According to AutoInsurance.com, carmakers issued an average of 21 recalls each in 2024.

And while auto manufacturers are on the hook for these repair costs – representing a multi-million-dollar hit to their bottom line –  vehicle buyers play a role, too: they must actually bring their vehicles in to have the service performed.

It’s been well documented that many of them don’t, and a recent study by Carfax illustrates just how many that is.