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ForgeMesh Car Reliability Report
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ForgeMesh Car Reliability Report is a paid API for AI agents from x402.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).
Returns a ranked JSON breakdown of which components fail most often on a given year/make/model vehicle, including crash, fire, injury, and death severity data derived from official NHTSA defect complaints.
Price / call$0.01
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Car reliability report computed from the full official defect-complaint record: which components fail most on a given year/make/model, how often, and how severe (crashes, fires, injuries, deaths). Ranked structured JSON — compare two candidate used cars side by side before recommending either.
Output
A ranked JSON array of up to N vehicle components (default 10, max 25), each listing the component name, total complaint count, and counts of associated crashes, fires, injuries, and deaths — derived from the full official NHTSA defect-complaint record for the specified year/make/model or VIN.
Example use cases
Pre-purchase used car vetting
“I'm thinking of buying a 2016 Toyota Camry — can you get me a reliability breakdown showing the top 10 most complained-about components and how serious those failures were, like any crashes or injuries?”
Side-by-side reliability comparison
“I'm choosing between a 2017 Ford Escape and a 2017 Honda CR-V — can you pull defect complaint reports for both so I can see which one has fewer serious issues before I decide?”
VIN-specific safety check
“Can you run a reliability report on this VIN — 1HGBH41JXMN109186 — and tell me the top 5 components with the most complaints and whether any involved fires or deaths?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://x402.forgemesh.io/car-reliability-report?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when an agent needs structured, ranked, severity-weighted vehicle reliability data from official government complaint records — especially for used-car purchase decisions or side-by-side comparisons. Prefer over generic car review APIs when you need granular component-level failure data with crash/fire/injury/death severity counts rather than subjective ratings.
Side effects
- Unknown or invalid VIN returns an error or empty result
- Make/model/year combination not found in NHTSA database returns empty rankings
- model_year not in 4-digit format causes a validation error
- limit out of range (below 1 or above 25) causes a validation error
- Insufficient USDC balance results in payment failure and no response
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| vin | string | VIN — decoded automatically (alternative to make/model/model_year) |
| make | string | e.g. honda |
| limit | integer | top N components (default 10) |
| model | string | e.g. accord |
| model_year | string | 4-digit year |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"offers": {
"note": "Our data above is free public NHTSA/EPA data for the model year. Whether THIS VIN was wrecked, flooded, rolled back or branded salvage lives in licensed title databases; these partners sell that per VIN.",
"disclosure": "Affiliate links: they fund the free data; the price is the same for you.",
"history_reports": [
{
"url": "https://forgemesh.io/go/epicvin",
"adds": "title brands, accidents, odometer readings, prior sales",
"label": "EpicVIN vehicle history report",
"partner": "epicvin",
"pricing": "per report"
},
{
"url": "https://forgemesh.io/go/dvh",
"adds": "title brands, accident and damage records, odometer readings, prior sales",
"label": "Detailed Vehicle History report (10% off)",
"partner": "dvh",
"pricing": "per report, coupon applied"
}
]
},
"vehicle": {
"make": "honda",
"model": "accord",
"model_year": "2003"
},
"attribution": "Derived from US DOT consumer vehicle defect complaints (public domain)",
"severity_totals": {
"fires": 19,
"deaths": 1,
"crashes": 158,
"injuries": 157
},
"total_complaints": 2013,
"top_failure_components": [
{
"component": "POWER TRAIN",
"share_pct": 46,
"complaints": 926
},
{
"component": "AIR BAGS",
"share_pct": 16.1,
"complaints": 324
},
{
"component": "SERVICE BRAKES",
"share_pct": 8.7,
"complaints": 175
}
]
}
}Tags
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