# DataButler Vehicles Muse connector

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## DataButler Vehicles

Check MOT failure rates, safety recalls and owner complaints for used cars in UK, France, Japan and EU.

- Record: https://musedirectory.ai/connector/databutler-vehicles
- Category: Shopping & Commerce
- Developer: physics-star-cat (https://databutler.dev/api)
- Muse status: Extra setup. Not in Muse's Connectors list yet. Muse can still use it: its page gives you a request to paste into Muse.
- Health: Working, 251ms, checked 2026-10-29T09:30:53Z
- Endpoint: https://databutler.dev/api/mcp/vehicles
- Auth: No account needed; Pricing: unknown
- Screening: Screened, no issues found (2026-10-28T20:21:07Z)
- Source: Found in the official MCP Registry (io.github.physics-star-cat/databutler-vehicles) https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=io.github.physics-star-cat%2Fdatabutler-vehicles

Provides real UK MOT failure data by component and mileage, official safety recalls from DVSA, RappelConso, MLIT and Safety Gate, and Japanese owner defect reports. Helps buyers and owners assess reliability and safety issues for specific vehicle makes and models.

Example request: "Show me the most common failure points and typical mileages for a used Volkswagen Golf, and any recent safety recalls for that model."

How to connect: Not in Muse's Connectors list yet, but Muse can still use it. Paste this into Muse: "Use DataButler Vehicles to help me. It is a free service with an MCP server at https://databutler.dev/api/mcp/vehicles. It does not need an API key. Ask me before you share anything with it." Muse asks before it shares anything with the app's site. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. We tested this in the Muse app on September 24, 2026: Muse used an app's link directly this way and returned a live answer.

Tools:
- uk_mot_reliability: Real UK MOT failure data for a used car: per-category failure rates (overall and interpolated at a given mileage) and the riskiest components with typical failure mileages, for one model generation. Live proxy to whatbreaks.uk (same operator; aggregated from DfT anonymised MOT re
- uk_mot_vehicle_search: Search the 530 UK model generations covered by the MOT dataset by free text (e.g. "focus", "golf"). Use to check coverage or disambiguate a generation before uk_mot_reliability. Live proxy to whatbreaks.uk.
- uk_recalls_for_model: Official UK vehicle safety recalls (DVSA, Open Government Licence; 4876 recalls launched 2016-01-01 → 2027-02-03, 272 makes) for a make and model: recall number, launch date, concern, defect and remedy text (DVSA's English originals), build-date range, vehicles affected and a GOV
- uk_recalls_search: Keyword search across all served DVSA recalls (make, model names, concern, defect and remedy text), newest first, optionally since a date. Text is English ("airbag", "fire", "steering rack", "takata", "high voltage battery"); every word must appear. Suited to cross-make questions
- fr_recalls_for_model: Official French vehicle recall notices (RappelConso, DGCCRF open data; 1663 automobile fiches 2018-01-19 → 2026-08-07) for a brand and model: fiche number, date, risks, defect description (motif, in French), commercialisation periods and the official fiche link. Omit model to lis
- fr_recalls_search: Keyword search across all RappelConso automobile fiches (brand, model text, label, defect description, risks), newest first, optionally since a date. Text is French and lowercase ("airbag", "incendie", "takata", "batterie haute tension"). Use for cross-brand questions ("recent EV
- jp_recalls_for_model: Official Japanese recall filings (国土交通省 MLIT; 3283 filings matched to 313 models sold in Japan, incl. Lexus and imports) for a make and model: notification number, date, defective device, affected vehicles, situation and remedy (Japanese originals) and the official filing PDF. Ac
- jp_complaints_summary: Owner defect reports filed with MLIT's 不具合情報ホットライン (39954 across 313 models): total reports for a model and the breakdown by defective device (brakes, lights, engine, body…) from the newest sample. Reports are unverified owner submissions — compare shapes, not raw counts. Accepts
- eu_safety_gate_recalls: STUB — not yet live. EU Safety Gate (RAPEX) vehicle alerts are being added; until then this returns covered:false with the official Safety Gate URL and points to fr_recalls_* (RappelConso republishes the Safety Gate automobile alerts that concern France).

Screening checks:
- MCP handshake: pass (Answered in 251ms)
- Domain against threat feeds (Cloudflare security DNS): pass (databutler.dev not flagged)
- Published packages against the OSV malicious-package database: n/a (No npm or PyPI package published)
- Hidden instructions or invisible characters in tool text: pass (9 tools read, nothing found)
- Inputs asking for passwords, card numbers or seed phrases: pass (None found)
- Domain and redirects: pass (No redirects off the domain)
- AI review of purpose and tool behavior: pass (No concerns)