Vehicle Recalls Service

The Vehicle Recalls service is used by manufacturers to send vehicle recall data to DVSA. DVSA uses this data to inform the public of outstanding recalls on their vehicles through the following MOT digital services:

• Check MOT History
• MOT Reminders
• MOT Testing Service

This documentation covers the two ways manufacturers can send recall data to DVSA:

• integrating with the Vehicle Recalls API
• or transferring a daily file using SFTP