Notice2026-19712
Recalls Next: Technological Innovations and Safety Recalls
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September 28, 2026
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Transportation DepartmentNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Abstract
This notice announces a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) public meeting, Recalls Next: Technological Innovations and Safety Recalls. The event will provide the public and industry with an opportunity to review vehicle safety recall completion trends and past recall performance, while engaging attendees in identifying opportunities to improve recall campaign performance. This in-person meeting will feature NHTSA leadership keynote addresses and industry executive panel discussions. Speakers will examine how vehicle manufacturers can reach affected owners, effectively communicate safety risks, and motivate owners to complete recall repairs. NHTSA intends to utilize stakeholder input to better inform the agency's upcoming activities. The event will not be live streamed or recorded.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 186 (Monday, September 28, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61288-61289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19712]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2026-2014]
Recalls Next: Technological Innovations and Safety Recalls
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration's (NHTSA) public meeting, Recalls Next: Technological
Innovations and Safety Recalls. The event will provide the public and
industry with an opportunity to review vehicle safety recall completion
trends and past recall performance, while engaging attendees in
identifying opportunities to improve recall campaign performance. This
in-person meeting will feature NHTSA leadership keynote addresses and
industry executive panel discussions. Speakers will examine how vehicle
manufacturers can reach affected owners, effectively communicate safety
risks, and motivate owners to complete recall repairs. NHTSA intends to
utilize stakeholder input to better inform the agency's upcoming
activities. The event will not be live streamed or recorded.
DATES: This meeting will be held on November 5, 2026. Attendees must
register no later than October 29, 2026. The public docket will remain
open for comments for 30 days following the public meeting, until
December 5, 2026.
ADDRESSES: The 2026 Recalls Next: Technological Innovations and Safety
Recalls public meeting will be held in-person at the DOT Headquarters:
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Atrium, Washington, DC 20590.
Registration: Attendees must register at <a href="https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/recalls-next-technological-innovations-safety-recalls">https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/recalls-next-technological-innovations-safety-recalls</a>. Please
follow the registration instructions presented on the registration
site.
Comments: You may submit comments about the public meeting by any
of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
<bullet> Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
<bullet> Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
To be sure someone is there to help you, please call 202-366-9826
before coming.
<bullet> Fax: 202-366-1767.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number. Note that all comments received will be posted without
change to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal
information provided. Please see the Privacy Act discussion below.
Docket: For access to the docket go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>
at any time or to 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. Telephone: 202-366-
9826.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78), or you may visit <a href="http://www.regulations.gov/privacy.html">http://www.regulations.gov/privacy.html</a>.
Confidential Business Information: If you wish to submit any
information under a claim of confidentiality, you should submit a
redacted ``public version'' of your comment (including redacted
versions of any additional documents or attachments) to the docket
using any of the methods identified under Comments. This ``public
version'' of your comment should contain only the portions for which no
claim of confidential treatment is made and from which those portions
for which confidential treatment is claimed has been redacted. See
below for further instructions on how to do this.
You are also required to submit a request for confidential
treatment directly to the Office of Chief Counsel. Requests for
confidential treatment are governed by 49 CFR part 512. Your request
must set forth the information specified in Part 512. This includes the
materials for which confidentiality is being requested (as explained in
more detail below); supporting information, pursuant to Sec. 512.8;
and a certificate, pursuant to Sec. 512.4(b) and part 512, Appendix A.
You are required to submit to the Office of the Chief Counsel one
unredacted ``confidential version'' of the information for which you
are seeking
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confidential treatment. Pursuant to Sec. 512.6, the words ``ENTIRE
PAGE CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION'' or ``CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS
INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN BRACKETS'' (as applicable) must appear at
the top of each page containing information claimed to be confidential.
In the latter situation, where not all information on the page is
claimed to be confidential, identify each item of information for which
confidentiality is requested within brackets: ``[ ].''
You are also required to submit to the Office of the Chief Counsel
one redacted ``public version'' of the information for which you are
seeking confidential treatment. Pursuant to Sec. 512.5(a)(2), the
redacted ``public version'' should include redactions of any
information for which you are seeking confidential treatment (i.e., the
only information that should be unredacted is information for which you
are not seeking confidential treatment).
