Evidence provenance

A source label stays attached.

Every published reliability fact must trace to a verified evidence item or reviewed ownership unit. Source classes remain separate in storage, review, and display.

First-party UGC

These are structured histories submitted directly to EnduraIndex by current or former owners. They are anonymous, staged for review, checked for identity and duplicate risk, and excluded from public content until accepted by a human reviewer.

Public Web

These are attributable public reports or documents reviewed for exact-model identity and relevant facts. Public Web observations can describe what happened in a particular record; they cannot establish how often it happens in the owner population.

Other source classes

Manufacturer

Official identity, manuals, support, or product documentation.

Repair documentation

Attributable technical or service material.

Regulatory or recall

Government or regulatory records, kept distinct from owner reports.

Service or editorial

Reviewed records that retain their own evidence tier and limitations.

Review and traceability

Stored provenance includes a source/document identifier, intake timestamp, evidence tier, extraction method, review state, evidence links, and the minimum necessary source fact. Contradictory or duplicate evidence is retained rather than silently discarded.