About
MyAutoRecalls answers one question: does my vehicle have an open safety recall, and what do I do about it?
What it is
Type in your VIN. Get the answer. The check runs against the federal recall database maintained by NHTSA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and translates the result into plain English: what the problem is, why it matters, and what to do next.
Every recall on this site also has its own record page — the full NHTSA record in plain language, the affected vehicles, and a timeline of what has changed on that record since it was published.
The idea behind it
Recall notices are written for regulators, not for owners. And a recall record is not a static document — it gets expanded, its remedy gets updated, its owner letters go out, sometimes it gets replaced entirely. Most recall lookups show you a snapshot. MyAutoRecalls is built around the other question:
Don’t just tell me what the recall says today. Tell me what changed.
That is why every record tracks changes, and why the VIN check shows what has changed on your recalls recently — not just whether one exists.
Who runs it
MyAutoRecalls is run by JP Pannell. It is not affiliated with NHTSA or with any vehicle manufacturer.
What it costs
Nothing. The check is free, the record pages are free, and there are no accounts. Recall repairs themselves are paid for by the manufacturer, including parts and labor — that is federal law for safety recalls, not a perk of this site.
What’s coming
VIN watch: save a vehicle and get told the moment something changes — a new recall, a remedy update, a mailed notice. It is not live yet; the results page will say so when it is.
How the data works
See Methodology for sources, update cadence, and the honest limits of what a VIN check can and cannot see. See Privacy for how your VIN is handled.