# Vehicle VIN Toolkit – Vehicle Types for Make

> Vehicle VIN Toolkit – Vehicle Types for Make is a paid API for AI agents from vehicle-vin.x402tookit.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-21).

Returns the NHTSA-recorded vehicle types (car, truck, motorcycle, MPV, etc.) for a given vehicle make, distinguishing exact matches from similar-name makes.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://vehicle-vin.x402tookit.com/vehicle-types-for-make?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/vehicle-vin-toolkit-vehicle-types-for-make-305e4fc5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_wnThOKt-TQ0FI92Tpk7OR

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-vin-toolkit-vehicle-types-for-make-305e4fc5
```

Example prompt: What vehicle types does Honda have on record with NHTSA — like car, truck, motorcycle, or MPV — and are there any similar make names I should know about?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to determine what categories of vehicles (car, truck, motorcycle, MPV) a specific manufacturer is officially recognized for by NHTSA, especially when you need to disambiguate between similarly named makes. Prefer this over a full VIN decode when you only need make-level classification data, not vehicle-specific details. It is the right choice when building dropdowns, validating user-supplied make names, or enriching automotive databases with regulatory classification data.

## Known failure modes

- Make name not found in NHTSA records — returns empty types array or null make
- Ambiguous make name matching multiple makes — returns look-alikes in otherMakes with explanation in reasons
- Partial/misspelled make name — may return nearest matches as look-alikes rather than exact match
- Degraded response if NHTSA vPIC upstream is slow or partially unavailable — degraded flag set to true
- Empty or missing 'make' query parameter — likely returns an error or empty response

## How this service works

List the vehicle types (car, truck, motorcycle, MPV) NHTSA records for a make, separating exact make matches from look-alikes.

## Output

Returns a structured object containing the matched make name and its NHTSA make ID, an array of vehicle types (each with type name and type ID) registered under that make, a verdict and summary on the match quality, reasons for the verdict, a list of similar/look-alike make names (otherMakes), any unchecked items, source URL, timestamp (asOf), and optional degraded/disclaimer flags.

## 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": [
      "make"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "make": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Vehicle make, e.g. Honda"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "asOf": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "make": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "types": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
         "type": {
          "type": [
           "null",
           "string"
          ]
         },
         "typeId": {
          "type": [
           "null",
           "number"
          ]
         }
        }
       }
      },
      "makeId": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "number"
       ]
      },
      "source": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "reasons": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "summary": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "verdict": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "degraded": {
       "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "sourceUrl": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "disclaimer": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "notChecked": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "otherMakes": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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