# Citiview VIN Decoder & Safety Lookup

> Citiview VIN Decoder & Safety Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from agents.citiviewgroup.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-14).

Decodes any vehicle VIN into year, make, model, trim, engine, drive type, and assembly plant, then appends NHTSA safety recalls, complaint counts by component, and crash-test ratings for that model year.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://agents.citiviewgroup.com/v1/vin?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/citiview-vin-decoder-safety-lookup-fe36703e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_wSiDLClJHe_4PUfLNFk5_

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability citiview-vin-decoder-safety-lookup-fe36703e
```

Example prompt: Can you decode VIN 1HGCM82633A004352 and tell me the year, make, model, engine, and whether it has any active NHTSA safety recalls or complaints?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a single call that combines VIN decoding (specs) with NHTSA safety data (recalls, complaints, crash ratings). It is ideal for used-car research, fleet audits, insurance workflows, or any scenario where both vehicle identity and safety history are needed together rather than querying two separate services.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed VIN returns an error indicating the VIN could not be decoded
- VIN not found in NHTSA database returns partial results or a not-found error
- Older vehicles with limited NHTSA records may return incomplete recall or rating data
- Network or upstream NHTSA API unavailability may result in a timeout or 5xx error

## How this service works

Car VIN check: decodes any VIN (year, make, model, trim, engine, drive, plant) and adds the model year's safety recalls, complaint counts by component and NHTSA crash-test ratings.

## Output

Returns decoded vehicle attributes (year, make, model, trim, engine, drivetrain, assembly plant) alongside NHTSA data for that model year including active safety recalls, component-level complaint counts, and crash-test ratings.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "vin"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "vin": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/citiview-vin-decoder-safety-lookup-fe36703e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from agents.citiviewgroup.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/agents.citiviewgroup.com/llms.txt)