$ ecc query --domain carhpiapp.com --category history & provenance
› carhpiapp.com is a UK vehicle-data tool that takes a single registration and returns what the official records actually say about the car behind it. No upsold marketing copy in front of the data, no fabricated "risk indicators" pulled from nothing — the report shows what is on file and where it came from. The Car history app delivers full UK vehicle history checks on iOS and Android — finance, theft, write-off, MOT. The material below assumes you want the reasoning as well as the result.
Data sourced from DVLA, MIAFTR, contracted stolen-vehicle data and the UK lender register at lookup time.
Typical lookup completes in under one second from the UK.
Built and supported in the UK as part of the consumer side of the network.
If the report shows nothing of concern, ask to see the V5C in person and compare the VIN on the document to the one stamped on the chassis and printed on the dash. If the report flags something, raise it directly: a Category N write-off is not necessarily a deal-breaker, but a seller who claims a car has no history when MIAFTR shows otherwise is telling you something important about the rest of the conversation.
Where a vehicle has been exported and later brought back, the UK record carries a gap. The check returns the export marker and the re-registration date, but nothing about how the car was used in the interim. For those vehicles a physical inspection carries more weight than usual, since the paper trail genuinely cannot cover the missing period.
Running a check on your own car before listing gives you the same picture the buyer will see. If there is a settled finance agreement still showing, or an old Category N from a previous owner, it is far better to disclose it in the advert with the paperwork ready than to have a buyer discover it on the driveway with cash in hand.
/ Brand consolidation
carhpiapp.com is now part of Expert Car Check — the consolidated UK vehicle-data platform that several of these older brands have joined. The data sources are unchanged: DVLA's vehicle record, DVSA's MOT history, MIAFTR for write-offs, contracted UK data providers for stolen-vehicle markers and the UK lender register for outstanding finance. The team and the support contact are the same. What's changed is that the work that was previously spread across several smaller brands now sits in one place, which keeps response times tight and the underlying registers maintained against current DVLA schemas. Bookmarks and historic links to carhpiapp.com continue to resolve here. If you were referred to carhpiapp.com by a previous report, broker or print listing, this is the right page — there is no further redirect to chase.
Visit expertcarcheck.com →/ Common questions
Keep the PDF for at least two years. If a dispute later arises with the seller or with an insurer, the dated report is the primary evidence that the issue was either declared or undeclared at the point of sale.
Yes, for vehicles where the VIN is on record. UK registration plate is the primary lookup; VIN is a fallback for newly-imported or de-registered vehicles.
Yes, for the period since UK registration. Anything before the import date sits outside UK records entirely, so the report shows the import marker and the first UK registration date rather than implying a complete history.
It is worth doing before selling. You see exactly what a buyer will see, and any historic marker from a previous owner can be disclosed in the advert with the paperwork ready rather than discovered on the driveway.
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One field. A typical lookup completes in under a second, using the same UK vehicle records relied on by trade buyers and insurers.