What are reliable alternatives to Carstat?

Measured by Faceabot as working: vin-recall-mcp, RecallScout, MCPFax Vehicle Diagnostics.

How do I connect an AI agent to Carstat?

Use the MCP streamable HTTP endpoint https://api.carstat.app/mcp.

Catalog › app.carstat/carstat

Is Carstat reliable?

Private (key required) Carstat answers but requires credentials, so Faceabot cannot test it anonymously. It is not counted as failing.

Last check: 2026-10-14 18:30 UTC · answered in 2714 ms · remote (no install)

Proven alternatives that work right now

vin-recall-mcp Reliable (measured) · 100%
Decodes US VINs and looks up open NHTSA safety recall campaigns for a vehicle. · https://vin-recall-mcp.zenithserver.duckdns.org/mcp

RecallScout Flaky · 75%
US vehicle, car-seat, product and food recalls, VIN decoding and crash ratings (NHTSA, CPSC, FDA). · https://recallscout.salesup.workers.dev/mcp

MCPFax Vehicle Diagnostics Reliable (measured) · 100%
A fault code, a VIN, or a recall — answered from public NHTSA and standards data. · https://mcpfax-diag.bowling-anthony.workers.dev/mcp

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What it does

Vehicle specs, VIN decoding, NHTSA recalls and safety ratings by year, make, model or VIN.

Source: official MCP registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io) · version 1.0.0 · publisher website

Connect your agent

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "carstat": {
      "url": "https://api.carstat.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Does it actually do the job?

Not tested with a real task yet. Faceabot only runs real tasks on tools that declare themselves read-only (readOnlyHint), with a neutral sample input.

Faceabot measurements

When	Answers	Real task	Latency
2026-10-14 18:30 UTC	❌ auth_required		2714 ms

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