2021 Toyota Highlander
XLE · SUV
$41,900
48,210 km · Scarborough, ON
Decoded from VIN
VIN fraud
Catch cloned and mismatched VINs before you commit
Seven named checks run a VIN against the record. Each returns its own verdict, so you see which one failed.
Know your vehicle
2 checks flagged5TDGZRBHXMS548120
2021 Toyota Highlander XLE
- Structure valid17 chars · I O Q absentpass
- Check digitcomputed X · stated Xpass
- Pattern known5TD · Toyotapass
- Decodes to a vehicle2021 Toyota Highlander XLEpass
- Consistent historysame spec across 6 readspass
- No duplicate live listings1 other live listingflag
- Odometer sequence plausible31,450 km after 48,210 kmflag
model-year:toyota/highlander/20215 of 7 · review
one VIN · two live listings
2021 Toyota Highlander
XLE · SUV
$41,900
$500 over median
48,210 km · Scarborough, ON · 96 comparables
Decoded from VIN
5TDGZRBHXMS548120
2021 Toyota Highlander
XLE · SUV
$34,400
$7,000 under median
31,450 km · Laval, QC · 96 comparables
1 recall
5TDGZRBHXMS548120
Clones
Two live listings, one VIN
A clone borrows a real vehicle's VIN. Ask for the listings on that VIN and both come back, dated.
Facts, not a score
You get listings and dates; the conclusion is yours.
The price is the bait
The clone is listed $7,500 under the vehicle it copies. That rating is the market’s read of an ask, not a verdict on the VIN.
Ride-share
Rules run on the vehicle, not the form
Onboarding decides whether a car may carry passengers. Every rule in that decision answers off the VIN — age, body and seats, and any campaign still open against it.
The decode, not the description
Year, model, body, doors and seats come back as typed fields. What the driver entered stays beside them, not instead of them.
Campaigns, with the remedy as it stands
Transport Canada campaigns land on the VIN carrying their own remedy state. Nothing is ever returned as done.
Driver onboardingVehicle check
Vehicle identification number
2HGFC2F54KH012345
Check digit valid · 17 characters
Match2019 Honda Civic LX
Sedan · 5 seats
Platform rules
- Model year 2015 or newerpass
2019
- Four doors, five seatspass
Sedan · 4 doors
- No open recall workaction
TC 2025-599 · remedy available
One action before approval
Book the recall remedy- Driver's claimthe VIN, as entered
- VIN decodeyear · body · doors · seats
- Transport Canadacampaign TC 2025-599
Know your vehicle
verified against the record2HGFC2F54KH012345
2019 Honda Civic LX
- Structure valid17 chars · I O Q absentpass
- Check digitcomputed 4 · stated 4pass
- Pattern known2HG · Hondapass
- Decodes to a vehicle2019 Honda Civic LXpass
- Consistent historysame spec across 6 readspass
- No duplicate live listings0 other live listingspass
- Odometer sequence plausiblerising · 48,210 kmpass
model-year:honda/civic/20197 of 7
Lenders and insurers
The check before the loan or the policy
Run the checks at the application and keep the answers with the file — the clean ones as well as the flagged.
How it works
Two calls
The first returns the vehicle. The second returns its live listings.
request
curl https://api.cardog.app/v2/vin/2HGFC2F54KH012345 \
-H "x-api-key: crdg_live_…"
curl https://api.cardog.app/v2/vin/2HGFC2F54KH012345/listings \
-H "x-api-key: crdg_live_…"response 200 OK
{
"vin": "2HGFC2F54KH012345",
"valid": true,
"year": 2019, "make": "Honda",
"model": "Civic", "trim": "LX",
"refs": { "modelYear": "model-year:honda/civic/2019" },
"nano": "2HGFC2F5KH", "squish": "2HGFC2F5K"
}Use cases
Wherever a vehicle is taken at its word
Marketplaces
A cloned or re-stamped VIN caught at intake, before the listing goes live.
After the check
The check does not stop at the application
The VINs you already hold are read again every night, and only the ones whose answer changed come back.
Nightly re-check
04:12- 2019 Honda Civic LX1 new campaign
- 2021 Toyota Corolla LEno change
- 2016 Hyundai Elantra GLfloor in 4 months
- 2020 Kia Forte EXno change
2,184 active vehicles checked2 changed