Your best friend in owning
Own your car with confidence.
Keep your car healthy: what's due, what's covered, what it costs to keep — and what you can skip.
Something wrong right now?
Shaking, a noise, a warning light or a no-start belongs in Fix.
Own is for keeping a healthy car healthy. If your car is doing something it shouldn't, Fix starts with how urgent it is and walks you to what to do next.
Ownership tools
Free tools for the car you already have
Each one does a single job, and tells you exactly what it does before you start.
Maintenance
What your car actually needs at each mileage interval — and which dealer add-ons you can skip.
OpenRepair Cost
Typical price ranges for common jobs so you know whether a quote is fair before you approve it.
OpenRecall Check
Look up open safety recalls on your vehicle. Recall work is free at a franchise dealer.
OpenMaintenance Schedule
What your car is due for at its current mileage, and roughly what each item should cost.
OpenFuel Cost
Your weekly miles, your real MPG and today's pump price, turned into a monthly and yearly number.
OpenOwnership Cost
Payment, insurance, fuel, tires and maintenance added up — the number that decides if a car is affordable.
OpenFuel cost
What fuel really costs you each month
Your miles, your MPG, today's price. Nothing is guessed on your behalf.
- Per month
- $214
- Per year
- $2,573
- Per mile
- $0.20
Estimate only, based on the numbers you entered. Real fuel use moves with traffic, elevation, tire pressure and how you drive.
Ask a Car Dog
Not sure what your car needs?
Tell us the car and the mileage. We'll separate what's actually due from what's upsell, check for open recalls, and tell you a fair price to expect.
Nothing here is a diagnosis. Brakes, steering, overheating, smoke and burning smells should be inspected in person by a professional before you keep driving.
Guides
Read up before you pay anyone
Maintenance, repairs, warning lights, symptoms and ownership costs — written by people who worked in the business.
Repair cost library
Brakes, AC, timing components, transmission service and more, with real ranges.
Read itDashboard warning lights explained
Which lights mean pull over now, which mean book an appointment, which can wait.
Read itWhat's due on my car
Mileage-based maintenance intervals, and which dealer add-ons you can politely decline.
Read itCost of ownership
The full monthly picture, not just the payment.
Read itCheck engine light diagnostic cost
What a proper diagnosis should cost and what you should get for the money.
Read itAsk a Car Dog (AI)
Ask anything about your car decision
Straight answer first, then the reasoning — free, and it remembers what you've already told us.
Rather talk to a person? Chat with a real Car Dog — free, and we'll carry this over.