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ForgeMesh Vehicle Complaint Search
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ForgeMesh Vehicle Complaint Search is a paid API for AI agents from x402.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).
Search the NHTSA consumer complaint database by VIN or year/make/model to retrieve defect reports with severity flags and owner narratives
Price / call$0.005
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Search the official consumer defect-complaint file for any vehicle: pass VIN or year/make/model plus an optional component filter and get matching reports with severity flags (crash, fire, injuries, deaths) and owner narratives. Total matched count included — high counts are themselves a buying signal.
Output
Returns a list of matching consumer complaint records (up to the requested limit) each containing: complaint details, severity flags indicating whether a crash, fire, injuries, or deaths were involved, and the owner's narrative description of the defect. Also includes the total count of matched complaints, which itself serves as a safety signal — high counts suggest a systemic issue.
Example use cases
Used car pre-purchase safety check
“I'm about to buy a used 2017 Ford F-150 with VIN 1FTEW1EP5HFA12345 — can you pull its NHTSA complaint history and tell me if there are any crash, fire, or injury reports?”
Recall research by component
“Look up all NHTSA consumer complaints for 2019 Toyota RAV4 related to the engine — how many total complaints are there and have any involved fires or deaths?”
Fleet safety due diligence
“We're considering adding 2020 Chevrolet Equinoxes to our fleet — can you search the NHTSA complaint database for that make and model and flag any air bag or steering complaints with injury reports?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://x402.forgemesh.io/vehicle-complaint-searchWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need structured, severity-flagged complaint data from the official NHTSA consumer complaints database, especially when researching a specific vehicle by VIN or when you want to filter by component type. It is ideal for pre-purchase due diligence, fleet safety assessment, or any agent workflow that needs to quantify reported safety issues with crash/fire/injury/death flags and verbatim owner narratives. Prefer this over general web search for vehicle safety because it returns structured, authoritative government data with quantified severity indicators.
Side effects
- Invalid or unrecognized VIN returns no results or a decoding error
- No complaints found for the specified vehicle returns an empty result set with count 0
- Invalid component keyword may return zero results if it doesn't match NHTSA taxonomy
- Missing both VIN and make/model/year combination results in a validation error
- NHTSA upstream API downtime may cause service unavailability
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 | |
| model | string | e.g. accord |
| component | string | filter by component keyword, e.g. BRAKES, ENGINE, AIR BAGS |
| model_year | string | 4-digit year |
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