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| license: cc-by-4.0
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| language:
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| - en
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| pretty_name: "US Vehicle Recall-Gap Index (NHTSA-verified)"
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| tags:
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| - automotive
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| - vehicles
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| - nhtsa
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| - recalls
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| - vehicle-safety
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| - consumer-protection
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| - open-data
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| size_categories:
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| - 1K<n<10K
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| configs:
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| - config_name: default
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| data_files:
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| - split: train
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| path: recall-gap-index.csv
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| ---
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| # Recall-Gap Index
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| High-complaint failure patterns that have NO corresponding NHTSA recall — defects owners report in volume that regulators never forced a fix for. Every row is cross-checked against the live NHTSA recalls API, so vehicles that WERE recalled for the component (even when our local DB missed it) are excluded.
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| ## Columns
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| | column | meaning |
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| |---|---|
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| | `year` | Model year |
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| | `make` | Manufacturer |
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| | `model` | Model |
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| | `component` | Failure category with no NHTSA recall |
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| | `complaints` | Total NHTSA complaints in this cluster |
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| | `mileage_median` | Median failure mileage (if available) |
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| | `alleged_deaths` | Complaints alleging death (unverified) |
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| | `alleged_fires` | Complaints alleging fire (unverified) |
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| | `severity` | critical \| severe \| moderate |
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| | `url` | Source page on ProblemsByVin |
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| ## Source & methodology
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| Candidates are (vehicle, component) clusters with no recall for that component in our DB and ≥ the complaint threshold. Each candidate vehicle is then queried against the live NHTSA recalls-by-vehicle API; any cluster whose component is in fact covered by a real NHTSA recall is REMOVED. Survivors are genuine recall gaps as of the verification date. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; absence of a recall is per NHTSA records on the verification date.
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| Canonical version, full methodology, and the other datasets: **https://problemsbyvin.com/data/** .
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|
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| ## License
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| CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution to **ProblemsByVin (https://problemsbyvin.com)**.
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