Original data journalism from the official U.S. recall record. Every analysis on this page is computed from government recall data and states the date of the data it was built from, so every published figure can be checked against the record as it stood.
Vehicle recall analysis
Car Recall Warning Signs: 63% of Recalls Followed Years of Complaints
Before a car is recalled, someone usually saw it coming — and told the government, in writing. We analyzed 109 safety recalls across 11 popular U.S. vehicles, together with all 20,495 consumer complaints owners filed about those vehicles with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In 69 of the 109 recalls — 63% — at…
Food recall analysis
Coming with our food recall coverage (FDA & USDA FSIS data).
Drug recall analysis
Coming with our medication recall coverage (FDA data). Official FDA guidance is always quoted, never paraphrased.
Consumer product recall analysis
Coming with our consumer product recall coverage (CPSC data).
How these articles are made
Each analysis is computed from a dated snapshot of the official records described on our data sources & methodology page. The raw material is free to anyone: every record we analyze is available on the recall data downloads page, so our numbers can be independently reproduced.