There have been 46 million cars recalled in the U.S. this year. Was yours one of them?
A new site from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has the answer. The site, Safecar.gov, lets you look up your car or truck's status by entering your vehicle identification number (VIN).
The odds are good that the news will be bad: According to The Los Angeles Times, about 20% of all cars on the road are subject to a recall. This year's figure -- inflated by General Motors' seemingly never-ending recall announcements -- trumps the old record of 30.8 million vehicle recalls in 2004.
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The NHTSA launched the site because the agency believes too many Americans were subject to "recall fatigue" and were no longer paying attention to the news. The site will give drivers "the peace of mind knowing that the vehicle they own, or that they are thinking of buying or renting, is free of safety defects," NHTSA Deputy Administrator David Friedman told the publication.