How it works, and everything it does
From the listing you're looking at to a number you can say out loud.
What goes wrong in a car deal, the five steps that stop it, everything in a report, and the voice that talks you through it. Your first 3 car checks are free.
New or used, from any site. 3 free car checks. No card, no subscription.
Not getting ripped off
Five ways a car deal goes wrong. Avturo checks every one before you pay.
Auto sales and repairs have been America's most complained-about industry for 10 years running. Every one of these is checkable before you pay.
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The asking price is a wish, not a value.
On the sample CR-V, the ad asked $1,250 over the median of 23 live listings.
Source: Sample report
What Avturo does
Avturo prices the car against live listings and tells you the number to open at.
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Every model has a weak spot. The seller won't bring it up.
48% of buyers hit with repairs felt the seller had withheld known issues.
What Avturo does
Avturo knows what fails on that year and trim, from 121 documented faults across 19 makes, and prices what's due.
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The recall nobody fixed.
1 in 5 cars on U.S. roads has an unfixed safety recall. The repair is free by law.
Source: Carfax, 2026
What Avturo does
Avturo checks official NHTSA records before you buy, and every day after.
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Walking in without a number.
Used-car buyers who asked for a lower price saved a median $900.
What Avturo does
Avturo writes your opening offer and the sentence to say. On the sample: “I can do $20,700 today.”
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The repair quote.
The same brake job quoted $150 at one shop and $425 at another. 2 in 3 shops dropped their price once the caller knew the going rate.
What Avturo does
The AI mechanic tells you what the job should cost before you call the shop.
Sources: Bumper survey of 2,011 U.S. used-car buyers, 2026. Carfax, 2026. Consumer Reports survey of 1,006 used-car buyers. AutoMD Repair Shop Fairness Report. Consumer Federation of America, 2026. Sample figures are from the same 2019 Honda CR-V listing as the demo above.
Before you buy
Three steps between a listing and an offer.
Paste it, read the report, walk in with a number. The first two take under a minute. The third is the part you were dreading, done for you.
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Paste the listing.
A link, the ad text, or a screenshot, from any site. New or used. Avturo reads the year, trim, mileage and asking price, and every line the seller wrote.
Paste Link Uploadhttps://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/88421609334712019 Honda CR-V EX AWD
$22,450 · 61,203 mi
Seller description found
United StatesAnalyze ListingYour first 3 car checks are free.
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Read the report. Under a minute.
What it's worth against live listings for the same car. What's known to fail on that exact year and trim, from our 121 documented faults. Official NHTSA recall records. And a straight verdict. Torn between two cars? Put them side by side and get a verdict on which is the better buy.
2019 HondaCR-VView original listingAsking price
$22,450
Mileage
61,203 mi
Deal grade
B-
Vs. market
$1,250 above
Summary & Verdict
A solid example of a good generation, but it is priced $1,250 above the $21,200 median of 23 comparable live listings. The known fifth-generation issues are documented and cheap to check.
Good Deal PotentialRed Flags / Cons
- Asking $1,250 above the $21,200 median of 23 comparable live listings
- tires: nothing in the ad says they were replaced. About $800.
- CVT service: due by 60,000 miles and not in the listed history. About $300.
Recalls & VIN Check
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for this model year.
Low-Pressure Fuel Pump
Pump impeller can deform and cause a stall. Free replacement at any Honda dealer.
Campaign 20V314000
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Walk in with a number.
The report prices every fault it found and the gap to market, then writes your opening offer and the line to say. It lists what to check on the test drive before any money moves, and what to make a condition of sale.
Negotiation Strategy
Your opening offer
$20,700$500 under the $21,200 medianThe case for it
- tires, nothing in the ad says they were replaced$800
- CVT service, due by 60,000 miles and not in the listed history$300
- Asking over the market median$1,250
- Leverage$2,350
Say: “I can do $20,700 today.”Before money moves
- Run the two 15-second checks before money moves: the dipstick and the A/C vent temperature.
- Make the free fuel pump recall fix a condition of sale.
Sample listing in every picture: a 2019 Honda CR-V, the same car the demo on the homepage runs on. Real report format, real figures from it.
In every report
Six things, on every car you check.
Year-specific defects
Knows the 2017-19 CR-V oil dilution, the EA888 carbon buildup, the BMW VANOS rattle, and flags them before you ask.
Real market price
Compares the asking price against live comparable listings in the same year range and condition, not a vague KBB estimate.
Negotiation script
Word-for-word what to say to bring the price down, based on the exact red flags found in the listing.
Pre-purchase checklist
A custom inspection list to bring to the test drive, engine, suspension, electronics, tailored to that year and trim.
A straight verdict
Whether this car is a good buy at this price, and why, before the detail.
Official recall lookup
Pulls open safety recalls straight from NHTSA records for the VIN, so you know exactly what's still outstanding.
Built on a hand-curated database of 121 documented failure patterns across 19 makes, official NHTSA recall and VIN records, and live market listings.
Talk to it
You can just talk to Avturo.
Every report has a voice button. Tap it and have a real conversation about the car, out loud, the way you'd phone a friend who knows cars. On the sofa while you're still deciding, in the driveway, or standing in front of the one you came to see.
- It has read the report, so it answers about your exact engine and trim, in a sentence.
- It looks real prices up mid-sentence rather than guessing, and leaves the sources on screen.
- At the car, hold the phone up: it asks the seller what you would forget to, then asks you to step away and tells you what it really thinks.
- Send it a VIN or a photo without hanging up.
Nothing is recorded, and the conversation lands in the car's chat as a transcript you can read or delete. Part of Pro, 5 hours a month. If someone else is with you, tell them first.
Speaking
What should the timing belt cost on this one?
About $900 to $1,300 at an independent shop, and it's due at this mileage. Ask him for the receipt.
After you buy
Two things that keep going for as long as you own it.
Add the car to My Garage the day it's yours. From then on Avturo watches it, and answers for it.
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Keep it in My Garage.
Add the car once it's yours. Avturo checks it every day against official NHTSA recall records and emails you the morning a recall lands. It tracks what service is due at your mileage. Recall repairs are free at the dealer.
2019 Honda CR-V
EX64,180 miOne open recall on file. Recall repairs are free at the dealer. See details
Next up
- Transmission fluidDue now
- Brake fluidat 67,500 mi
Maintenance, recalls & AI mechanic - 5
Ask the AI mechanic.
It knows your exact car, searches the web as it answers, and shows its sources. A noise, a warning light, a quote from a shop: ask before you pay, and know more about the repair than the shop quoting it.
AI Mechanic
2017 Audi A4 · Knows your exact car
Quoted $3,200 for a water pump on my 2017 Audi A4. Is that fair?That's high. The shop is charging dealer rates for an independent-shop job, and fair is roughly half that. Get one more quote before you approve it.Used: Web searchAsk about this car
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