California Smog Center

My 18 year old son took his car in to be smogged. They failed it, telling him it was the battery and he needed to «drive it more». Uh, what? Tried calling numerous times to see if I could get a clarification– which I got when I called ANOTHER shop– but apparently they don’t answer their phone. Heck, they don’t even return messages! Poor customer service, guys. My son paid $ 30 and left confused.

This place is good to go in my book. I brought two cars here to be Smogged, first one no wait, the second one a few days later. The guy told me it would be hour wait, so I decided to come back on Monday as I had coupon. Monday, go in the owner helps me, I tell him I need to smog my car. Asks the year, I say 2013, he asks why am I smogging, told him for registration (I am new to California and thought I had to smog each year). He tells me, I do not need to smog as it is every other year or longer depending on what DMV says, so I leave.
While sitting at the DMV, I start to think about my other car it was 2003. I ask the DMV if my 2003 needed to be smogged they said no. Now, I am upset as when I went to smog center, when I brought in my 2003, I specifically asked the employee if I needed it smogged for registration and he said yes, every year.
So, back to Californai Smog Center, I walk in and the owner recognized me from the day prior. I told him what happened, I told him, brought in my 2003 for smog to renew my registration and the employee smogged it even though not required. We discussed how I did not bring my California DMV renewal paperwork in as then they would not have smogged it. But at the same time, I recalled them telling me they will look it up via my plate or vin.
Owner said just a simple misunderstanding and refunded me my money. This shows he is a real stand up guy. I will bring my vehicles back here when they need to be smogged again in a few years (how ever California does their crazy smog check requirments). I would also recommend coming here, no appointment needed. Plus they have coupon which makes it probably the cheapest place in town from what I could find.

Very good place. Had a coupon for total cost including cert for 40… while waiting for service to be completed found another coupon for an additional 2 dollars off which was accepted gracefully.

I really like going to a place where I can watch what’s going on with my vehicle. That is not the case here. You sit in the waiting room without a clue as to the progress on your vehicle. Not a problem except for the fact that no one came out to tell me my vehicle had been tested and didn’t pass for at least an hour after the test had been completed. How could I tell? Because I heard the test completion. The guy who did my paperwork was just GONE and the guy who does the testing just let me sit in the waiting room. What’s that about? There were only two people in front of me, one whose vehicle was nearly complete when I got there.
I went in about 11am and didn’t get out of there until well after 12:30?
What’s that about?
The only thing we each have in life is our time and I hate when mine is wasted

Best service and best price (both smog itself and recheck!).
Always happy with the service, my family and I take our cars here every time.
½ off rechecks and friendly advice if fails, my car has failed.
Quick service.
Best price with PennySaver coupon.

Got that dreaded smog check notice with my registration. This place is close to me and had a coupon for forty bucks all included. Fastest smog check ever, I was out of there in about twenty minutes and the DMV already had what they needed electronically. Nice people. Highly recommend. Off Airport road between Mission and the 76. Kinda looks closed from the front. Open Saturdays. I suggest calling ahead with all smog check places, they usually only have the one machine.

At 4pm I called this place and the man that answered was very nice. he said they were open until 5pm. He gave me a price of $ 50 to smog my car so I said «I will be right over» Well when I got there at 4:15 and banged on the door nobody was there and a man came out from the shop next door. I told him I wanted to get a smog and he said he hasn’t seen the guy there all day, and has been at his surfboard shop all day. I was like WTF I just told him I will be right there. and the guy said sorry man I don’t know what to tell you and went back into his surfboard shop. So much for first impressions ! business like that I hope they go under! Don’t waste your time at California smog center ! !