# Vehicle Safety Recalls (NHTSA)

> Vehicle Safety Recalls (NHTSA) is a paid API for AI agents from bess-x402.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Returns US NHTSA safety recall data for a specific vehicle make, model, and year including campaign details, affected components, consequences, and remedies.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://bess-x402.onrender.com/v1/auto/recalls?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/vehicle-safety-recalls-nhtsa-1bb43259
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_khMS5Oq8aUmh3yj1ukOat

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 vehicle-safety-recalls-nhtsa-1bb43259
```

Example prompt: Can you check if there are any NHTSA safety recalls on a 2019 Toyota Camry? I want to know the campaign numbers, what components are affected, and whether there are any do-not-drive warnings.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative US government NHTSA recall data for a specific vehicle identified by make, model, and year. Prefer this over general web searches when you need structured recall data including campaign numbers, component details, do-not-drive flags, and official remedy instructions — especially for pre-purchase due diligence or pre-service safety checks.

## Known failure modes

- No recalls found for the given make/model/year — returns empty list
- Invalid or unrecognized make/model/year combination — may return empty result or error
- NHTSA upstream data unavailability causing request failure
- Misspelled make or model returning no results

## How this service works

US safety recalls for a vehicle make, model and year from NHTSA: campaign number, date, component, summary, consequence, remedy and do-not-drive or park-outside warnings. Use before buying or servicing.

## Output

Returns a list of recall records for the specified vehicle, each containing the NHTSA campaign number, recall date, affected component(s), a plain-language summary of the defect, the potential consequence if unaddressed, the prescribed remedy, and flags for do-not-drive or park-outside safety warnings.

## 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",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "make",
      "model",
      "year"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "make": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Make, e.g. Toyota"
      },
      "year": {
       "type": "integer",
       "description": "Model year"
      },
      "model": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Model, e.g. Camry"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/vehicle-safety-recalls-nhtsa-1bb43259/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from bess-x402.onrender.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/bess-x402.onrender.com/llms.txt)