# Vehicle Safety & Recall Check (NHTSA + NCAP Fusion)

> Vehicle Safety & Recall Check (NHTSA + NCAP Fusion) is a paid API for AI agents from api.agentstools.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.03/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Returns a fused JSON report combining open NHTSA recalls, complaint summary (crashes, fires, injuries, deaths), and 5-star NCAP safety rating for a vehicle identified by VIN or make/model/year, with a deterministic risk score.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.agentstools.dev/safety/vehicle?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.03/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/vehicle-safety-recall-check-nhtsa-ncap-fusion-a73e5548
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_z9_wxjG0agPMdWj3v4463

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 vehicle-safety-recall-check-nhtsa-ncap-fusion-a73e5548
```

Example prompt: Can you pull a full safety and recall report for a 2019 Toyota RAV4 — I want to see any open NHTSA recalls, complaint counts for crashes or fires, and the NCAP 5-star rating with a risk score?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a single, consolidated vehicle safety report fusing NHTSA recalls, complaint history, and NCAP ratings into one scored JSON — ideal for pre-purchase due diligence, safety screening, or any agent workflow needing structured risk indicators without having to query NHTSA, complaint databases, and NCAP separately.

## Known failure modes

- VIN not found or invalid (not 17 characters) returns an error
- Make/model/year combination not recognized in NHTSA database
- No recall data available for very old or obscure vehicles
- NCAP rating unavailable for certain model years or non-US market vehicles
- Missing required query parameters (neither VIN nor make+model+year provided)

## How this service works

Vehicle safety and recall check for a car, by make/model/year or by VIN. Fuses NHTSA open recalls, a complaint summary (crash, fire, injuries, deaths) and the 5-star NCAP safety rating into one cited JSON with a deterministic risk score. Risk indicators, not advice.

## Output

A cited JSON object containing: list of open NHTSA recalls, aggregated complaint counts (crashes, fires, injuries, deaths), the NCAP 5-star safety rating, and a deterministic risk score — all sourced and attributed, presented as risk indicators.

## 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",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "vin": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "17-char VIN; decoded to make/model/year instead of supplying them"
      },
      "make": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Vehicle make, e.g. Honda"
      },
      "year": {
       "type": "integer",
       "maximum": 2030,
       "minimum": 1949,
       "description": "Vehicle model year, e.g. 2015"
      },
      "model": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Vehicle model, e.g. Accord"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "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/vehicle-safety-recall-check-nhtsa-ncap-fusion-a73e5548/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.agentstools.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.agentstools.dev/llms.txt)