CarSleuth
ChatGPT pluginInvestigate used cars
Do not buy the badge—investigate the exact car. CarSleuth turns a listing URL, screenshot, VIN, vehicle-history report, or pasted vehicle details into an elegant, evidence-led buyer report.
It resolves the exact engine, transmission, battery, and drivetrain before judging reliability; maps costly failure modes; places the vehicle on its mileage-specific maintenance timeline; checks public VIN, recall, auction, accident, title, and listing clues; and examines repairability, fuel requirements, driving dynamics, ownership exposure, local value, and dealership transaction risk.
Standard and Deep investigations produce responsive self-contained HTML reports with a verdict card, score ring, value metrics, dealership grade, evidence tags, risk cards, cost tables, score bars, inspection priorities, negotiation guidance, and linked sources. A deterministic renderer owns the design, keeping generation fast and token-efficient. Rapid scans remain concise in chat.
CarSleuth keeps verified facts, recurring patterns, anecdotes, seller claims, and unknowns separate. It never treats a public VIN search as CARFAX, missing records as a clean history, or brand reputation as proof that a specific car is reliable.
Research-based decision support only. It does not replace an independent mechanical inspection or official ownership, title, lien, recall, insurance, and registration checks.
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| 520 | #4861 | 121places down | |
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| 523 | #4897 | 159places up | |
| 524 | #4901 | 58places down |
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Example prompts
- “Create an elegant Standard HTML buyer report for this used-car listing.”
- “Compare these used cars by reliability, upcoming costs, driving feel, and value.”
- “Analyze this VIN and history report, then build a model-specific PPI checklist.”
Skills
used-car-investigator
Investigate, value, compare, and negotiate a specific used vehicle from a listing, VIN, report, screenshot, or pasted details. Resolves the exact powertrain, expensive failure patterns, maintenance exposure, history, dealership risk, local value, and inspection priorities, then presents a decision-first buyer report.
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- Sign-in
- On Install
- Capabilities
- Resolve exact engine and transmission variants, Map powertrain-specific failure risks, Forecast mileage-sensitive maintenance costs, Analyze supplied history reports and public VIN evidence, Assess repairability and regional repair exposure, Analyze dealership reputation and transaction risk, Generate responsive self-contained HTML buyer reports, Compare local market value and true purchase cost, Build model-specific pre-purchase inspection briefs, Generate polished buyer dashboards, seller questions, and walk-away triggers
- Availability
- Available
- Version
- 1.1.1
- Keywords
- used-cars, vehicle-research, vin, maintenance, reliability, pre-purchase-inspection, car-buying
- Created
- August 16, 2026
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