Gav's Customs

Check Engine

AI Car Diagnostics

Describe what your car is doing, out loud. Check Engine listens and tells you what's likely wrong, whether it's safe to drive, and roughly what the repair costs.

Download on theApp Store

Free to try — 3 diagnoses a day. iPhone, iOS 16.4 and up.

How it works

Tap once and talk the way you'd talk to a friend in the garage — "there's a clicking when I turn", "it shakes over sixty". No mechanic vocabulary required. Stop talking and it answers within a few seconds, out loud, in a real human voice — with big karaoke-style captions that light up word by word as it speaks. The whole conversation stays on screen, and the mic opens again on its own, so it's a back-and-forth rather than a search box.

On first launch it asks how mechanically inclined you are, from 1 ("where's the hood latch?") to 10 ("I rebuild engines for fun"), and pitches every answer to that.

What you get back

Is it safe to drive?

A plain verdict — safe, drive with caution, or do not drive — never buried in hedging.

What it'll cost

A rough US repair range, so you know roughly what you're walking into.

Tools and parts

When a fix needs them, Tools and Parts buttons appear — every part linked to a search you can shop.

Open safety recalls

Checked against the NHTSA public database for your year, make and model.

Trouble codes

Type a code like P0301 and get what it means, how serious it is, and how it's fixed.

Your history

Every diagnosis saved on your device, so you can look back at past repairs.

Pick your mechanic

🔧 Shop ForemanRan the shop for 20 years
👂 Golden EarKnows a noise by ear
📚 The EncyclopediaNever once been stumped
☕ Shop MomTalks you off the ledge
👑 Gav HimselfThe man himself
A straight word about limits. Check Engine is a diagnostic aid, not a mechanic. Answers are generated by an AI system and can be incomplete or wrong, and cost figures are rough estimates that vary by region and shop. Anything involving brakes, steering, fuel or airbags should be confirmed by a qualified mechanic before you rely on it.

Plans

Subscriptions renew monthly until cancelled and are charged to your Apple Account. Auto-renew can be turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends, in your Apple Account settings.

Get it

Download on theApp Store

Free to try — 3 diagnoses a day. iPhone, iOS 16.4 and up.

Support

Questions, problems, or a diagnosis that got it wrong — email gavscustoms.wa@gmail.com and Gav will get back to you.