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Know your car. Drive with confidence.

Your intelligent car companion — instant AI guidance, maintenance reminders, and vehicle insights, all in one place.

Something feel off?

Tell us what's happening

A few quick questions, then a clear answer: what it likely is, whether it's safe to drive, and what it should cost.

A light's come on?

Photograph your dashboard

Snap the warning light and we'll tell you what it means and how urgent it is.

Just had work done?

Photograph the receipt

We'll read it and keep your service history in one place, automatically.

Confused by a quote?

Translate it

Paste what the garage told you. We'll explain it simply and tell you if it's urgent.

AI car companion

What's going on with your car?

Answer honestly — there's no detail too small. This won't replace a real mechanic, but it will help you understand what you're dealing with before you call one.

Rapid clicking
A single click
Nothing at all
Not applicable
Battery light
Engine light
Oil light
No lights
Not sure
Smoke
Burning smell
Fuel smell
None
Lost power
Still drives normally
Won't move at all
Photo scanner

What does this light mean?

Take or upload a clear photo of your dashboard, ideally with the light visible and not too blurry. We'll identify it, explain what it means, and tell you how urgent it is.

Service history

Keep every receipt in one place

Photograph an invoice or receipt and we'll read it automatically — no typing needed. It builds into your car's full service history over time.

Your service history

Plain English

Translate what the garage said

Paste it exactly as they told you. We'll explain what it means, how urgent it is, and a fair UK price range.

My car

Your car's details

Everything about your car, kept in one place. The free plan keeps one car.

In an emergency

Roadside assistance

Mileage over time

Keep a mileage record

Logging your mileage every so often builds a history that's genuinely useful when selling — buyers and dealers trust a documented mileage trend.

Your history

Everything, remembered

Every answer we've given you is logged here, so you've got a record when you speak to a garage.

Our mission

Safe journeys. Smarter decisions.

To give every driver the confidence to understand, maintain and protect their vehicle through intelligent AI guidance.

Our vision is to become the world's most trusted AI companion for vehicle ownership — the first thing you turn to for any car problem, and the quiet nudge that keeps the routine stuff (MOT, servicing, insurance) from ever catching you out.

What we stand for

Trust, clarity, honesty, confidence, safety, transparency and empowerment. No jargon, no panic, no confusion — just clear answers, explained the way a trusted friend would explain them.

About the founder Siama Qadar, founder of SafVia

Why SafVia exists

SafVia was founded by Siama Qadar after a frightening experience with her own car. It was only three and a half years old, and it kept stopping working without warning. She jump-started it and it ran again — until a few days later, the radio began showing strange warning symptoms, and then the car died a second time.

Not knowing what was wrong, whether it was safe to drive, or who to trust for an honest answer was the hardest part — more stressful than the fault itself. She wanted a way to understand what was happening to her own car, get pointed towards the right help, and walk into a garage or call for assistance feeling informed rather than anxious.

SafVia is built to be that first, calm, honest voice — so no driver has to feel as lost as she did that day.

Get in touch

Contact SafVia

Questions, feedback, or partnership enquiries — we'd love to hear from you.

Email: hello@safvia.co.uk

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Legal

Terms of use

1. What SafVia is

SafVia is an AI-powered information tool that helps you understand possible causes of car problems, translate mechanic jargon, and keep track of maintenance dates. SafVia is not a mechanic, garage, or qualified vehicle inspector, and nothing in the app constitutes professional automotive, safety, legal or financial advice.

2. No substitute for a qualified mechanic

All guidance, including any "safe to drive" indication, is generated by AI based on the information you provide and is for general informational purposes only. Always have your vehicle inspected by a qualified mechanic before making decisions that affect your safety or the safety of others. SafVia accepts no liability for decisions made on the basis of information provided by the app.

3. Your account and data

Vehicle and diary information you enter is stored locally in your browser. Name and email provided at sign-up are stored to operate the free plan and contact you about your vehicle. See our Privacy Policy for full details.

4. Acceptable use

Don't use SafVia to submit unlawful, harmful, or abusive content, or attempt to disrupt or reverse-engineer the service.

5. Changes

We may update these terms as SafVia develops. Continued use of the app after changes means you accept the updated terms.

6. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

Legal

Privacy policy

What we collect

Name and email address (when you sign up), and any car symptom descriptions or garage quotes you choose to submit to our AI tools. Vehicle details and your diary history are stored only in your own browser, not on SafVia's servers.

Anonymised fault-pattern data

Separately from your name and email, we log an anonymised record of each symptom check and garage translation — your vehicle's make, model and year (if saved), the symptom described, and the AI's assessment. This is not linked to your name, email, or any other identifying information, and is used to identify patterns in vehicle faults across makes and models, to improve SafVia's guidance over time, and potentially to inform partnerships with manufacturers, insurers or breakdown providers in aggregate, non-identifying form.

Why we collect it

To operate the free plan, send you reminders about your car (MOT, servicing), and to generate AI guidance in response to what you type.

Who we share it with

Submissions to the symptom checker and garage translator are sent to Anthropic (our AI provider) to generate a response. Name/email sign-ups are processed via Netlify Forms. Our site is hosted by Netlify. We do not sell your data to advertisers.

Your rights

Under UK GDPR, you can ask us to access, correct, or delete your data at any time by contacting us (see Contact). You can also clear your vehicle and diary data yourself at any time by clearing your browser's site data.

Cookies

SafVia does not use tracking or advertising cookies. It uses your browser's local storage only to remember your vehicle details and whether you've signed up.