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What It Is

Car-Pass is a vehicle history information platform operated by Car-Pass vzw in Belgium. It carries out a legally mandated public-interest role, aiming to protect used-car buyers, promote fair transactions, and combat odometer fraud. It is not a typical general-purpose enterprise SaaS product, but rather industry infrastructure for used-car transactions, repair businesses, and dealers.

Core Features and Integrations

At its core is the Car-Pass certificate, which shows a vehicle’s known mileage, recording dates, and maintenance and repair history. Since 2024, automotive-sector businesses have also been required to report descriptions of work performed. The certificate may also include the chassis number, make and model, emission standard, CO2 figures, first registration date, notes on post-accident inspections, open recall information, and battery SOH for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Buyers can verify authenticity via the paper document, digital version, QR code, and identification number. On the professional side, data can be submitted through DMS systems that support Car-Pass, or entered for free on the website. The platform is also connected to recall data from almost all car manufacturers and can access some mileage records from the Dutch RDW for imported vehicles.

Pricing and Business Model

Pricing is very clear: a Car-Pass certificate costs €11.10 including tax, and is free when there are fewer than four mileage records. The available information does not show subscription plans, enterprise tiers, trials, or per-user billing. Given its statutory role in Belgian used-car transactions, the one-time fee is low and offers good value.

Pros and Cons

Its strengths are that the data is backed by legally mandatory reporting, covers key risk areas such as mileage, repairs, recalls, and battery health, and uses QR codes and anti-counterfeit paper to strengthen trust. For dealers, it can also generate vehicle history links for advertisements and showroom displays. The limitations are that it is strongly tied to Belgium, and data for imported cars may be incomplete for periods spent abroad. Public information also does not sufficiently disclose common enterprise-software capabilities such as APIs, permission management, encryption, or compliance certifications.

Who It’s For and Access from China

Car-Pass is suitable for individuals, dealers, repair shops, and DMS developers involved in buying or selling used cars in Belgium. Chinese users focused on the domestic used-car market may be better served by services such as 查博士, 车300, maintenance-record lookup services, or inspection services from 汽车之家 / 懂车帝. The available information does not specify network accessibility from China or supported payment methods, so access status is unknown.