Used-car reliability scores that don't sugarcoat it

Auto Savage scores any used vehicle from public complaints, NHTSA recalls, and Technical Service Bulletins, then walks you through a driveway inspection checklist before you buy. Get a free, brutally honest reliability roast and a negotiation script you can read to the seller.

How Auto Savage works

  1. Enter the year, make, and model of the used car you're considering.
  2. Auto Savage researches public complaints, recalls, and TSBs to score engine, transmission, steering & suspension, electrical, and maintenance cost reliability.
  3. Run the driveway inspection checklist — look, listen, and feel for the known issues Auto Savage flags.
  4. Finalize the roast: get an adjusted reliability score, localized repair cost estimates, a market value range, and a sarcastic negotiation script.

What you get

Privacy Policy

Auto Savage — Last updated July 11, 2026

Auto Savage ("we", "us", or "the app") is a vehicle reliability inspection and appraisal tool. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your choices.

1. Information We Collect

  • Account information: Your email address, password (stored securely as a hash), and name when you create an account.
  • Vehicle information: The year, make, model, and optional engine, transmission, and drivetrain details you enter for analysis.
  • Inspection data: Your driveway inspection checklist results, notes, the seller's asking price, local labor rate, and vehicle mileage that you provide when finalizing a report.
  • Generated reports: Reliability scores, issue lists, inspection checklists, verdicts, recalls, and technical service bulletins produced for your vehicle.
  • Usage analytics: Anonymous, aggregated event data (such as which features are used) to improve the app.

2. How We Use Your Information

  • To create and manage your account and authenticate you.
  • To generate vehicle reliability reports and appraisal valuations based on the vehicle and inspection details you provide.
  • To store your reports so you can view, finalize, export, and revisit them.
  • To improve the accuracy and quality of our analysis and the app itself.

3. How Your Data Is Processed

When you analyze a vehicle, the year, make, and model (and any configuration details you provide) are sent to an AI language model that searches the internet for real owner complaints, forum posts, and repair data to produce your reliability report. Recalls information is retrieved from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) public database. Technical service bulletins are researched via the same AI web-search process.

4. Third-Party Services

  • Base44: Our app platform — provides authentication, database storage, hosting, and the AI integration used for analysis. Your account and report data are stored on Base44's infrastructure.
  • Google AI (Gemini): Processes your vehicle details to generate reliability analysis. Vehicle information is sent to Google's AI service as part of this process.
  • NHTSA: Public recalls data is fetched from the NHTSA API. No personal information is sent to NHTSA.
  • Google Sign-In (if used): If you choose to sign in with Google, we receive your name and email from Google to create your account.
  • Google AdMob: Used to display ads. See the "Advertising" section below for details.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

5. Advertising

We use Google AdMob to display ads in the app. AdMob may collect the advertising ID assigned to your device, your IP address, and information about how you interact with ads (such as impressions, clicks, and app activity) to serve relevant ads and measure ad performance. This data may be shared with Google and used for analytics and advertising purposes. You can reset your advertising ID or opt out of interest-based ads in your device's privacy settings. See Google's Privacy Policy for more information.

6. Data We Do Not Collect

  • We do not collect or track your precise location.
  • We do not access your camera, photos, contacts, or device files.

7. Data Retention & Deletion

Your reports remain stored in your account until you delete them or delete your account. You can delete your account at any time from the Settings screen, which removes your account and associated report data. You can also request deletion through our account deletion page.

8. Data Security

Account credentials are stored securely. Access to your reports is scoped to your authenticated account. However, no method of transmission or electronic storage is 100% secure.

9. Children's Privacy

Auto Savage is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

10. Your Rights

You may access, correct, or delete your personal data by editing your profile or deleting your account from the Settings screen. You may also request data deletion by contacting us.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted here with a revised date.

12. Contact

For privacy questions or data deletion requests, contact Base44 support through the app's dashboard.