How To Register A Used Car For Recalls

Sign up for recall alerts via email know if there is a safety problem with your vehicles tires or car seat and how to get it fixed.

How to register a used car for recalls. Register your vehicle tires car seats equipment and check recalls twice a year. Check if a car has a safety recall. Use your knowledge of the recall to get the owner to come down on price. I just purchased a 2004 lexus lx 470 and just found out it had a recall notice put out in 2016 that the last owner never followed up on. To address this carfax and others including the national highway traffic safety administration offer recall checks that require you to enter the car s vehicle identification number.

Your vin can be found on your purchase documents insurance card title registration near the windshield on the driver s side dashboard and inside the driver s door. You can use the car registration number to check if it s been recalled. Register your vehicle at carfax s vehicle recall check page and the company will send you a notification as soon as a new recall is reported. Say things like i heard this vehicle was subject to a recall. Shoot for at least 5 off the sticker price.

To check if the car you are interested in has an open recall go to the nhtsa website find the recalls tab and enter the car s vehicle identification number vin in the search box that appears. You don t even need to know your vehicle s vin you can. The first step is to copy down your 17 character vehicle identification number vin. Visit your car manufacturer s safety recall vin look up website. Safety recalls that have not been checked or fixed.

Cr s car recall tracker go to safercar gov the official free to use website of the national highway traffic safety administration nhtsa which is the government agency responsible for vehicle. You can also subscribe for email safety recall notifications from nhtsa at http www odi nhtsa dot gov subscriptions index cfm. I read in the article that if a vehicle is over 10 years. Once you have your vin you have a couple of choices. You can find the vin on the car s registration card and the lower left side of the car s windshield.

Carfax which provides information about used cars says that one of every six cars on the road has a recall problem that needs to be fixed. Register at your car manufacturer s website.