# NHTSA US Vehicle Safety Recalls Lookup

> NHTSA US Vehicle Safety Recalls Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from pyfile-agent.taile3ff35.ts.net:10000, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns US vehicle safety recall information for a specific make, model, and year from NHTSA data

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://pyfile-agent.taile3ff35.ts.net:10000/data/nhtsa/recalls
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/nhtsa-us-vehicle-safety-recalls-lookup-2c4ca667
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_20rELB1_IEv6db3j8CWIo

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability nhtsa-us-vehicle-safety-recalls-lookup-2c4ca667
```

Example prompt: Can you check if there are any NHTSA safety recalls on a 2020 Toyota Camry?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to look up official US government (NHTSA) safety recall data for a specific vehicle identified by make, model, and year. Ideal for pre-purchase vehicle checks, owner safety verification, fleet compliance, or any automotive safety research workflow. Prefer this over general web search when you need structured, authoritative recall data directly from NHTSA.

## Known failure modes

- No recalls found for the specified make/model/year (returns empty result or 404)
- Invalid or unrecognized make/model/year combination returns an error
- NHTSA upstream API unavailability causes timeout or 503
- Missing required query parameters (make, model, or year) returns a validation error
- Payment failure (x402) prevents the request from being processed

## How this service works

US vehicle safety recalls by make/model/year. ?make=toyota&model=camry&year=2020

## Output

Returns a list of recall records from NHTSA for the specified vehicle make, model, and year. Each record typically includes the recall campaign number, recall date, affected components, description of the defect or safety risk, and the manufacturer's remedy or corrective action.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "make": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "year": {
       "type": "number"
      },
      "model": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object"
  }
 }
}
```

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