Vehicle Safety Recall Service
SMMT’s Vehicle Safety Recall Service is an easy way for individual drivers, fleet owners and retailers to check whether vehicles are subject to an outstanding safety recall that they, or a previous owner, may have missed.
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- Check for outstanding vehicle safety recalls
- Covers 98% of the UK parc
- Search up to 100,000 vehicles at a time
- More than 32 million look-ups a year
SMMT’s automated look-up service, run in partnership with vehicle manufacturers, makes it easy for consumers, fleets and retailers to check for outstanding vehicle safety recalls. The service, which covers 98% of vehicles in use in the UK, is free for single vehicle checks via the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) website, while a dedicated bulk look-up business tool allows fleets and retailers to check more than 100,000 vehicles at a time with results usually returned within an hour.
Manufacturers are committed to ensuring vehicles remain safe throughout their lifecycles and work closely with the DVSA to ensure the UK has one of the world’s most successful vehicle safety recall processes. However, recall notices can be missed when a vehicle transfers between keepers and for fleet owners, operators and businesses that provide fleet services, a vehicle with an outstanding recall could see insurance voided.
Further, the DVSA has the power to prosecute businesses that sell vehicles to consumers with an outstanding safety recall. Failure to check a car for an outstanding safety recall could lead to a fine of up to £20,000 and/ or up to three months imprisonment.
SMMT’s Vehicle Safety Recall Service helps to capture these vehicles so that recall work can be carried out, giving peace of mind to consumers and helping to keep fleets and retailers compliant, and vehicles safe on the road.
All recall repair work linked to safety issues is free of charge for customers and scheduled as a matter of urgency. A recall notice remains open indefinitely to ensure as many cars as possible are sent back to authorised repairers to be fixed.
To check the safety recall status of an individual vehicle, click here https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/
To check your fleet, please contact vsrs@smmt.co.uk for a quote