Recalls and investigations

The Most Recalled Cars in America

Counted by campaigns, model by model.

2 min read · 83 figures, all from the federal record · rebuilt 3 hours ago

Counted by distinct recall campaigns rather than by how many times a car appears in the file — one campaign covering eight model years is one recall, not eight.

Most recall campaigns, by model

Ford F-150 188 7.9%

across 35 model years

Ford Explorer 154 6.5%

across 36 model years

Jeep Grand Cherokee 138 5.8%

across 33 model years

BMW X5 104 4.4%

across 27 model years

Ford Ranger 101 4.3%

across 33 model years

Honda Accord 97 4.1%

across 41 model years

Ford Escape 97 4.1%

across 25 model years

Jeep Wrangler 96 4.0%

across 38 model years

RAM 1500 95 4.0%

across 15 model years

Ford Mustang 89 3.8%

across 40 model years

Honda Civic 88 3.7%

across 39 model years

Ford Expedition 86 3.6%

across 25 model years

Chevrolet Suburban 85 3.6%

across 37 model years

Chevrolet Tahoe 85 3.6%

across 32 model years

Honda Odyssey 84 3.5%

across 31 model years

Subaru Legacy 82 3.5%

across 32 model years

Dodge Grand Caravan 82 3.5%

across 32 model years

Toyota Tundra 82 3.5%

across 27 model years

GMC Yukon 79 3.3%

across 33 model years

Dodge Caravan 78 3.3%

across 27 model years

Ford E-350 78 3.3%

across 18 model years

Jeep Cherokee 77 3.2%

across 25 model years

Ford Taurus 77 3.2%

across 32 model years

Volkswagen Jetta 77 3.2%

across 34 model years

Dodge Durango 74 3.1%

across 24 model years

Distinct NHTSA campaigns.

Source — NHTSA recalls, counted by campaign number.

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.