Developers
Free vehicle safety API
Complaints, recalls, problem areas and the Safety Index for any U.S. vehicle, as JSON. Free, no key - just link back to the vehicle's page when you show the data.
One vehicle
GET https://recallride.com/api/v1/vehicle/<make>/<model>/<year>For example /api/v1/vehicle/honda/accord/2018. The answer includes the complaint, crash, fire, injury and death counts, complaints in the last 30 days, the Safety Index and grade, owner reports and rating, every problem area, every recall (campaign, date, component, summary, consequence, remedy, units affected, do-not-drive and park-outside flags) and the page's URL.
Finding the slugs
| Endpoint | Returns |
|---|---|
| /api/v1/years | Model years on file, newest first |
| /api/v1/makes?year=2018 | Makes (name, slug) - the year is optional |
| /api/v1/models?make=honda&year=2018 | A make's models (name, slug) - the year is optional |
Fair use
- Up to 300 vehicle requests an hour per address. Answers are cached for 30 minutes - so should you.
- Show "Data: NHTSA, via RecallRide" with a link to the vehicle's
url. - Complaints are unverified reports by owners; don't present them as findings.
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