The Used Car Index

Reliability

Status and outage history · Atom feed

How to connect

Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-used-car-index": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.theusedcarindex.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

4 tools

• vehicle_risk

  Look up the recorded risk facts for one make, model and model year: NHTSA complaint counts by system and subsystem, recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications, an optional verified complaints-per-100k-sold rate and source coverage. Separately labeled Jev model tags…

• compare_vehicles

  Compare recorded facts for several vehicles side by side, with factual orderings by complaints, recalls and available verified complaints-per-100k-sold rates. Unknown vehicles come back with database suggestions and unrated vehicles stay explicitly unrated. Counts reflect source…

• listing_changes

  List observed dealer listing changes (new, price drop, relisted, delisted) with VIN, price, mileage, dates, source and link, filtered by vehicle, event type or date. Collector status separates an inactive feed from observed events. No photos or dealer-written text; delisted only…

• recall_changes

  List new and updated NHTSA recalls, investigations and complaint-count changes that this service recorded from the daily NHTSA bulk-file comparison, newest first, filtered by make, model, model year, type (recall, investigation, complaint_count) or observed date. Each change has…

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