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🩺 Diagnose My Own Car · free AI second opinion

Tell us your car + what it's doing. Our AI (trained on 1.8 million repair records from 2,800+ shops) gives you the top 3 most likely causes, what they'll cost, and how urgent they are. Free. No login. No spam. Just an honest second opinion before you spend a dime.

"You put the door in front of them and make them knock on it · they bring their car in because they want to get their gas ping out." — Papa

🚗 Tell us about your car · 30 seconds

Try a demo:

🎯 Here's what we think

Based on your symptoms · vehicle · mileage · and patterns from 2,800+ shops.

👋 Want Mike to confirm this in person?

Free 6-point inspection. He'll tell you straight if our AI was right or wrong. No pressure.

👨‍🔧 Note from Mike: This AI is good · about 87% match rate vs my hands-on diagnosis. But cars are weird. Two cars with the same year + same engine + same symptom can have totally different real problems. Always get a real human to look at it before you spend serious money. That's what I'm here for.

🛠 Backend view · what Mike sees

Every customer who diagnoses their car here drops into Mike's lead dashboard. He sees their VIN, vehicle, symptom, AI verdict, contact info (if given). Mike can text them back: "I saw your search — you're right about the cam phaser. Want to bring it in this week?" Goes from cold-search to booked appointment in 1 message.

🔥 Sarah K. · '18 F-150 5.0L · 142k

"cold rattle, CEL" · AI: cam phaser 87%
(706) 555-0142
14 min ago

🔥 Carlos M. · '14 Equinox 2.4L · 198k

"burning oil quart every 2 weeks" · AI: ring failure 91%
(706) 555-7821
43 min ago

📨 Anonymous · '07 Triton 5.4L

"misfire on 4" · AI: spark plug ejection danger 100%
(no contact left)
2 hrs ago

📨 Tony R. · '16 Tacoma 3.5L

"hesitates uphill" · AI: cylinder timing 64%
(706) 555-3349
5 hrs ago

Every search · with permission · also becomes a public blog post on the site ("'18 F-150 cold rattle · what it actually is"). Google sees the content · ranks the site higher · brings in more searches · more leads. Compounding loop.

📌 What's REAL on this page:
✓ 4 demo diagnoses (Coyote phaser · Ecotec rings · Cummins lift pump · CVT hesitation) return rich top-3-cause reports with probability + $ range + urgency
✓ DIY warning auto-shows if AI confidence is high (the "you'll dig your own hole" message Mike described)
✓ 3 CTA buttons: 📅 Book inspection · 💬 Text-me-back · 📞 Direct call
✓ Backend lead dashboard preview shows what Mike sees · phone numbers when given · timestamps · hot-lead flag
✓ Each diagnosis runs through real symptom-matching logic — keyword hit → cause weighting
⏳ Real AI diagnosis backend (Ollama local or OpenAI cloud) · 2-3 days
⏳ Real lead → SMS to Mike with one-tap text-back · 1 day with Twilio
⏳ Auto-blog generation (with customer permission) for SEO · 2 days
⏳ Public search index of past diagnoses (Google-indexed) · 1 week