Specs, values, and recalls

AutoHub Vehicle API

Decode a VIN, or walk from a model year to its makes, models, and trims. Then read the vehicle's details, its trade-in and private-party value, its depreciation, its recalls, and the dealers near a US ZIP code.

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Capabilities

What you can do with the AutoHub API

There are two starting points. A VIN identifies one exact vehicle, while a year, make, and model identify a model. The make, model, and trim lists come from EPA fueleconomy.gov data.

Make, model, and trim

Pass a model year to list its makes, a make to list its models, and a model to list its trims. The ids are the EPA names, such as CX-5 4WD, and each trim carries the EPA vehicle_id that the recalls endpoint accepts. See examples

Model details

Details takes a year, make, and model and returns the category, available years, other models from the same make, specs, and trims. It also adds NHTSA crash-test ratings for up to three variants, or null when NHTSA has none. See examples

VIN decode

A 17-character VIN returns the trim, body style, engine, transmission, and drivetrain of that exact vehicle, with the year, make, and model from NHTSA vPIC. It also returns the vehicle_id that the value and depreciation endpoints need. See examples

Recalls

Recalls returns NHTSA recall campaigns with the summary, affected component, consequence, remedy, report date, and campaign number. You can identify the vehicle by year, make, and model, by VIN, or by vehicle_id. See examples

Value and depreciation

Car value returns a trade-in value, or private-party values by condition, at the mileage and ZIP code you send, each with a low and high range. Depreciation returns trade-in and private-party values year by year, with each year flagged as past or projected. See examples

Dealers

Pass a US ZIP code and a make to get that make's dealers nearby. Each dealer comes with its name, address, phone, website, and distance in miles. See examples

Shortened examples

Sample responses

Each sample is a trimmed body from one endpoint, cut down so the field names are easy to read. A live call also includes a meta object, and the values shown are examples.

{
  "vin": "JM3KKBHA5R1166850",
  "body": {
    "trim_name": "Preferred Sport Utility 4D",
    "body_style": "SUV",
    "engine": "4-Cyl, e-SKYACTIV, Hybrid, 2.5 Liter",
    "transmission": "Automatic, 8-Spd e-SKYACTIV-Drive",
    "drivetrain": "AWD"
  }
}
{
  "displayName": "2.5 S Sport Utility 4D",
  "combinedMpg": "26 MPG",
  "horsepower": "187 @ 6000 RPM",
  "engine": "4-Cyl, SKYACTIV-G, 2.5 Liter",
  "driveTrain": "AWD",
  "towingCapacity": 2000,
  "zeroToSixty": 8.9
}
{
  "make": "Mazda",
  "model": "CX-5",
  "year": 2024,
  "specs": {
    "horsepower": "187 @ 6000 RPM",
    "torque": 186,
    "mpg_city": 24,
    "mpg_hwy": 30,
    "fuel_tank": "15.3 Gal"
  },
  "features": [
    "Blind Spot Monitoring",
    "AWD",
    "Apple CarPlay"
  ]
}
{
  "make": "mazda",
  "model": "cx-5",
  "year": 2023,
  "body": {
    "totalThreeYearDepreciation": 9225,
    "currentResaleValue": 18850,
    "currentTradeInValue": 17050,
    "historicalValues": [
      {
        "year": 2023,
        "resaleValue": 28075
      }
    ]
  }
}
{
  "id": 7771155,
  "name": "The Autobarn Mazda of Evanston",
  "distance": 11,
  "location": {
    "address": "1015 Chicago Avenue",
    "city": "Evanston",
    "state": "IL",
    "zip": "60202"
  },
  "phone": "224-307-8496",
  "website": "https://www.mazdaofchicagoland.com"
}

Documentation

The AutoHub docs cover the make, model, and trim lookups, VIN decoding, model details, car value, depreciation, recalls, and dealers. They also explain which vehicle_id each endpoint expects: the EPA id from the trims list or the one from VIN decode.

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Code samples

Every endpoint in the documentation includes a sample request in Shell, JavaScript, PHP, and Python.

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Why SteadyAPI

Ids that carry between calls

Two kinds of vehicle_id move between endpoints. Knowing which one each call expects saves you a failed request.

EPA names as ids

The make and model lists return EPA names as makeId and modelId. Pass them back unchanged; numeric make ids are rejected.

Value needs the VIN id

Car value and depreciation take the vehicle_id returned by VIN decode, not the EPA id from the trims list.

Recalls from any starting point

Recalls accepts year, make, and model, a VIN, or either kind of vehicle_id. When you send more than one, year, make, and model take precedence, then the VIN, then the id.

Value at a mileage and ZIP

Value and depreciation take the current mileage and an optional ZIP code for regional pricing. Depreciation also accepts a condition and an annual mileage for its projection.

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