VIN Vehicle history reports
Korean insurance history and five archives of auctions, listings, inspections and history records. Check a VIN for free, see which reports have records, then get the one you need as JSON, HTML or PDF.
VIN · 7FARW2H56JE022576
5 of 6 reports have records
01 Report types
Each report covers a different part of a car's past. The check tells you which ones have records, so you only order what exists.
Insurance claims, repair costs, owners and use of cars registered in Korea.
US insurance auction records and Korean listings, with photos and damage.
Past listings with price changes, photos, mileage and factory equipment.
Auction and marketplace listings with photos, sale prices and details.
Inspection results, damage, checked components and diagnostics.
Recorded events, mileage, owners, insurance events and documents.
02 Inside a report
A summary of what needs attention on top, then the full record: dated events, mileage, damage and claims, owners, photos. The same data as JSON for your own pages.
Vehicle History · 7FARW2H56JE022576
2 checks need attention
5 of 7 completed checks have no recorded issues.
Mileage over time Consistent
Timeline
Summary and checks
Total loss, flood, theft, odometer rollback, commercial use and damage, each marked clear or worth a look.
Vehicle and VIN
Decoded VIN, specs and equipment, so you can compare them with the car and its papers.
Dated timeline
Registrations, owner changes, listings and sales, repairs, inspections and recalls, grouped by year.
Mileage over time
Every reading on one chart, with a note when the line drops or the yearly distance looks unusual.
Accidents and repair costs
Insurance claims for this car and others, with parts, labour and paint, and the repaired areas.
Photos and documents
Photos and documents kept with the report, ready for a gallery on your own page.
03 How it works
Two calls with your key. Sample VINs answer at once through the API too, so you can build the whole flow before your first real report.
Request
curl -X POST https://auctionsapi.com/api/vhr/checks \ -H "x-api-key: $API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"vin": "7FARW2H56JE022576"}'
Response 200 OK
{
"vin": "7FARW2H56JE022576",
"status": "completed",
"sources": [
{ "id": 11, "name": "Korean Insurance History",
"status": "not_found" },
{ "id": 5, "name": "Vehicle History",
"available_formats": ["json", "html", "pdf"],
"available_languages": ["en", "ru"],
"preview": { "exists": true, "records_count": 1 } }
]
}Korean Insurance History covers cars registered in South Korea: insurance claims with repair costs, owner and number changes, mileage, rental or commercial use, equipment, export declarations and recalls. The five other reports also hold Korean records next to the US and other markets.
Yes. The check asks every report whether it has records for the VIN and returns a short preview. A report is charged only when its files are ready, one charge for all the formats you chose.
The check says so and that report cannot be ordered for the VIN, so you never pay for an empty report. A missing record never proves a clean history.
Every report comes as JSON, a ready HTML page and a PDF, made from the same data. Each report lists its languages: English, Russian or both.
No. Sample VINs use fictional records to show what a report looks like. Through the API they answer at once and cost nothing, also with a demo key.
Listing data comes with each Encar car on sale, as fields. VIN reports are ordered by VIN for any car, also one that is not for sale, and come as finished reports.
Tell us where you want to show the reports. We reply in writing with a demo key and the details of paid access.