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Auto Body Shop Directory vs ProblemsByVin
Auto Body Shop Directory lists more than 81,000 collision repair and auto body shops across the United States, searchable by ZIP code, city, or coordinates. The keyless API returns JSON across five public endpoints, including city search and single-shop profile lookups. It is a free directory service with no paid tier; listings that use the data should credit AutoBodyShopNear.com.
ProblemsByVin's Data Center publishes derived, CC BY 4.0-licensed datasets built from NHTSA's owner-complaint and recall record — a reliability scorecard, failure-mileage quartiles, and post-warranty failure patterns — as weekly-refreshed CSV and JSON downloads plus a machine-readable /data/catalog.json manifest. A live GET against both the docs page and the catalog endpoint returned access-control-allow-origin: *, reconfirming cors "yes"; no key was required, reconfirming auth "None" over HTTPS. The datasets are free to use, republish, and remix with attribution — free.
| Auto Body Shop Directory | ProblemsByVin | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | None | None |
| Pricing | free | free |
| Formats | JSON | JSON, CSV |
| CORS | no | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
ProblemsByVin supports CORS, while Auto Body Shop Directory doesn't — pick ProblemsByVin for direct browser calls.