About CarLogs

CarLogs helps you know a vehicle before you trust it. Enter a VIN, a license plate, or a boat's hull number and we pull together everything on record — make and model, engine and specs, open safety recalls, title and salvage status, mileage, accidents and more.

17.5M+ vehicles and vessels are already searchable, spanning U.S. & global VINs, Dutch license plates, and U.S. Coast Guard documented boats.

Free tools for every buyer

You don't have to pay to get real value — every search includes:

• 🔔 Free recall alerts. Click Watch this VIN on any vehicle and we'll email you the moment a new safety recall is issued — for as long as you own it.
• 🔧 Known problems & an inspection checklist. The most-reported issues for that exact model, and exactly what to check before you buy.
• 💵 A fair-price check. The typical asking-price range for that year, make and model, so you can tell whether a seller's price is reasonable.
• 🖨️ Shareable, printable reports. Save any vehicle as a clean PDF to take to a mechanic or send to a friend.

Where our data comes from

We never invent data. Everything is compiled from official registries and licensed history databases:

• NHTSA (U.S. Dept. of Transportation) — VIN decoding and safety recalls.
• RDW (Netherlands) — the open Dutch vehicle register, by license plate.
• U.S. Coast Guard PSIX — the federal vessel registry, for boats and yachts.
• NMVTIS and licensed providers — title, salvage, theft and brand history behind our full reports.

Privacy first — about the car, not the person

This is core to who we are: CarLogs never shows a vehicle's owner. Linking a plate or VIN to a named individual is restricted by privacy law (the U.S. Driver's Privacy Protection Act, the EU's GDPR, and equivalents). We deliberately exclude all owner and keeper personal information — that's not a gap, it's the right thing to do.

How we make money

The instant decode, recalls, recall alerts, known-problem reports and fair-price checks are all free. We earn from advertising and from optional paid full-history reports — a one-time fee per vehicle, or a monthly plan for dealers and frequent buyers — for the complete title, accident, lien and exact-valuation records. No subscription is ever required just to look something up.

Get in touch

Questions, feedback, or a data correction? Email hi@carlogs.xyz or use our contact form. See also our Privacy Policy and Terms.