fourzerotwo-si Us Vehicle Safety API

Vehicle Recalls & Safety (NHTSA): US safety recalls, owner complaints and NCAP crash-test ratings by make, model and year.

Operations 4

GET /v1/us-vehicle-safety/recalls Vehicle Recalls & Safety (NHTSA): Recalls #
GET /v1/us-vehicle-safety/complaints Vehicle Recalls & Safety (NHTSA): Owner complaints #
GET /v1/us-vehicle-safety/safety-ratings Vehicle Recalls & Safety (NHTSA): Crash-test ratings #
GET /v1/us-vehicle-safety/safety-rating Vehicle Recalls & Safety (NHTSA): Crash-test detail #

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OpenAPI Specification

fourzerotwo-si-us-vehicle-safety-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Fourzerotwo Si Us Vehicle Safety API
  version: 1.1.0
  contact:
    url: https://fourzerotwo.si
  description: 'Operations tagged us-vehicle-safety across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: openapi.json, fourzerotwo-si-openapi.json. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://fourzerotwo.si
tags:
- name: us-vehicle-safety
  description: 'Vehicle Recalls & Safety (NHTSA): US safety recalls, owner complaints and NCAP crash-test ratings by make, model and year.'
paths:
  /v1/us-vehicle-safety/recalls:
    get:
      operationId: us_vehicle_safety__recalls
      summary: 'Vehicle Recalls & Safety (NHTSA): Recalls'
      description: 'Safety recalls with component, summary, consequence and remedy. Price: $0.003 USDC per call via x402. Free within the daily allowance with a free key.'
      tags:
      - us-vehicle-safety
      externalDocs:
        url: https://fourzerotwo.si/apis/us-vehicle-safety/recalls
      parameters:
      - name: make
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Make
        schema:
          type: string
        example: Honda
      - name: model
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Model
        schema:
          type: string
        example: Civic
      - name: modelYear
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Model year
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 2019
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The data (paid, or free tier).
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '502':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      security:
      - {}
      - freeKey: []
      x-price-usd: '0.003000'
      x-free-tier: free
      x-mcp-tool: us-vehicle-safety__recalls
    servers:
    - url: https://fourzerotwo.si
  /v1/us-vehicle-safety/complaints:
    get:
      operationId: us_vehicle_safety__complaints
      summary: 'Vehicle Recalls & Safety (NHTSA): Owner complaints'
      description: 'Owner-reported safety complaints, crashes and fires. Price: $0.003 USDC per call via x402. Free within the daily allowance with a free key.'
      tags:
      - us-vehicle-safety
      externalDocs:
        url: https://fourzerotwo.si/apis/us-vehicle-safety/complaints
      parameters:
      - name: make
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Make
        schema:
          type: string
        example: Honda
      - name: model
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Model
        schema:
          type: string
        example: Civic
      - name: modelYear
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Model year
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 2019
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The data (paid, or free tier).
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '502':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      security:
      - {}
      - freeKey: []
      x-price-usd: '0.003000'
      x-free-tier: free
      x-mcp-tool: us-vehicle-safety__complaints
    servers:
    - url: https://fourzerotwo.si
  /v1/us-vehicle-safety/safety-ratings:
    get:
      operationId: us_vehicle_safety__safety_ratings
      summary: 'Vehicle Recalls & Safety (NHTSA): Crash-test ratings'
      description: 'NCAP 5-star rating variants for a vehicle (returns VehicleIds for detail). Price: $0.002 USDC per call via x402. Free within the daily allowance with a free key.'
      tags:
      - us-vehicle-safety
      externalDocs:
        url: https://fourzerotwo.si/apis/us-vehicle-safety/safety-ratings
      parameters:
      - name: make
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Make
        schema:
          type: string
        example: Honda
      - name: model
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Model
        schema:
          type: string
        example: Civic
      - name: modelYear
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Model year
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 2019
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The data (paid, or free tier).
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '502':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      security:
      - {}
      - freeKey: []
      x-price-usd: '0.002000'
      x-free-tier: free
      x-mcp-tool: us-vehicle-safety__safety-ratings
    servers:
    - url: https://fourzerotwo.si
  /v1/us-vehicle-safety/safety-rating:
    get:
      operationId: us_vehicle_safety__safety_rating
      summary: 'Vehicle Recalls & Safety (NHTSA): Crash-test detail'
      description: 'Overall, frontal, side and rollover ratings for one VehicleId. Price: $0.002 USDC per call via x402. Free within the daily allowance with a free key.'
      tags:
      - us-vehicle-safety
      externalDocs:
        url: https://fourzerotwo.si/apis/us-vehicle-safety/safety-rating
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        description: VehicleId from safety-ratings
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 14009
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The data (paid, or free tier).
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '502':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      security:
      - {}
      - freeKey: []
      x-price-usd: '0.002000'
      x-free-tier: free
      x-mcp-tool: us-vehicle-safety__safety-rating
    servers:
    - url: https://fourzerotwo.si
components:
  responses:
    PaymentRequired:
      description: x402 payment required. The body (also base64 in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header) lists accepted payments.
      headers:
        PAYMENT-REQUIRED:
          schema:
            type: string
          description: Base64 JSON x402 v2 PaymentRequired
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              x402Version:
                type: integer
              error:
                type: string
              accepts:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
    Error:
      description: 400 = invalid input, 404 = not found at the source, 502 = the source failed. Never charged.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              error:
                type: string
              charged:
                type: boolean
  securitySchemes:
    freeKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: Optional free key (fzt_…) for the free tier.
x-refined-from:
- openapi.json
- fourzerotwo-si-openapi.json