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US Vehicle Recalls & VIN Check MCP

Decode any VIN and see NHTSA safety recalls and owner complaints. Supports batch checks for dealers, fleets and car flippers. Free tier offers vehicle_recalls tool; Pro tier adds vehicle_report and batch_vins.

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US Vehicle Recalls & VIN Check MCP logo, by Donnie MorrisonCommunity listingStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-01Published by Donnie Morrison
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://us-vehicle-recalls-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp
Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

  • Decode VIN to see NHTSA safety recalls
  • Check owner complaint stats for vehicles
  • Batch check up to 25 VINs for open recalls

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0
mcp-registry: io.github.donniertf-hub/us-vehicle-recalls-mcp@1.0.0Source repositoryProject website
Maintenance checked

Protocol and capabilities

Server
us-vehicle-recalls-mcp 1.0.0
MCP protocol
2025-06-18
Tools
3 advertised
Resources
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Resource templates
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Prompts
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Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": false
  }
}

Server-provided instructions

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US Vehicle Recalls & VIN Check. vehicle_recalls is free. Subscribe ($9/month, cancel anytime) at https://us-vehicle-recalls-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/buy for the paid tools, then pass access_token.

Tools

3 advertised

vehicle_recalls
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

FREE. Open NHTSA safety recalls for a vehicle by VIN (decoded) or make/model/year — top 3.

vehicle_recalls input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "vin": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "make": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "year": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "model": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}
vehicle_report
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

PRO. Full report: VIN decode, every recall with consequence/remedy, and owner complaint stats (top failing components, crashes, fires).

vehicle_report input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "vin": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "make": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "year": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "model": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "access_token": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Subscriber token from /success (or Authorization: Bearer)"
    }
  }
}
batch_vins
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

PRO. Check up to 25 VINs (dealer stock, fleet, auction lots) for open recalls by model year.

batch_vins input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "vins"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "vins": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "access_token": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Subscriber token from /success (or Authorization: Bearer)"
    }
  }
}

Prompts

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Resources

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30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks
1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency
498 ms
95th percentile latency
498 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

  • · probe · passed · 498 ms · metadata changed · 3 tool(s)

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.
Claude Code configuration
claude mcp add --transport http us-vehicle-recalls-vin-check-mcp https://us-vehicle-recalls-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).
Codex configuration
codex mcp add us-vehicle-recalls-vin-check-mcp --url https://us-vehicle-recalls-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable us-vehicle-recalls-vin-check-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "us-vehicle-recalls-vin-check-mcp": {
      "url": "https://us-vehicle-recalls-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "us-vehicle-recalls-vin-check-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://us-vehicle-recalls-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start us-vehicle-recalls-vin-check-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "us-vehicle-recalls-vin-check-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://us-vehicle-recalls-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.
Gemini CLI configuration
gemini mcp add --transport http us-vehicle-recalls-vin-check-mcp https://us-vehicle-recalls-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.
Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "us-vehicle-recalls-vin-check-mcp": {
      "url": "https://us-vehicle-recalls-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.
Windsurf configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "us-vehicle-recalls-vin-check-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://us-vehicle-recalls-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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