Check out our latest communities fighting
AI scams on Reddit and Facebook

business logo of VinHistoryUSA

VinHistoryUSA

2.1

On SmartCustomer, businesses may not offer incentives or pay to remove reviews. Learn more about our Review Guidelines.

How would you rate VinHistoryUSA?
grey stargrey stargrey stargrey stargrey star

VinHistoryUSA Reviews Summary

VinHistoryUSA has a rating of 2.1 stars from 399 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with VinHistoryUSA most frequently mention credit card, customer service and live chat. VinHistoryUSA ranks 2201st among Autos sites.

service
107
value
109
shipping
57
returns
78
quality
102
This company does not typically respond to reviews

Instant Feedback

1 review

We monitor reviews for authenticity

North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
Follow Michael H.
Unfollow Michael H.
Share Review
Report Review

STAY AWAY
July 7, 2023

Just like everyone else signed up for $1 then charged me $29.95 then $4.95 shows up,called bank and canceled my card and going to dispute it. Just wished I would have looked up reviews first.Had to give one star I wouldn't even give that if didn't have to

Date of experience: July 7, 2023
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
Follow Kimberly L.
Unfollow Kimberly L.
Share Review
Report Review

Scammers
July 2, 2023

Advertise $1 for report but charge my bank $1, $29.95 and $4.95. I will be disputing this with my bank Monday.

Date of experience: July 1, 2023
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
Follow Luis P.
Unfollow Luis P.
Share Review
Report Review

Scam artists
June 28, 2023

I'll need my bank to halt their charges. Please avoid this site. And please read reviews on sites before purchasing -_-

Date of experience: June 28, 2023
Rhode Island
1 review
3 helpful votes
Follow Lorrie B.
Unfollow Lorrie B.
Share Review
Report Review

Rip-off
June 26, 2023

They continue to steal money no matter how many times you tell them to stop. They don't say the company name when you call the number on your credit card statement and no one answers the live agent line. Then it just hangs up on you. Terrible company and they never sent me a proof of purchase email. But I'm definitely authentic

Date of experience: June 26, 2023
Nevada
1 review
1 helpful vote
Follow Heidi P.
Unfollow Heidi P.
Share Review
Report Review

SCAM!
June 24, 2023

First it's free, then it's $1 then you pay the $1 and they charge your card $29.95! Try to cancel and of course the live chat bot says a team member will email and they never do! A month later and they are trying to charge me $29.95 again! Be better off buying a lemon then giving these people access to your account. Wish could give minus a million stars!

Date of experience: June 24, 2023
Massachusetts
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
Follow Seles S.
Unfollow Seles S.
Share Review
Report Review

SCAM
June 16, 2023

Read the site about the $1 vin report. Ordered one (1) report that didn't tell me much more than the free Vin reports. Was charged $1.00. THEN was charged $29.95. Contacted customer service through Live Chat, and was told I had signed up for "biweekly service". I said I did NOT. No credit was received after 1 week of constant chatting with the company. Had to have my bank dispute and get a new debit card. TERRIBLE COMPANY

Date of experience: June 16, 2023
Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
Follow Tina A.
Unfollow Tina A.
Share Review
Report Review

I agreed to a $1.00 search. Only needed one simple thing. Which was under the purview of what was offered for such $1.00. The one simple thing was not accomplished. Now over 5 days they have taken/stolen $39.84 from my credit union account for 3 separate charges I never and would never agree to. I don't have that kind of "mad" money laying around. Talking to a live person is next to impossible. There help site very minimal, as for options. The only # I found gives you 2 options, if they say they will connect you with a live person, you get disconnected. This is the USA why is this outfit still allowed to be in business. I wish I had seen the 1 star rating and read their reviews. This whole nightmare would of never happened. All I know is when I finally got a hold of a live person, had trouble understanding man because of his accent. Said he would refund money, then said he would cancel membership, I never signed up for, but the charges were membership charges. After trying to tell him I only agreed to $1.00 for the umpteenth, he said they would refund my money. I don't believe him to be honest. O guess we'll see...

Date of experience: June 12, 2023
Illinois
1 review
4 helpful votes
Follow AoV M.
Unfollow AoV M.
Share Review
Report Review

Try to dispute the charge and called *******073, silent forever, no one answer the call.
Be carful to the service.

And even worst, 2 days later I found another charge from an unknown source. I fully believe either they sent my credit card information to others or they may simply charged my card for anything else.

Date of experience: June 12, 2023
AE
1 review
0 helpful votes
Follow Alexander N.
Unfollow Alexander N.
Share Review
Report Review

Никогда не давайте им номер карты! Они вас наебут и будут пиздить бабки, пока вы не заблокируете карту!

Date of experience: June 8, 2023
Texas
1 review
4 helpful votes
Follow Leslie T.
Unfollow Leslie T.
Share Review
Report Review

Scam
May 27, 2023

Total scam. They don't have a working phone number and fraudulently charge your card. My bank was able to stop the charge before they stole my money.

