CarBud
Built on U.S. federal data

Know what breaks before you buy.

Type in any used car — or paste the listing — and see its real problems, open recalls, and where the mileage sits. Pulled straight from federal complaint and recall data, every claim traceable to the source.

26,000+vehicles analyzed
EveryU.S. recall & complaint
100%cited — never guessed

Three steps, no account.

From “I found a car” to “here’s what to check” in under a minute.

STEP 01

Find your car

Type the year and model, or paste the listing and we’ll read the year, mileage, and price straight out of it.

STEP 02

See what actually breaks

Its known problems ranked by severity, the open recalls to VIN-check, and where the odometer sits versus where trouble usually starts.

STEP 03

Take it to the sale

A plain-English checklist of what to test-drive for and what to ask the seller — built to use standing next to the car.

What a report looks like.

A real one, for a 2016 Honda Accord at 88,000 miles.

Worth buying · check 2 things
2016 Honda Accord
88,000 mi · 726 federal complaints · 4 recalls

This generation’s problems show up early — half by 35,000 miles — so at 88k most have already surfaced or been fixed. Two things to check before you sign, then verify the open recalls by VIN.

Ranked by severity
Weak starters & battery drain
electrical · the #1 complaint
V6 only: oil consumption from cylinder deactivation
engine · VCM
The 4-cylinder engine is the easy part
engine · reassuring
See the full report

Popular checks

The cars people look up most.

Why CarBud

Forums argue. We count.

Every problem here is ranked by how often real owners reported it to the government — then cross-checked against recalls, technical service bulletins, and federal investigations. You’re weighing evidence, not the loudest voice on a message board.

And because a used car is only as good as this one, we show you where the odometer you’re looking at sits against where this model’s trouble actually starts — so a number on a listing turns into a decision.