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2,677,141 federal records loaded2,229,738 complaints49,995 epa fueleconomy154,209 investigations243,199 recalls
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Every safety recall

With the full remedy text and NHTSA’s “park it” and “park outside” advisories — the ones that mean stop driving the car.

Owner complaints, matched to your exact build

Not “2003 Honda Accord”. This engine, this trim, this assembly plant — using the same configuration key the federal decoder emits.

Defect investigations

Every NHTSA investigation since 1972. No public API exposes these, which is why no other vehicle report shows them.

Crash tests, with the photographs

Star ratings for the specific configuration, plus the actual crash-test imagery NHTSA published.

Fuel economy and running cost

EPA figures matched to your powertrain — cylinders, displacement, transmission — not the model average.

A full specification decode

Engine, drivetrain, restraint systems, assembly plant, and the 150-odd fields the VIN actually encodes.

All of it is public federal data we host ourselves, so a lookup costs us nothing and costs you nothing. Title history, accident records and auction photographs come from commercial sources and are sold separately.

How we handle what we don’t know

Every report shows its sources

“We found nothing” and “we couldn’t look” are different facts, and you get to see which one applies. Every report ends with exactly what was checked, what each source returned, and how your vehicle was matched to it. Nothing is generated over a gap.

Owner complaints255 found · exact configuration
Crash tests (NCAP)matched on 2 doors, side airbags
Defect investigations5 found
Title historycommercial source, sold separately
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