Vehicle Safety Recall News & Insights

Explore expert insights and opinion on vehicle safety recalls for franchised dealers

Auto Data Solutions covers the biggest challenges facing franchised dealers today – from missed safety recalls and poor data to lapsed customers and lost revenue – backed by industry insight and real-world experience.

Workshop resistance and ‘tunnel vision’ exposed as root causes of Britain’s failing car safety recall system

ADS highlights how short-term thinking in workshops – from reluctance to book recall jobs to underestimating wider value – is fuelling recall failures and costing dealers millions.

Millions of Lapsed Franchise Dealer Customers Are Driving Potentially Unsafe Cars, Data Experts Warn

Failing to stay in touch with customers can leave recalled vehicles on the road and cost dealers hundreds of millions in missed service and sales opportunities, new ADS research finds.

Dealers face workshop chaos and customer anger if they don’t prepare now for new MOT rules on recalls

Without urgent action, new MOT rules on recalls could flood workshops and leave drivers stranded – dealers risk backlash and missed opportunities if they don’t prepare now.

Rising trend of missed recalls reveals ‘systemic breakdown’ in automotive customer engagement strategy, says ADS

ADS has uncovered a growing recall rectification gap – exposing a wider failure in how the industry connects with customers and costing dealers both trust and revenue.

Millions of potentially faulty cars and vans have never been checked, despite safety recalls, ADS reveals

ADS has obtained official data revealing that over 3 million recalled cars and vans were never checked – exposing major gaps in safety follow-up and customer communication.

Dealers miss out on millions by leaving personalised customer communication on the ‘too difficult’ pile

UK dealers are years behind their US counterparts when it comes to personalised customer communication – a gap that’s costing millions in missed sales and aftersales revenue.

‘Dirty Data’ Squanders Millions in Missed Profits for Dealers, Research Shows

New analysis by Auto Data Solutions reveals that customer records in dealer systems are often badly out of date – leading to wasted spend, missed revenue, and lost customer connections.