Car Repair Cost Estimator MCP Server

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Car Repair Cost Estimator is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 7 tools. Last commit 2 Sep 2026.

Car repair cost estimates by make, model and repair type. 31 cost guides, VIN decode. Free.

Uptime history 68 days of history · worst day 0%

68 days agonow

0.0%

Uptime 24h

0 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

130 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 2 Sep 2026

Car Repair Cost Estimator does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 13.9% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 8 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add cost-estimator --transport http https://carrepaircostestimator.com/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://carrepaircostestimator.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.cost-estimator]
url = "https://carrepaircostestimator.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cost-estimator": {
      "url": "https://carrepaircostestimator.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "cost-estimator": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://carrepaircostestimator.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 7

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

repair

get_repair_cost_estimate

Estimate the cost of a car repair job (parts + labor, USD, US national averages 2026) by make and repair type. Returns low/high ranges for parts, labor, and total. Use list_makes_models and list_repair_types to discover valid slugs.

get_repair_cost_guide

Get the full editorial cost guide for a repair type: direct answer, price range, cost breakdown table, price factors, failure symptoms, and FAQs (US market, 2026). Use list_repair_guides to discover slugs.

list_repair_guides

List all editorial repair cost guides (slug, title, category, price range). Optionally filter by category: body, mechanical, glass-wheels, or electrical.

list_repair_types

List the repair job types available for cost estimates (slugs, typical parts cost, labor hours). Pass a make_slug to get only the jobs applicable to that make (EVs skip ICE-only jobs).

decode

decode_vin

Decode a 17-character Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) into year, make, model, trim, body style, and manufacturer. Use before estimate_vehicle_value to get exact vehicle details.

estimate

estimate_vehicle_value

Estimate the current US market value (USD) of a vehicle from year, make, model, and optional trim. Deterministic model: base price by make, trim multiplier, age-based depreciation. Useful to judge whether a repair is worth the cost.

makes

list_makes_models

List all supported car makes and their models (slugs, EV flag, price multiplier). Use the make_slug values with get_repair_cost_estimate and list_repair_types.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://carrepaircostestimator.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	130 ms	8 min ago

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Car Repair Cost Estimator — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Car Repair Cost Estimator do?

It exposes 7 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: decode_vin, estimate_vehicle_value, get_repair_cost_estimate, get_repair_cost_guide, list_makes_models, list_repair_guides and 1 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Car Repair Cost Estimator working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 0 of 92 checks got a reply (0.0%), average response time 130 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

The registry lists Car Repair Cost Estimator as active — why does it not respond?

The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.

How do I connect Car Repair Cost Estimator?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Car Repair Cost Estimator need an API key?

No. Car Repair Cost Estimator completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 7 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

Is Car Repair Cost Estimator open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence and 0 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at carrepaircostestimator.com, which runs on its operator's own terms.