diff --git a/app/models/vehicle.rb b/app/models/vehicle.rb
index c59494a..a2ae49c 100644
--- a/app/models/vehicle.rb
+++ b/app/models/vehicle.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class Vehicle < ActiveRecord::Base
     if self.vin?
       begin
         @details = JSON.parse get_decoder.full(self.vin)
+        raise @details['message'] if @details['status'] == "NOT_FOUND" or @details['status'] == "BAD_REQUEST"
       rescue Exception => e
         errors.add(:vin, e.message)
       end