These car manufacturers issued the most recalls in 2022

Wondering what car manufacturers suffered from the most recalls over the course of 2022? Wonder no more, as a list from the U.S. Department of Transportation tells us exactly what transpired throughout the year.

Coming in at number one on the list in both number of recalls and number of cars potentially affected is Ford. In 2022, Ford issued 67 recalls. So no, you’re not imagining things if it felt like there were an unusual number of Ford recalls in the news. At that rate, Ford was averaging one recall every 5.4 days. In total, Ford’s recalls potentially affected 8.63 million vehicles this year, which is well over double that of any other manufacturer.

Now is the time that we remind you that recalls are not always a terrible thing! Yes, it means there was some sort of error made in the process of your car becoming the car it is today, but it also means that the manufacturer has found the problem and is fixing it for you free of charge. On the other hand, nobody likes spending extra time at the dealership and dealing with their car being down for some indeterminate amount of time. Additionally, not all recalls are on the same level of panic. Some of them, like the Takata airbag recall, are worthy of all your attention and panic. Meanwhile, some recalls are to fix small things like rearview cameras that stay on for too long, or in other words, not five o’clock fire alarms.