Car Helper Tools: Car Recalls, MOT, Car Specs & EU VAT

Car Helper Tools MCP: NHTSA & EU car recalls, UK MOT stats, EU car specs (WLTP CO2), EU VAT (VIES), LEI & Cyprus company check

Five official-open-data tools for AI agents, in one MCP server. Ask your agent about car recalls (US NHTSA and EU Safety Gate), the best and worst model years of a car, UK MOT failure rates, EU car specifications (engine, kW/hp, WLTP CO2, fuel consumption), or Cyprus company status, EU VAT number validation (VIES) and LEI lookup. Built and maintained by Car Helper Tools and served through Apify's hosted MCP server, so there's nothing to install.

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jyaussie/vehicle-year-risk-comparator,jyaussie/eu-vehicle-recall-monitor,jyaussie/uk-mot-failure-stats,jyaussie/cyprus-company-vat-check,jyaussie/eu-car-specs-co2

Transport: Streamable HTTP. Auth: OAuth (sign in to Apify in your browser) or an Apify API token as Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>. Agents without an Apify account can pay per call through Apify's agentic payments (all five tools are pay-per-event).

The tools

Not-found lookups are free on every tool. There's no monthly fee and no extra charge for platform usage: you pay only for the results you get.

Connect

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or any client with remote MCP support (OAuth, recommended):

{  "mcpServers": {    "car-helper-tools": {      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jyaussie/vehicle-year-risk-comparator,jyaussie/eu-vehicle-recall-monitor,jyaussie/uk-mot-failure-stats,jyaussie/cyprus-company-vat-check,jyaussie/eu-car-specs-co2"    }  }}

On first use, your browser opens so you can sign in to Apify and approve access.

With an Apify API token instead of OAuth:

{  "mcpServers": {    "car-helper-tools": {      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jyaussie/vehicle-year-risk-comparator,jyaussie/eu-vehicle-recall-monitor,jyaussie/uk-mot-failure-stats,jyaussie/cyprus-company-vat-check,jyaussie/eu-car-specs-co2",      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>" }    }  }}

Get a token under Apify Console > Settings > API & Integrations.

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http car-helper-tools "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jyaussie/vehicle-year-risk-comparator,jyaussie/eu-vehicle-recall-monitor,jyaussie/uk-mot-failure-stats,jyaussie/cyprus-company-vat-check,jyaussie/eu-car-specs-co2"

Only need one tool? Use https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jyaussie/<tool-name>, for example https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jyaussie/uk-mot-failure-stats.

Example prompts

• "Which Ford Focus model years have the most NHTSA recalls and complaints? Which year should I buy?"
• "Best and worst years to buy a Honda CR-V, with crash ratings."
• "Are there any EU recalls for a 2018 Toyota Yaris?"
• "List serious-risk EU Safety Gate car recalls for Volkswagen published this year."
• "What's the MOT fail rate of a 2015 Ford Fiesta, and what usually fails?"
• "Which first-registration year of the VW Golf is most reliable at its MOT?"
• "What engine and power options did the 2024 VW Golf have in the EU, with WLTP CO2 and fuel consumption?"
• "Compare electric car specs (kW, Wh/km) for the Tesla Model 3, 2022-2025."
• "Check Cyprus company HE165. Is it active, and what's its LEI?"
• "Validate these EU VAT numbers in VIES: LU20260743, IE6388047V."

Worked cost examples

• Compare 7 model years of one car with NHTSA data: 7 x $0.01 = $0.07
• MOT stats for one model over 2012-2018: 7 x $0.01 = $0.07
• 20 EU recall alerts for one make: 20 x $0.005 = $0.10
• 30 spec variants of one model: 30 x $0.005 = $0.15
• 1 Cyprus company and 2 VAT checks: $0.015 + 2 x $0.005 = $0.025

Store pages

• https://apify.com/jyaussie/vehicle-year-risk-comparator
• https://apify.com/jyaussie/eu-vehicle-recall-monitor
• https://apify.com/jyaussie/uk-mot-failure-stats
• https://apify.com/jyaussie/eu-car-specs-co2
• https://apify.com/jyaussie/cyprus-company-vat-check

Data, licences and limits

All five tools use official open data only and return no personal data.

• NHTSA recalls, complaints and NCAP ratings are US government data and cover US-market vehicles.
• EU Safety Gate alerts are published by the European Commission and don't include every manufacturer recall. Confirm with a dealer using the VIN.
• DVSA MOT statistics are © Crown copyright and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• The EEA CO2 monitoring data is published under CC BY 4.0. The 2025 figures are provisional.
• Cyprus register data comes from data.gov.cy under CC BY 4.0. VIES results are live from the European Commission, and LEI data comes from GLEIF (CC0).

Results are for information only. Check anything safety- or compliance-critical against the official source.

About this repository

This repository holds the listing metadata (server.json for the official MCP Registry, glama.json for Glama). The tools run on Apify, and the MCP server is Apify's open-source apify-mcp-server.

License: MIT (this repository's contents).