# CARFAX

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/carfax/  
**Website:** https://www.carfax.com  
**APIs profiled:** 5

CARFAX is a vehicle history reporting company that provides VIN-based history reports, dealer inventory solutions, QuickVIN license plate decoding, and used car valuations based on service records, accident history, ownership history, and title data. APIs are available to dealers, lenders, insurers, and service shops through enterprise partnership agreements.

## Kin Score — 29.6 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 29.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 28.2 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 42.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Insurance**: 9.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 18.4 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Paid — onboarding: unknown, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (5)

- **CARFAX QuickVIN API** — Converts a license plate number and state into a VIN with full vehicle decode (year, make, model, trim). Each QuickVIN lookup includes access to a CARFAX Vehicle History Report....
- **CARFAX Service History Reporting API** — Enables automotive repair shops and DMS/SMS providers to submit vehicle service and repair records to CARFAX. Data is transmitted via FTP batch upload. Integration requires a CA...
- **CARFAX Vehicle Valuation API** — Provides Market-Based and History-Based vehicle valuations for lenders, insurers, and government entities. Market-Based values use machine learning on year, make, model, trim, o...
- **CARFAX VIN Scan Detail API** — Delivers comprehensive VIN-level data in ten groupings including vehicle description, demographic information, activity logs, problem indicators, damage assessment, ownership hi...
- **CARFAX Vehicle History Report API** — Enterprise API for retrieving CARFAX Vehicle History Reports (VHR) by VIN. Provides accident and damage history, service records, ownership history, title problems, lemon histor...

## Security (1)

- **Carfax Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Carfax Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Vehicle History, VIN Lookup, Automotive, Used Cars, Dealer Tools, Insurance, Lending, QuickVIN, Service History

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/carfax/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.