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RecallChecker — Vehicle Safety Recalls

Check U.S. NHTSA vehicle safety recall campaigns by make, model, and year. Live official data.

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Check U.S. NHTSA vehicle safety recall campaigns by make, model, and year. Live official data.

Details

Kind
MCP servers
Topic
Marketing & analytics
Publisher
com.checkrecall
Origin
official
Category
ferramentas
Transport
http
Version
1.0.0
Last push
2026-05-25T02:06:07Z
Repository state
ativo
Language
TypeScript
License
MIT
Added
2026-08-29 03:01:02
Updated
2026-08-29 03:01:02
Origin id
com.checkrecall/vehicle-recalls

README

# RecallChecker

A free tool + MCP server that answers one question well: **"Is this vehicle recalled?"**
Enter a car's make, model, and year and get an instant, plain-language list of open U.S.
safety recalls — pulled live from official NHTSA data, with the hazard, the remedy, the date,
and a link to the official notice.

**Live:** [checkrecall.com](https://checkrecall.com) · **MCP:** `https://mcp.checkrecall.com/mcp`

## Features

- **Web tool** — search by make / model / year and get a direct answer with the recall count,
  campaign details, dates, and official links. Results live at a shareable, crawlable URL.
- **Reference pages** — a page per common vehicle query at `/recalls/[make]/[model]/[year]`,
  each backed by live data.
- **MCP server** — the same lookup as a tool any MCP-compatible AI assistant can call:
  `check_vehicle_recalls(make, model, year)`, returning a human-readable summary plus
  structured data.

## Data source

| Source | Provides | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| **NHTSA Recalls API** | U.S. vehicle safety recall campaigns | No API key. `api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/recallsByVehicle?make=&model=&modelYear=` |

Every answer shows the data's "as of" date and links back to the official NHTSA notice. A
"no recalls found" result reports the absence of campaigns in NHTSA as of that date — it is
not a guarantee of safety and is not VIN-specific. Data sourced from NHTSA (nhtsa.gov).

## Tech

Next.js (App Router) + TypeScript, deployed to Cloudflare Workers via OpenNext; response
caching on Workers KV. The MCP server is a second Worker that reuses the same lookup core, so
the website and the assistant tool never duplicate lookup logic.

## Development

```bash
npm install
npm run dev            # local dev (wrangler)
npm test               # unit tests
npm run deploy         # deploy the web app
npm run mcp:dev        # local MCP server
npm run mcp:deploy     # deploy the MCP server
```

> Build uses `next build --webpack` (Turbopack output is not yet compatible with OpenNext).

## License

MIT — see [LICENSE](LICENSE).

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