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Kiplinger
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Keerthi Vedantam

How To Know If Your Car Is Recalled — And What To Do About It

A driveway leading to an empty garage of a home with the door open. .

Car recalls happen more often than you might expect. Some 27 million cars were recalled in 2024, according to BizzyCar, and 2025 is already kicking off with recalls to know about.

Whether it's a faulty airbag, a software bug or a mechanic flaw, recalls don’t happen until thousands of cars are already on the road, and one of them might be yours. If your car is part of a recall, the fix is usually easily manageable, but you have to know it's happening first.

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