Auto Care database updates

PartsHub uses information from the Auto Care databases to help power our platform. We update them on a monthly basis.

Updates in PartsHub are done over the last weekend of the month or the weekend immediately following if the release is at the end of the month. If you are in PartsHub during the weekend of an update, you may experience inconsistent search returns, and not reflect true validation statistics on the Dashboard.

Check out the links below to find out more about each Auto Care database and how they can help you with your product data.

When Auto Care updates their databases with new information, they summarize the changes in release notes: https://autocare.org/What-We-Do/Technology/release-notes/  

Product Attribute Database (PAdb)

• http://www.autocare.org/What-We-Do/Technology/Product-Areas/padb/

Product Classification Database (PCdb)

• http://www.autocare.org/What-We-Do/Technology/Product-Areas/pcdb/

Qualifier Database (Qdb)

• http://www.autocare.org/technology/qdb/

Vehicle Configuration Database (VCdb)

• http://www.autocare.org/What-We-Do/Technology/Product-Areas/vcdb/