API Inspection & history

Korean car inspection and history data

Public inspection and vehicle history reports from Korean sources, as structured fields: owners, insurance claims and their cost, total loss, flood, theft, and every checked part with its damage.

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vehicle_history_reports[]

Vehicle history

Example
Owner changes
1
owner_change_count
Insurance claims
2
insurance_claim_count
Own damage cost
₩1,840,000
vehicle_damage_claim_cost
Total loss
0
total_loss_count
Flood loss
0
flood_total_loss_count
Theft
0
theft_count

Timeline

  1. First registration 2022-03-14

  2. Owner change 2023-08-02

    Plate unchanged

  3. Repair after accident 2024-11-20

    Parts ₩920,000 · labour ₩560,000 · paint ₩360,000 · at 31,400 km

inspections[]

Inspection report

Example87score
  • AccidentMinor, repaired
  • Water damageNone
  • Fire damageNone
  • Chemical damageNone
  • 1

    Front right door

    Scratch · minor

  • 2

    Rear bumper

    Replaced

  • Exterior22/24
  • Engine14/14
  • Interior11/11

Only public reports that the source publishes. A missing report never means the car has a clean history.

Need a report for a car that is not for sale? Check any VIN across six history reports, Korean Insurance History first.

What each report contains

Two kinds of reports, each attached to the exact listing it came from.

Vehicle history

vehicle_history_reports[]
Registration
First registration date, owner changes, plate changes
Insurance
Number of claims, own damage and third party, with their cost
Losses
Total loss, flood total loss, flood partial loss, theft
Timeline
Dated events: registrations, repairs with parts, labour and paint cost, mileage
Coverage
How complete the report is and which period it covers

Inspection report

inspections[]
Conclusions
Overall result, accident, water, fire and chemical damage status
Score
Evaluation score where the inspector gives one
Checked parts
Every part with damage type, severity and its place on the body map
Blocks
Exterior, engine, interior and more, with checked, passed and issue counts
Diagnostics
Error codes with system and severity, plus inspection photos

Questions about reports

Reports come from the sources that publish them publicly, Encar first among them. Use has_inspections=1 or has_history_reports=1 to get only cars that carry a report.

No. Only public reports that the source publishes are included. A missing or empty report never proves a clean history, so check the coverage field before showing a result.

Report terms such as part names, damage types and results come with English labels. The original source text is kept next to them.

Yes. Search supports damage types and mileage ranges, next to the usual brand, model and year filters.

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