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NHTSA Vehicle Safety MCP

An MCP server that provides access to NHTSA vehicle safety data, including VIN decoding, recall searches, consumer complaints, NCAP crash ratings, and defect investigations. It offers tools to get comprehensive safety profiles, search specific campaigns, and look up vehicle details.

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NHTSA Vehicle Safety MCP logo, by cyanheadsCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by cyanheads
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What you can do with it

  • Decode VINs to retrieve make, model, and year
  • Search for active recall campaigns by vehicle
  • Retrieve NCAP crash test ratings and ADAS features
  • Search consumer safety complaints and defect investigations

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.10.0
mcp-registry: io.github.cyanheads/nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp-server@0.10.0Source repository
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Packages and installation

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@cyanheads/nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp-server 0.10.0

npmnpx
@cyanheads/nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp-server package definition
{
  "version": "0.10.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@cyanheads/nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp-server",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "info",
      "description": "Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn')."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp-server@0.10.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp-server@0.10.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp-server@0.10.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp-server@0.10.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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