SmogTest.us

Smog Test, Smog Check, Test Only, Gold Shield Information
 

SmogTest.us is a new site in its beginning stages of development.  Until the logo and website template (bells and whistles) are completed, this text-based site will remain in place in an effort to help the public with its smog test needs.

Recommended Smog Test and Auto Repair Shops:

Bauer's Auto Repair, 1790 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94703, (510) 841-0475

After failing my smog test and getting a 60-day registration renewal extension from the DMV, I took my vehicle (190,000 miles) to them in March of 2009 (days before the 60-day extension expired) and they made the necessary repairs quickly and at a reasonable price.   They also fixed a substantial engine hesitation in my vehicle that had been present since early 2001.  They succeeding in identifying and repairing a problem that five repair shops had failed to do over the last eight years.

On July 30, as I was driving through Oakland in the late afternoon, I heard a rattling and clanking noise under my hood.  Remembering the great service Bauer's gave me earlier, I jumped on the freeway hoping that my vehicle wouldn't die before I got there.  They saw me right away at closing time, and I left my vehicle with them overnight.  Again, they identified the problem and made the necessary repairs at a reasonable price the very next day.

I would rate Bauer's Auto Repair a 10 out of 10.

POSTED April 20, 2009: Failed your smog test?  The Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) provides financial assistance (up to $500) for qualified consumers whose vehicles fail their biennial (every-other-year) smog test in California.

POSTED April 20, 2009: Check any vehicle's smog test history online using only its license plate number.  Use it to check on your smog repair station's work on your vehicle real time.