How many recalled cars are actually fixed, so should I check mine?

Across 98 NHTSA recalls that name brake filed 2015 to 2024, 60.0% of the 14,548,663 recalled vehicles had been repaired after 8 quarters, against 66.2% for all recalls, which leaves about 5,820,183 vehicles still carrying the defect.

Kia 202348.7%

Hyundai 202332.0%

Lincoln 202341.6%

Ram 202472.2%

Ford 202384.8%

Hyundai 202086.8%

Mercury 201931.0%

Ford 202067.8%

What it shows: Hyundai 2020 is the largest at 86.8%, followed by Kia 2023 at 48.7%; the smallest shown is Mercury 2019 at 31.0%.

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall quarterly reports (basis of the Annual List of Recall Completion Rates) · file downloaded 2026-10-05