NHTSA owner complaints for a vehicle with crash/fire/injury/death risk score API

Pulls NHTSA owner complaints for a make/model/year, tallies crash/fire/injury/death flags into a 0-100 risk score, ranks the most-severe complaints, and surfaces the most-complained-about components. Answers 'is this car dangerous per owners?', 'what fails on a <year> <make> <model>?'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/gov/nhtsa-complaints

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit60/minute

Cache3600s public

govrecallsnhtsavehiclecomplaintsautomotive-safetyrisk-score

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/gov/nhtsa-complaints

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "make": "Tesla",
  "model": "Model 3",
  "modelYear": 2019,
  "limit": 2
}

Example response

{
  "make": "Tesla",
  "model": "Model 3",
  "modelYear": "2019",
  "total": 587,
  "crashes": 58,
  "fires": 5,
  "injuries": 26,
  "deaths": 4,
  "severityScore": 10,
  "severityClass": "low",
  "topComponents": [
    {
      "component": "FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE",
      "count": 166
    },
    {
      "component": "ELECTRICAL SYSTEM",
      "count": 88
    },
    {
      "component": "UNKNOWN OR OTHER",
      "count": 76
    },
    {
      "component": "SUSPENSION",
      "count": 75
    },
    {
      "component": "AIR BAGS",
      "count": 73
    }
  ],
  "complaints": [
    {
      "odiNumber": 11524321,
      "date": "10/17/2021",
      "components": "VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE",
      "crash": true,
      "fire": false,
      "injuries": 0,
      "deaths": 2,
      "summary": "On 10/17/2021 my son was killed along with his passenger in this Tesla.  The car was thought to be going over 100 miles an hour on a city road Coconut Point Road in Estero Florida.  The car was thought to have hit a tree with the rear tire and was sent flying through the air and "
    },
    {
      "odiNumber": 11364724,
      "date": "09/01/2020",
      "components": "SUSPENSION",
      "crash": true,
      "fire": false,
      "injuries": 1,
      "deaths": 1,
      "summary": "PLEASE NOTE  THAT I HAVE USED THE VIN OF ANOTHER 2019 MODEL 3 TO SUBMIT THIS COMPLAINT SINCE THE VIN OF THE BADLY MANGLED CAR WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS COMPLAINT IS INDECIPHERABLE.  HERE IS MANGLED MODEL 3 IN THE JUNKYARD:  HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/52448180/PHOTOS/2019-TESLA"
    }
  ]
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "make",
    "model",
    "modelYear"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "make": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "model": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "modelYear": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "number"
      ],
      "description": "4-digit year."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Max complaints returned (1-50, default 15)."
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}