# ForgeMesh Common Car Problems Lookup

> ForgeMesh Common Car Problems Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from x402.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a ranked list of the most frequently reported defect categories for a given US vehicle, with complaint counts, percentage share, and crash/fire severity totals.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.forgemesh.io/common-car-problems
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-common-car-problems-lookup-5eaf9a10
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap__7UUgwZjZfwEGav_fsmRR

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 forgemesh-common-car-problems-lookup-5eaf9a10 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What are the top 10 most common owner-reported problems for a 2016 Honda Accord — I want complaint counts and which systems have had crashes or fires?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an agent needs ranked, owner-filed defect data for a specific US vehicle — especially for pre-purchase due diligence, mechanic intake triage, or used-car advisory workflows. It is preferable over general web search when you need structured, quantified complaint data (counts, percentages, crash/fire severity) rather than editorial reviews. It accepts either a VIN or make/model/year, making it flexible for both dealer and consumer contexts.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown or invalid VIN returns an error or empty result
- Unrecognized make/model/year combination returns no data
- Requesting limit outside 1–25 range returns a validation error
- Vehicle with very few complaints may return sparse or empty ranked list
- Missing all of make, model, model_year, and VIN results in a bad request error

## How this service works

Common problems lookup for US vehicles: aggregates every owner-filed defect report into the definitive ranked list of trouble spots — transmission, airbags, brakes, electrical — with complaint counts, percentage share, and crash/fire severity totals. Built for used-car advisors and mechanic triage agents.

## Output

A ranked list of up to 25 vehicle components or systems (e.g. transmission, airbags, brakes, electrical) with the number of owner-filed NHTSA complaints, each component's percentage share of total complaints, and cumulative crash and fire severity counts for that vehicle make/model/year.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "vin": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "VIN — decoded automatically (alternative to make/model/model_year)"
  },
  "make": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "e.g. honda"
  },
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "maximum": 25,
   "minimum": 1,
   "description": "top N components (default 10)"
  },
  "model": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "e.g. accord"
  },
  "model_year": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "4-digit year"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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