Recall Alert - Family Cars

Recall Alert keeps your family's cars in one garage. When you open it, each car shows whether it has a model recall that is new to review, no model recalls returned, or a check that failed, so you can tell them apart without opening each car. From any garage card, Check this VIN on NHTSA takes you to NHTSA's own VIN lookup website in two taps. What the garage shows - Each saved car with its model recall count, how many recalls are new to review, and when it was last checked successfully - New to review: a recall campaign first found for this car on this device. It stays marked until you choose Mark reviewed - Found on first check: recalls returned the first time a car is checked, not newly published recalls - No model recalls returned, shown with a note that this is not a safety confirmation and that a year, make or model spelled differently from NHTSA can also return zero - Check failed, status unknown: your last good result and its time are kept and never replaced with zero - Results older than 24 hours are labeled as past results Recall details - Summary, consequence, remedy, notes, component and manufacturer text as returned by NHTSA, with the campaign ID and report received date - Do not drive and Park outside are highlighted only when NHTSA's data sets them - Open the campaign page on nhtsa.gov, or share the model information. Your VIN and nickname are left out of shares Adding a car - Paste or type a 17-character VIN, confirm the year, make and model that NHTSA identifies, then save it with an optional nickname - Or enter the year, make and model yourself, without sending a VIN Checks and alerts - Check all checks your saved cars one at a time. Cars of the same model share one lookup - When you open the app, cars whose last successful check is more than 24 hours old are checked again. Manual checks reuse saved results for 15 minutes - Optional alerts: after a successful check you can choose Enable alerts to be notified when a newly found model recall appears during a check. Checks run only while you use the app. There is no background watching Your data - Cars, VINs, check history, review status and device notes are stored in the app on your device. No account, no server of ours, no analytics and no ads - To identify a car, its VIN is sent to NHTSA's vPIC service (vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov). Model checks send year, make and model to api.nhtsa.gov - Check history lists past model recall counts and when each check ran. Deleting a car or clearing history asks you to confirm first - Light and dark appearance follows your device, or choose one in Settings. Works on iPhone and iPad Please note - Independent app, not affiliated with NHTSA or the U.S. government. - Results are for model year, make and model. They do not tell you whether your specific vehicle (VIN) has an unrepaired recall. Use Check this VIN on NHTSA and ask your dealer about applicability, repair status and the required action. - No model recalls returned does not mean your vehicle is safe. Marking a recall reviewed does not mean it was repaired.