Helping Kiwis and Aussies buy with confidence. Run the plate before you shake hands, get the full history, debt check, odometer truth, and a fault guide for that exact car. From $11.00.
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Make and model is enough. We’ll pull the documented faults, market value, and a model-specific checklist before you even see the seller.
How it works
Identify the vehicle
Walk the car
Decide with numbers
Why trust it
Every risk we flag traces back to a curated database of known issues for that make, model, generation, and engine, researched and verified before it ever reaches a report. The AI helps you look; the facts come from the record.
Engine-specific fault records
AI photo analysis, human verdict
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What buyers say
“Flagged timing chain wear on a 2018 Hilux I was looking at. The seller came down $2,800 when I mentioned it. Best money I've spent on a car purchase, by a long shot.”
Jordan T.
“I know nothing about cars. KickTyres walked me through the checklist step by step and flagged 3 issues I never would have spotted on a Golf I was about to buy. Walked away, saved myself a headache.”
Rebecca M.
“Used this before buying my wife's Subaru Forester. The timing chain tensioner check was on the list, the seller had the receipts ready, which gave us real confidence to go ahead.”
Dave K.
FAQ
Look up the exact make and model to see its documented faults, then walk the car with a model-specific checklist covering the paperwork, body, interior, engine, and a test drive. KickTyres guides you through all of it and adds a market valuation and a negotiation figure from $17.90.
A KickTyres AI inspection is $17.90 per vehicle (a guided inspection without AI analysis is $14.90, and a data-only check starts at $11.00). A physical mechanic or AA pre-purchase inspection in NZ is typically $150–$300. Use KickTyres to shortlist and negotiate, then book a mechanic on the one you decide to buy.
Yes. Enter the make and model, a registration plate, or paste a listing, and KickTyres pulls the documented faults, a valuation, and a checklist so you know exactly what you are looking at before you view it.
The makes and models most common on NZ roads, from Toyota, Ford, Mazda and Subaru to BMW, Audi, Kia and newer EV and Chinese brands. Browse every make and model from the car inspections page.
Thirty minutes at the kerb now can save you a five-figure mistake later.
2019 Toyota Hilux SR5
87,432 km · 2.8L Turbo Diesel · Auto
Condition
78
Buy with checks
Repairs
$2.4k
2 items to fix
Indicative value
$35,500–$42,500
Injector seals: commonly reported
Known on this engine · typical fix $1,500–$2,400
Cam belt: check it’s been done
Due ~90k on the 2.8L · ask for the invoice