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Spelling has to be one NHTSA knows - the recall endpoint answers HTTP 400 for a make, model or year it does not have, and that 400 is reported as a rejected input rather than as \"no recalls\". Note that the three endpoints do not share a model vocabulary: a 2021 Ford \"F-150\" returns 29 recalls but no complaints and no crash-test ratings, while \"F-150 SUPER CREW\" returns the complaints and ratings and no recalls. Plain model names such as Camry, Accord, Civic, RAV4 and Altima work on all three.", "default": [ { "make": "Toyota", "model": "Camry", "modelYear": 2022 }, { "make": "Honda", "model": "Accord", "modelYear": 2021 } ] }, "datasets": { "title": "What to read", "type": "array", "description": "recalls = NHTSA safety recall campaigns. complaints = consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, including whether a crash, fire, injury or death was reported. safety-ratings = NCAP crash test star ratings, which need one extra request per body style.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "recalls", "complaints", "safety-ratings" ], "enumTitles": [ "Recalls", "Complaints", "Safety ratings (NCAP stars)" ] }, "default": [ "recalls", "complaints" ] }, "maxRecordsPerVehicle": { "title": "Maximum records per vehicle", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5000, "type": "integer", "description": "Upper limit of rows kept for each vehicle and each dataset. You are charged for the rows you actually receive. For reference, measured on 2026-09-10: a 2021 Ford F-150 had 29 recalls, and a 2021 Honda Accord had 226 complaints.", "default": 200 }, "onlyCrashOrFire": { "title": "Complaints: only those reporting a crash or a fire", "type": "boolean", "description": "Keep a complaint only if NHTSA's own crash or fire flag is true. The flag comes from the filing, not from searching the text for the word crash.", "default": false }, "onlyWithInjuriesOrDeaths": { "title": "Complaints: only those reporting injuries or deaths", "type": "boolean", "description": "Keep a complaint only if it states at least one injury or death. A complaint that does not state a number is treated as zero by NHTSA itself and is dropped by this filter.", "default": false }, "componentContains": { "title": "Component contains", "type": "string", "description": "Keep a record only if the component text contains this (case-insensitive). NHTSA writes components in capitals, such as \"AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION\" or \"POWER TRAIN\". Crash-test ratings carry no component, so this filter is not applied to them - they are returned regardless. Leave empty for all components.", "default": "" }, "maxRetries": { "title": "Attempts per request", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 6, "type": "integer", "description": "How many times to try a request in total when NHTSA does not answer. 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