Data Products
Vehicle Safety Recall Service (VSRS)
The SMMT Vehicle Safety Recall Service provides automated access to outstanding vehicle safety recall information, helping motorists, fleets, retailers and automotive businesses identify vehicles that require manufacturer recall work.
Overview
SMMT's Vehicle Safety Recall Service is run in partnership with vehicle manufacturers and provides a centralised way to identify vehicles with outstanding safety recalls.
The service helps address an important vehicle-safety problem: recall notices can be missed, particularly when vehicles change keeper. VSRS enables organisations responsible for individual vehicles or large vehicle populations to check recall status efficiently so that affected vehicles can be directed to an authorised repairer for the required corrective work.
The service covers approximately 98% of vehicles in use in the UK. Individual vehicle checks are available through the DVSA service, while SMMT's dedicated bulk service supports fleets, retailers and other automotive businesses that need to check large numbers of vehicles.
What it provides
- Outstanding vehicle safety recall checks
- Manufacturer-backed recall information
- Coverage of approximately 98% of the UK vehicle parc
- Bulk checking for fleets, retailers and automotive businesses
- Capacity to process more than 100,000 vehicles in a batch
- Automated processing with bulk results usually returned within an hour
- Support for vehicle safety and compliance processes
Who it is for
Fleet operators, vehicle retailers, leasing and rental organisations, manufacturers, vehicle-data businesses and organisations responsible for managing, selling or assessing vehicles.
Key benefits
Helps organisations identify unresolved safety recalls efficiently, supports compliance and duty-of-care processes, and helps ensure affected vehicles receive the manufacturer corrective work required to keep them safe on the road.