NHTSA is currently treating electronic submission as an acceptable
method for submitting confidential business information to the Agency
under Part 512. Please do not send a hardcopy of a request for
confidential treatment to NHTSA's headquarters. The request should be
sent to Dan Rabinovitz in the Office of the Chief Counsel at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d391c13141811532f1c1f1413120b1409073d191209531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="793d1817101c15572b181b1017160f100d03391d160d571e160f">[email protected]</span></a> or you may contact him for a secure file
transfer link.
Manufacturers or any companies that already have a Confidential
Business Information (CBI) Portal account or an Enterprise Account with
NHTSA should use the CBI Portal for their submission.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the public
meeting, please contact Jeremy Gunderson at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d0bab5a2b5bda9feb7a5beb4b5a2a3bfbe90b4bfa4feb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ee4ebfcebe3f7a0e9fbe0eaebfcfde1e0ceeae1faa0e9e1f8">[email protected]</span></a> or
202-820-2565.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2025, NHTSA administered nearly 900
vehicle safety recalls impacting more than 29.2M vehicles in the U.S.
These figures have remained generally stable over the past 5 years. As
new vehicle technologies have rapidly come to market, however, the
complexity of safety recalls has increased. NHTSA and industry are
addressing challenges associated with reaching owners of used vehicles
no longer owned by the original purchaser, incomplete or outdated owner
contact information, and disparities in recall completion among
different vehicle populations. At the same time, manufacturers are
increasingly using digital communications, connected-vehicle
technologies, mobile repair, over-the-air (OTA) software updates, and
other approaches that can reduce the time and burden associated with
obtaining recall remedies. Further, automated vehicles are increasingly
coming online, spurring new conversations in the safety recall process.
These developments also present opportunities to improve how safety
risks are communicated to consumers, to identify and prioritize
vehicles with unrepaired recalls, and to understand better which
outreach and remedy strategies are most effective.
NHTSA intends to explore approaches to increase recall completion
rates, improve communication and understanding of safety risks
associated with unrepaired recalls, reduce burdens on affected vehicle
owners, and use available data to identify effective recall practices.
NHTSA leadership and industry stakeholders will discuss recent
developments, lessons learned, emerging practices, and planned
activities in the vehicle safety recall space.
The public meeting will also feature facilitated workshop tables
designed to obtain stakeholder input on a range of vehicle safety
recall topics. NHTSA encourages attendees to come prepared to share
their experiences, identify challenges, and discuss potential
improvements to recall operations, consumer outreach, remedy delivery,
and Federal oversight.
Updates and additional details on the working group topics will be
posted at <a href="https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/recalls-next-technological-innovations-safety-recalls">https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/recalls-next-technological-innovations-safety-recalls</a> in advance of the event, and NHTSA will
notify registrants by email when new information becomes available.
NHTSA seeks public comments on the information presented, as well
as input on the agency's recall safety priorities, and additional gaps
or needs the public may believe NHTSA should address. Additionally,
NHTSA seeks input on topics for future stakeholder meetings.
Registration is required for anyone planning to attend the public
meeting. Instructions for registration as well as accessing the docket
are found under the ADDRESSES heading.
Updates on this event will be available at <a href="https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/recalls-next-technological-innovations-safety-recalls">https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/recalls-next-technological-innovations-safety-recalls</a> and NHTSA
recommends checking back periodically for updates or potential schedule
changes.
NHTSA is committed to providing equal access to this event for all
participants and accommodation requests may be sent to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#92dcdac6c1d3bcd1fdffffe7fcfbf1f3e6fbfdfcd2f6fde6bcf5fde4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="26686e7275670865494b4b53484f4547524f49486642495208414950">[email protected]</span></a> by October 29, 2026.
Should it be necessary to cancel or reschedule the meeting due to
an unforeseen circumstance, NHTSA will take all available measures to
notify registered participants as soon as possible. The event will not
be live streamed or recorded.
Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.95.
Jonathan Morrison,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2026-19712 Filed 9-25-26; 8:45 am]
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