It's the best app so far to stay alerted for any recalls on your vehicle so you can schedule a appointment and have the recall repaired and not have to worry about anything.
Reviews for SaferCar
← Back to SaferCarDownloaded the app for the first time, and the only years available or that show on my end for BMW's are 2011 and only list about 7 options, none of which apply to me.
Entered year, make, and model. THEN could enter VIN. Simply typed it in (it's only 17 characters). Done. While instructions might be clearer, not difficult and worked for me.
Could not add more than one vehicle using android app; I reinstalled the app and now the + sign appears where it was not showing previously. This is good to go now and working well.
The video on their website states that you can scan your VIN. You can't scan the VIN let alone manually type it in. All you can do is search for a like vehicle. The App is not ready for prime time. Update: yes you can scan your VIN however the app is a little counter intuitive. For some reason you have enter a vague description of the vehicle before you get to the VIN scanning capability. Chalk it up to poor instructions.
Would not let me enter my VIN. I had to select the car by year maker model. When I did it showed zero recalls when I know there are two outstanding. Don't waste your time with this app.
I usually just delete it and re- install. Otherwise, it's very informative and thank you for that. Very quick to respond to requests accordingly. Now if the dealerships can just follow suit, that would be phenomenal!!!! lol
I added this app after being on a search on Google Chrome. It won't let me put the year of my car because it's the 1997 when I downloaded this app and tried to put my car information in it's telling me there's no information to call some some 800 number if I can't use the app the way it's meant to be used then it's not useful to me at all so I guess I'm uninstalling it you don't need to contact me I'm not interested and I will not put it back on my phone
Does not have a Chevy Suburban in list. cannot find recall information in vehicle is not listed. so I have to uninstall it because if a Suburban is not on the list that means that I am the only one who has ever purchased one.
Not quite. After going through the intro screens it comes up with a box to enter your vehicle, I paste my VIN number in, but it wants year make & model. Come on, that's easy. And I have an account directly with an nhtsa that has my cars, this should link to that. Ugh
Why can't I add vehicles by VIN? Two vehicles of the same year, make, and model can have different recalls. If we can't add by VIN the results could show false positives. [Edit] Thank you for the quick response awesome app!
Easy install but lacking in esthetics and features. The app is just a search tool (for your vehicle) with results displayed from the nhtsa web site in a cluttered browser window. No automatic notifications as recalls are announced. Nevertheless car owners should be aware about their car's safety recall.
User friendly, accurate, effective, resourceful! LOVE that it takes the hassle & worry out of checking recalls, and for free! It simplifies life by alerting you on cars you register with them (if selected).
There is no feedback button. You should be able to scan a VIN without having to enter vehicle information first. There cameras scan does not work on one of my cars. I prefer the email alerts. That seems to be discontinued. I haven't received one since 2016.
The concept behind the app is good, but NHTSA needs to update the database. There is no update, but the options are lacking. As a CPST, I use this app during my appointments with families to check recalls on their car seats, and 90% of the time, the seat I'm looking for isn't an option. Their website however show all options. Very disappointing.
This app is unable to find the on 2 separate vehicles. I can enter the year make and model but its not able to find the exact vehicle after that. It's kinda useless. Update: I've done step as stated by the developer and still cannot find the vin. I described the same steps in my review and they came to tell me what I had already done. Demote to 1 star.
I got to say it's really easy to find tire info your year make and Model of car and what not I haven't tried the other features yet but the Scanning of the Car's Vin should be easier if there isn't a lot of light outside but that's just my only nitpick with it! But if you need a Portable way to check recalls on your car carseats Tires or Equipment look no further! It's a Great App
Credit Karma "Car" info gives recall & other info. This app does not work! I could not find my vehicle it only gives two options. I added my Vin# & It says my vehicle is 4WD BUT IT IS NOT! It won't let me add my Tires either. It does not offer many options on any item. DIsappointing, Frustrating and a waste of time...... ⬇️ I tried adding it that way and it still did not pull anything up for my car.
Garbage app. Says no recalls for my vehicle and 0 unrepaired recalls. Every serious mechanical problems that I'm currently experiencing with my vehicle have supposedly been fixed. Vehicle is barely at 40,000 miles. Should be able to access full repaired recalls when entering vehicle vin. Deleted data and uninstalled
Not sure what all the complaining is about, I had no troubles at all entering my vehicle and my wife's vehicle with the bar code scanner, they must have fixed it or.... would have given 5 stars but I'm waiting for my notification for the fix on my truck to show up first, just to be sure it's working. I haven't tried adding any vehicle peripherals yet either. But multiple vehicles, no problem.