.
When the list is empty
No campaign means NHTSA has no safety recall on file for that model and year under the name you picked. Check the other spellings in the model list first. Service bulletins and warranty extensions are not safety recalls and do not appear here; your dealer can look those up by VIN. Equipment you added later, such as tires or a child seat, has its own recalls registered under the equipment maker.
How fresh is the answer?
The lookup is live: each change queries NHTSA directly from your browser, so a campaign NHTSA lists today appears today. The brand and model pages rely on NHTSA's recall file, which we reload every week; the current file runs to a campaign received on October 9, 2026. Start from the brand pages to compare makers, or from the VIN decoder to see recalls next to the crash ratings and mpg of one vehicle.