Car Check
HIẾU VŨ TRUNG NGUYEN v1.0.1
Recalls, ratings and mpg
From the developer
Declared capabilities
- Decodes a 17-character VIN into year, make, model, trim, body style, engine and fuel, with NHTSA's own error codes
- Lists NHTSA recalls for a year, make and model with the component, consequence and remedy
- Shows NHTSA 5-star crash test ratings: overall, front, side and rollover
Declared limitations
- The plugin reads recalls, ratings, complaints and fuel economy; it never estimates a vehicle's value. Expected: Does not call a tool. Says Car Check gives no valuations and suggests a pricing guide or dealer.
- NHTSA and EPA data hold no accident or ownership history, so the plugin cannot answer and must not guess. Expected: May decode the VIN, but says it cannot show accident, ownership or service history and points to a vehicle history report and an inspection.
- The plugin gives no safety or mechanical advice and a recall list cannot diagnose a specific car. Expected: Does not tell the user whether it is safe. It may offer to list recalls for the model, but says to have a mechanic check the brakes now.
Not specified in the available declarations: pricing & account requirements.
Onboarding example
Give me a report on a 2016 Honda Civic
Sources & dates
Developer declarations; not independently tested. Listing last checked Nov 13, 2026. Package observed Nov 13, 2026.
Description
From the marketplace listing
Check a US car's public record before you buy or while you own it: decode a VIN, see its recalls, crash test ratings and owner complaints, and compare fuel economy. Ask "what car is VIN 1HGCM82633A004353?", "any recalls on a 2018 Toyota Camry?", "give me a report on a 2016 Honda Civic" or "what mpg does a 2022 Toyota RAV4 hybrid get?". Car Check reads two free official sources: the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for VIN decoding, recalls, 5-star crash test ratings and consumer complaints, and the US Environmental Protection Agency's fueleconomy.gov for mpg, mpge, electric range, tailpipe CO2 and estimated annual fuel cost. The report answers in one call: the vehicle, its crash ratings, how many recalls NHTSA lists and the newest ones, how many complaints were filed and which components they name most often, and its fuel economy. Complaints are shown only as a count and the components named. Individual complaint texts and VIN fragments are never returned, and a complaint is a report from an owner, not a confirmed defect. It covers vehicles sold in the US. Recalls and complaints are listed by year, make and model, not by VIN, so for one specific car confirm at nhtsa.gov/recalls. A VIN you enter is sent to NHTSA to decode it and is never stored. Car Check is a data lookup. It is not a valuation, a vehicle history or accident report, an inspection, or safety, mechanical or buying advice. Data from NHTSA (nhtsa.gov) and the US EPA (fueleconomy.gov), which are public US government sources. It stores nothing about you: answers are cached for a day, and the only lasting record is a daily count of calls per tool.
Language: English · Automatically detected from descriptions.
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First seen Nov 13, 2026. Last seen Nov 13, 2026.
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Files & skills
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Release notes
First release. Reads NHTSA and the EPA's fueleconomy.gov: VIN decoding, recalls, crash test ratings, complaint counts and fuel economy. Answers are cached for a day; read-only, no sign-in.
Declared in the saved package. Remote tools may change independently.
Package details
Publisher declarations from the archived package. These are separate from our research and the live service's terms.
- Package author
- HIẾU VŨ TRUNG NGUYEN
- Review scenarios
- 5 positive · 3 negativeScenario counts, not test results.
Declared capabilities
- Decodes a 17-character VIN into year, make, model, trim, body style, engine and fuel, with NHTSA's own error codes
- Lists NHTSA recalls for a year, make and model with the component, consequence and remedy
- Shows NHTSA 5-star crash test ratings: overall, front, side and rollover
- Counts owner complaints filed with NHTSA and names the components reported most often
- Shows EPA fuel economy: city, highway and combined mpg, mpge, electric range and annual fuel cost
- Builds a one-call report from a VIN or from year, make and model
- Covers US vehicles only and never gives valuation, history or safety advice
Package observed Nov 13, 2026.
Technical details
- First seen
- Nov 13, 2026 · 06:00 UTC
- Last seen
- Nov 13, 2026 · 06:00 UTC
- Collection status
- Collected
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