About Auto-Recalls.ca
Empowering Canadian drivers, used vehicle purchasers, fleet operators, and automotive technicians with immediate, transparent access to official vehicle safety recall records.
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Our Core Mission
Every year, hundreds of thousands of vehicles in Canada remain on the road with unrepaired critical safety defects—ranging from explosive airbag inflators and electrical fire hazards to steering and brake system failures. Auto-Recalls.ca was built to eliminate information friction by structuring complex public defect data into an intuitive, high-speed lookup engine accessible to every Canadian citizen.
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Authoritative Data Sources & Provenance
All recall campaign notices and defect bulletins published on Auto-Recalls.ca originate directly from the Transport Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Defect & Recall Database, published under the Government of Canada Open Data principles. In addition, technical vehicle specifications and fuel efficiency benchmarks are enriched using official datasets from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and NHTSA vPIC VIN decoding registries.
Official recall numbers, affected unit volumes, detailed hazard descriptions, and manufacturer corrective remedies.
City, highway, and combined L/100 km ratings and annual fuel cost estimates for Canadian climates.
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Privacy by Design: 100% Client-Side VIN Processing
We believe consumer privacy is paramount. Unlike commercial vehicle history providers, Auto-Recalls.ca performs VIN decoding entirely in your web browser. Your 17-digit Vehicle Identification Number is never logged to our database, never associated with your personal identity, and never monetized or sold to third-party marketing brokers.
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Important Disclaimer & Legal Independence
Auto-Recalls.ca is an independent public interest directory. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an agency of Transport Canada, the Government of Canada, or any automotive manufacturer.
The records displayed on this website represent a database snapshot (March 2026 release). Recent recall bulletins may still be undergoing regulatory processing. Furthermore, not every individual vehicle within an affected model year is necessarily subject to an open recall campaign. For definitive, vehicle-specific confirmation of open recalls and warranty remedy status, vehicle owners must contact an authorized franchised dealer with their VIN.