# NHTSA Vehicle Safety Recalls Lookup

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

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

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://pyfile-agent.taile3ff35.ts.net/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-vehicle-safety-recalls-lookup-6e91417b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_oY_5fUBdNkVVsE5MKWxmu

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-vehicle-safety-recalls-lookup-6e91417b
```

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

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative US federal government vehicle safety recall data keyed by make, model, and year. It is the right choice for consumer safety checks, pre-purchase vehicle research, fleet compliance verification, or any workflow requiring NHTSA-sourced recall information. Prefer this over general web search when you need structured, queryable recall data rather than unstructured articles.

## Known failure modes

- No recalls found for the given make/model/year combination — returns empty result set
- Invalid or unrecognized make/model/year — may return empty results or error
- Missing required query parameters — request may fail or return unexpected results
- NHTSA upstream data unavailability — service may return an error or stale data

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns a list of NHTSA recall records for the specified vehicle, including recall campaign numbers, component descriptions, defect summaries, consequence descriptions, and remedy information as reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

## 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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