The right vehicle record, before you trust the story.

For Japanese imports, every report covers the car's Japanese auction history, mileage timeline, accident-repair grade, stolen and written-off flags, and an open safety-recall check provided with RecallsCheck.cy — and, for a car still in transit from Japan, its RoRo sea shipment is tracked by VIN (vessel, ports and expected arrival). All of this is pulled in the one capture. UK registration-plate checks are a separate product covering MOT, mileage, tax, recall information, ownership, valuation and UK risk markers.

For Japanese imports, auction history is drawn from Japan's major auction networks — USS (and HAA Kobe), TAA (Toyota Auto Auction), JU, ARAI (AAA) and AUCNET — with records available from 2007 onward, the point from which Japanese auction data is digitised industry-wide. Registration and roadworthiness data comes from the Car Information Data Management (CIDM) association, which manages data from Japanese car registrations and automobile inspection certificates. UK checks use UK registry data keyed to the plate or VIN. CarTrust retrieves and verifies this recorded history at source and shows the original evidence where available, rather than asking you to rely on a seller-provided sheet or translation.

It means none of the sources checked hold an entry for that chassis number — not that the car is guaranteed clean. A CarTrust check queries every major Japanese auction network and the national registration record at once, so a "no record" result already reflects all of them; there is no separate database left to cross-check against. But some cars never pass through auction — sold dealer-to-dealer, returned from a lease fleet, or exported directly — and auction data only goes back to 2007, so an older or never-auctioned car can be clean and still show no auction record. Confirm the chassis/VIN on the car matches your paperwork, and treat the report as one layer alongside a physical inspection.

A certificate is a permanent, independently verifiable record of what the car's source record shows at the time it was issued — its Japanese auction history where one exists, mileage timeline, accident-repair grade, identity flags and open-recall status, retrieved at source rather than supplied by the seller. It certifies what the record shows and that it was retrieved independently. It does not certify the car's current physical condition, and it is not a substitute for a physical inspection. For a car with no auction history — one that predates the 2007 digital record or never went through auction — the certificate confirms the registration and recall data on file and shows plainly that there is no auction record; that is a fact about the car, not a limit on what CarTrust checked.

No. A Japanese auction sheet is a single original document, created once by the auction-house inspector and stored in the auction record; every service retrieves that same document. A second report of the same car shows the same sheets and the same photos — it is a second copy of one record, not independent corroboration. Your genuine second opinion is a physical inspection. A CarTrust Extensive report already returns the original sheets and photos for every auction appearance on file across Japan's major networks, so a second report has nothing independent to add.

When a dealer issues a report, the certificate carries their dealership name and an "Authorized Dealer" mark. It means the dealer uses CarTrust to give buyers the independent source record. It does not mean the dealer supplies, selects or alters the records — and it does not mean CarTrust adjusts them for the dealer. The records are retrieved and certified by CarTrust; a dealer cannot change what the record shows, and CarTrust does not alter or curate the record for a dealer. The certificate is the same independent document whether a private buyer or a dealer orders it.

We verify the recorded odometer readings across auction and registry records. The report shows the verified mileage floor - the highest reading on record - and flags rollback only when a later reading is at least 1,000 km lower than an earlier one.

No. CarTrust verifies the recorded history, not the vehicle's current mechanical or cosmetic condition. A pre-purchase inspection is still important before you buy.

Each report is a permanent public link with an unguessable address, plus downloadable PDF certificates. Anyone you share it with can view it without logging in.

Japanese auctions grade every car. Grades like 4.5 or 5 mean excellent condition; grade R or RA means documented accident-repair history. CarTrust shows that grade from the source record and flags it clearly.