Recalls and investigations
How Canadian and American Recalls Differ
The same defect, two regulators, two sets of numbers — and cars recalled on one side of the border that were not on the other.
2 min read · 141 figures, all from the federal record · rebuilt 3 hours ago
The two countries run separate recall programmes. A defect found in one is usually addressed in both, but not always at the same time, not always with the same scope, and never with the same campaign number.
On this site, 1,876 published model years carry an American recall with no Canadian one attached, and 1,416 carry a Canadian recall with no American one.
Cars with the most Canadian recalls
| Vehicle | Canadian recalls | US recalls |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 Ford Maverick | 31 | 28 |
| 2022 Ford F-150 | 28 | 23 |
| 2021 Ford F-150 | 27 | 29 |
| 2020 Ford Explorer | 26 | 33 |
| 2007 Freightliner Columbia | 25 | 0 |
| 2021 Lincoln Corsair | 25 | 22 |
| 2019 Freightliner Cascadia | 25 | 29 |
| 2020 Lincoln Aviator | 25 | 30 |
| 2018 Freightliner Cascadia | 24 | 0 |
| 2015 Chevrolet Silverado | 24 | 7 |
| 2006 Freightliner Columbia | 23 | 0 |
| 2015 GMC Sierra | 23 | 6 |
| 2023 Ford Maverick | 23 | 21 |
| 2021 Ford Bronco | 23 | 20 |
| 2020 Ford Escape | 23 | 23 |
| 2014 GMC Sierra | 22 | 12 |
| 2014 Chevrolet Silverado | 22 | 14 |
| 2021 Ford Escape | 22 | 19 |
| 2021 Ford Explorer | 21 | 26 |
| 2017 Ford F-150 | 21 | 18 |
| 2019 RAM 1500 | 21 | 30 |
| 2021 Lincoln Aviator | 20 | 28 |
| 2013 RAM 3500 | 20 | 18 |
| 2010 BMW X5 | 20 | 14 |
| 2023 Ford F-150 | 20 | 12 |
Source — NHTSA recalls API and the Transport Canada Vehicle Recalls Database.
How this was made. Nobody wrote this article and left it to age. It is generated by a query against the complaint database, and rebuilt every time the data is — so the numbers in the sentences above are the numbers as they stand today, not as they stood when somebody last had time to update them. How the grading works.