Date of experience: May 27, 2023
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
Follow nancy s.
Unfollow nancy s.
Share Review
Report Review

Scam
May 22, 2023

The site says this is $1 and they charge you the $1 plus charge your card another $29.95. I just had to spend 30 minutes disputing the charge. This site is a scam, do not give them a credit card #

Date of experience: May 22, 2023
Rhode Island
1 review
1 helpful vote
Follow Laurie D.
Unfollow Laurie D.
Share Review
Report Review

5/2 charged 1.00
5/2 charged $29.00 immediately after
5/2 Emailed told them to CANCEL IMMEDIATELY. They told me it would take 3 days and i would get a confirmation email. Never did
5/17 Charged an additional $29 from Track your vin...

SCAM ARTISTS i had to close out my card.

Date of experience: May 17, 2023
Florida
1 review
12 helpful votes
Follow RJ M.
Unfollow RJ M.
Share Review
Report Review

Bait and switch
May 13, 2023

Read site about $1 vin report. Ordered one (1) report that didn't tell me much more than the free vin reports. Was charged $1.00. THEN was charged $29.95. Contacted customer service through Live Chat, was told I had signed up for "biweekly service". I said I did NOT. No credit received, NEVER went to their website again, and today I received a NEW charge for $4.95. Asked about that today. Received the same canned response about "we don't offer one-off reports". Told I will receive a refund if my "account is eligible". (?) Scam site! AVOID!

+2
Date of experience: May 13, 2023
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
Follow Joshua L.
Unfollow Joshua L.
Share Review
Report Review

SCAM
May 10, 2023

Report has no information beyond recalls (which can be found for free) & the make and model of vehicle, which is of course. Free.

They advertise $1 report, then charge$29.95. Their phone number if you press 1, fails and hangsup. Hit 2 their voicemail is full and disconnects you.

100% absolute scam.

Date of experience: May 10, 2023
Arizona
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
Follow Sandy B.
Unfollow Sandy B.
Share Review
Report Review

They advertise one report for only $1.00 then charge you an additional $24.95
They automatically start a recurring charge that they never disclose the are going to do.
Their automated phone system says they've had a system error and hangs up

Date of experience: April 27, 2023
Indiana
1 review
6 helpful votes
Follow Václav P.
Unfollow Václav P.
Share Review
Report Review

Total scam!
April 25, 2023

Report is advertised for $1 but they charged me $24.95 instead. I immediately requested a refund and 22 days later, it's still in "high priority with the billing team". Moreover, the very next day, some other unknown company charged me $4.95 for "vin test results". I immediately blocked my card. They only steal your money and process unauthorized charges. And the Report I got for my car was useless.

Date of experience: April 24, 2023
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
Follow Jason G.
Unfollow Jason G.
Share Review
Report Review

This website needs to be shut down somehow it really is nothing but a scam I wish I had seen the negative reviews before I used it because like everyone else I got ripped off charged me $26 on top of the additional dollar for a subscription and it's using a different company than all the others listed so obviously they keep switching up I really wish it could be taken off of Google and every other search platform. I really wish they could somehow be shut down so they don't steal from anyone else.

Date of experience: April 23, 2023
Michigan
1 review
6 helpful votes
Follow Monica Z.
Unfollow Monica Z.
Share Review
Report Review

Same story as 100 others, same scam. Live chat takes u in circles. Email never arrives, refund promised everytime...only to passify you, cost is $1 then charged $29. Two days later charged 4.95 for test results? I was taken hook line and sinker. My bank is never supportive. Already reported them to cfpb...for zero customer support. So no help there. Closing card to avoid more cost. Closing bank account. Angry, robbed, zero solution. Reported to fed trad comm. That is why this continues. No one reports them.

Date of experience: April 23, 2023
California
1 review
7 helpful votes
Follow Ezra L.
Unfollow Ezra L.
Share Review
Report Review

Yo I paid for one vin report that didn't even have much information on it and went on about my life. 5 months later I realized this fraudulent company has been charging me under all kinda different names so I couldn't figure out who they were for a subscription I didn't ask for. On top of that they never sent me one email confirming my purchase or membership so there was no record of any transaction history for me to reference. 100% scam they say they have a refund policy yet refuse to refund the money they stole from me.

Date of experience: April 22, 2023
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
Follow Trent J.
Unfollow Trent J.
Share Review
Report Review

Very poor service
April 17, 2023

I used this site 3 weeks ago, typed in my vin# payed the fee and said my vin wasn't right which it was, bc I used it on another site just fine after, so I messaged for a refund that day, I was told 7-10 business days, still nothing, messaged again told it was being sent to a different team and still nothing, then I get a charge on my account again today from the same company for another 29.95, I do not advise using this site as they are crooks and do not stand behind what they say.

Date of experience: April 16, 2023