# CarsXE MCP

Vendor: CarsXE  
Category: developer-tools  
Auth: API_KEY  
Composio slug: `carsxe`

CarsXE provides vehicle data APIs for VIN specifications, recalls, license plate decoding, market values, history, images, recognition, and related automotive lookups.

## Tools

- **Check Lien and Theft Records** — Retrieve reportable US lien and theft events for a VIN. A no-data response means CarsXE has no reportable record and is not proof that the vehicle is clear.
- **Decode License Plate** — Look up vehicle identity from a license plate using CarsXE's current global v2 decoder.
- **Decode OBD Code** — Translate an OBD-II diagnostic trouble code into a readable diagnosis.
- **Get Recall Batch** — Make exactly one read request for a CarsXE recall batch. The default status view returns current progress. The results view is available only when the batch is completed or partial and returns a bounded local page (100 rows by default, at m
- **Get Vehicle History** — Retrieve title, brand, junk/salvage, insurance, VIN-change, and historical title records for a VIN.
- **Get Vehicle Images** — Find up to 10 vehicle photos by make and model, with optional year, trim, angle, image type, size, color, quality, transparency, and license filters.
- **Get Vehicle Market Value** — Estimate wholesale, retail, and trade-in values for a VIN using CarsXE's current v2 valuation, optionally adjusted for state, mileage, and condition.
- **Get Vehicle Recalls** — Find safety recall campaigns either for one VIN or for a year, make, and model. Supply exactly one lookup method.
- **Get Vehicle Specifications** — Decode a 17-character VIN into vehicle identity, specifications, equipment, colors, and warranty data. International decoding is used automatically when CarsXE needs it unless explicitly disabled.
- **Get Year Make Model Data** — Look up detailed vehicle and trim information by year, make, and model without a VIN. Returns bounded trim summaries rather than large feature and color payloads.
- **Recognize License Plate** — Analyze a publicly accessible vehicle image and return license-plate candidates, regions, confidence, bounding boxes, and detected vehicle details.
- **Submit Recall Batch** — Create one asynchronous CarsXE recall-check batch for 1 to 10,000 VIN entries. Submission charges one Recalls Batch unit per unique valid VIN after CarsXE normalizes and deduplicates the list. The action makes one submission request and doe

## Setup

1. Create or open a Switchy Project.
2. Open Integrations and connect CarsXE.
3. Authorise through api_key.
4. Teammates can now @-mention CarsXE tools in chat.

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Last verified: 2026-09-04T02:00:56.012Z  
Canonical URL: https://switchy.build/directory/mcps/carsxe