Last update 03. 04. 2024
Information on car manufacturer recalls from official sources
On Car-Recalls.eu, we have been monitoring vehicle recalls by make and model since 2017. Every week, we add about ten to fifteen records of new recalls to our database.
A recall is legally required to be issued by a manufacturer whose product endangers the health or safety of a customer. These are, therefore, serious and often life-threatening defects. Recalls are quite often announced, even for vehicles older than ten years.
Every week we publish a new article with an overview of the vehicle recalls of the last week, which we send out to thousands of interested parties via our Newsletter. Thousands more follow us on Facebook, where we highlight new recalls as soon as they are announced. Another channel may be to follow our Google News account.
Every year, we publish a detailed summary of all EU vehicle recalls with a table by make and number of recalls, which you can find in our Annual Reports category. Data from our analyses are cited by reputable websites in the UK, France, or even Norway, for example.
Our source for information is the Safety Gate – the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products and Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt – KBA, the German Motor Transport Authority.
On our sister site Car-Recalls.com, we also keep track of recalls announced by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and at Car-Recalls.co.uk, we have information on recalls announced by the UK’s Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).
For the vast majority of makes, we also provide information about their reliability based on data from the German organisations ADAC, TÜV and Dekra. In the section VIN Check for Recalls you can copy a sample Check Recalls Request and find the contact details about your nearest authorised dealer.
More than 150 owners of various cars of different ages from all over Europe have already shared their experiences with us in our Owners’ Reviews subsection.
In short, if you’re considering buying a used car, we have plenty of information on potential issues you should focus on. Hopefully, you’ll find some of them helpful.
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Owner and founder of the site Roman Beranek is a former motoring journalist, ex-editor of the major Czech motoring website Auto.cz, and former host of the Czech TV magazine Automotorevue and the radio show AutoImpulsy. He founded Car-Recalls.eu in 2017 to better inform car owners and to improve road safety. He is currently freelancing.
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