Open manufacturer recalls are often treated as a compliance obligation or a customer inconvenience. In reality, they represent manufacturer-paid Repair Orders (ROs) sitting idle across your local market—often on other dealerships’ or used car lots.
The challenge for Fixed Operations teams is not recall availability. It is execution.
This is where recall intelligence changes the equation.
Recall intelligence is not a data feed. Every dealership already has access to recall data.
Recall intelligence is the operational ability to identify, prioritize, and act on recall-ready vehicles in your market before competitors do—using a repeatable, trackable workflow.
In practice, recall intelligence answers three critical questions for Fixed Ops leaders:
Without this intelligence layer, recall work remains reactive and inconsistent.
Most recall opportunities do not originate in your own inventory.
They are sitting on:
These vehicles are already sold, retailed, or in active inventory elsewhere—but still carry open manufacturer recalls eligible for service at an OEM-certified dealership.
Without visibility into these locations, Fixed Ops teams rely on:
By the time action is taken, the opportunity is often gone.
Most dealerships lose recall ROs for one simple reason: there is no structured workflow to act on them at scale.
Common breakdowns include:
As a result, recall work depends on individual effort instead of process—and inconsistent effort produces inconsistent results.
High-performing Fixed Ops teams operationalize recall intelligence through a clear, repeatable workflow:
Scan used vehicle inventory across your local area and flag only vehicles with open manufacturer recalls.
Sort recall opportunities by proximity, brand authorization, and service readiness to focus on the highest-probability ROs first.
Contact holding dealerships or used car lots with a clear value exchange:
Maintain visibility into what has been contacted, what is in progress, and what has been completed—so nothing stalls or disappears.
Turn identified opportunities into scheduled appointments and completed manufacturer-paid ROs.
This workflow transforms recall work from ad hoc activity into a predictable Fixed Ops growth channel.
When recall intelligence is operationalized correctly, Fixed Ops leaders see measurable outcomes:
Most importantly, recall work becomes intentional and defensible, rather than opportunistic.
Recalls Near Me™ is built specifically to operationalize recall intelligence for OEM-certified dealerships.
The platform:
Instead of chasing recalls one VIN at a time, your team gains a structured system to identify, act on, and convert recall opportunities consistently.
Open recalls are not the problem. Lack of execution is.
Dealerships that treat recall intelligence as a Fixed Ops capability—not an afterthought—capture manufacturer-paid ROs their competitors never see.
Contact us to see the recall opportunities already sitting in your market and how Recalls Near Me™ helps you convert them into completed Repair Orders.