A stack of receipts proves a car was maintained. Most sellers do not have one. Enter the VIN to see the service visits that were reported — what was done, when, and at what mileage.
Each reported visit with the date, the shop where it was recorded, and the odometer reading at the time.
Oil and filter changes, tyre rotations, brake work, inspections, fluid services and the multi-point checks dealers log, where the source recorded the detail.
Component replacements and diagnosed faults, including work that followed an accident record.
State and provincial safety or emissions inspections, and pre-delivery or certified pre-owned inspections at the dealer.
Recall campaigns recorded as completed at a dealer, alongside the recalls still open on the vehicle.
A second, independent source for the odometer timeline — the record most useful for testing a suspiciously low reading.
Enter the 17-character VIN from the windscreen, door jamb or registration document.
Vektracer searches the vehicle-history sources available for that VIN.
Review the free preview to see which records exist.
Unlock the full report when the records are worth reading.
What you want to see is visits at sensible intervals with the mileage climbing steadily between them. A record showing an oil change every 8,000 to 10,000 km for six years describes a different car from one with two visits in the same period, even if the second car has fewer kilometres.
Dealer networks and national chains report reliably; many independent garages report nothing at all. A three-year silence may be a car serviced faithfully at a small shop, or a car that was not serviced. The record narrows the question; the seller's receipts and a mechanical inspection answer it.
Every reported visit captures the odometer. Those readings sit alongside the readings from registrations, inspections and sales, and a rollback shows up as a service visit at 140,000 km followed by a sale at 95,000 km. Odometers do not run backwards, so there is no innocent version of that sequence.
Years of nothing followed by a cluster of expensive repairs often marks the point a neglected problem could no longer be ignored — or the point a seller prepared a car for sale. Either way it is worth asking about, with the record in hand.
A seller who says the car was dealer-serviced should appear in the record. When the record supports the claim, you have found a car worth paying for. When it does not, the seller may still be telling the truth — but the price should reflect that you cannot verify it.
Visits are listed in date order with the shop, the odometer reading and the work recorded — for example "Jiffy Lube · 44,806 mi · Vehicle serviced, maintenance inspection completed, oil and filter changed" followed by a dealer visit at 54,255 miles for brakes and an alignment. The same readings appear in the odometer timeline, so a dealer visit at 43,751 miles that sits between a registration at 31,835 and a sale at 98,042 corroborates the whole sequence. Where two sources describe the same visit, the report merges them into one entry rather than showing it twice.
See a full sample reportYes. Enter the 17-character VIN and the report returns the maintenance and repair visits reported against it, with dates, mileage and the work recorded. Around two thirds of the vehicles we look up carry service records; the free preview shows whether yours does before you pay.
The preview showing whether service records exist is free. The records themselves are part of the full paid report. Some manufacturers also offer owner portals that show dealer service history for the current owner, which is worth asking the seller to open in front of you.
Sometimes. Franchised dealers and large chains such as national oil-change and tyre networks report consistently. Small independent shops often do not. A missing period is not proof of neglect — ask for receipts.
Usually because the owner switched to a shop that does not report, or the vehicle moved to an area where reporting shops are sparse. Check whether the odometer readings from registrations and inspections continue through the gap, which tells you the car was at least being driven and inspected.
Where a dealer recorded the campaign as completed, yes. Open recalls are listed separately, and you can confirm any campaign against the manufacturer or the NHTSA and Transport Canada databases by VIN.
Rarely. Reporting shops share the visit, the mileage and a description of the work, not the invoice. Where an estimated repair cost appears, it is attached to a damage record rather than a service visit.
Not automatically, but it shifts the burden. Without records you are relying entirely on inspection and the seller's word, so the price should be lower than for an identical car with a documented record, and a pre-purchase inspection stops being optional.
Yes, and service records are actually more common on Canadian vehicles in our data than American ones. The Canadian page covers what to expect province by province.
Enter the VIN to see which records exist. The preview is free.