About YearTell

YearTell is an independent decision engine built to give used-vehicle buyers accurate, unmanipulated safety and defect intelligence before spending $8,000 to $40,000 on a vehicle.

The Problem We Solved

NHTSA publishes invaluable defect and recall records for free, but naive queries miss the vast majority of complaints because records are split across cab styles and naming quirks. YearTell bridges the gap with deterministic entity resolution.

Complete Independence

We do not sell cars, lead referrals, or insurance policies. Our funding model is transparent display advertising, ensuring our editorial integrity and data reporting remain strictly unbiased.

Editorial Guardrails

We enforce editorial limits directly in code: no fake ratings, no best/worst superlatives, no sponsored vehicle placements, and zero LLM-written filler copy.