A. V. Test Only Center

Second time coming here for smog check. Found this place through Unilocal.I called and made an appointment and he was ready right when I got there. Truck did not pass, but he was able to talk me through the code and problem so that I could better direct my mechanic for a fix. Came back and truck passed.
Same this time. Told me 30 minutes, I got here and the bay was open and ready. Best price in town as well.

I’ve said it before I’ll say it again. This is the best place in the AV for smog check. The prices are the lowest and the customer care is the highest. Personable and fast, nobody wants to go through smog check but this place makes it easy! Thank you!

Worse place to go to for smog checks in the AV. The people are not very friendly nor do they even know what they are doing. I brought my truck there because california required me to go to a start station. So they test my truck and i get the sheet saying it hasnt passed. He then goes on to explain that reason it hasnt passed is because it has a gas leak and the nox % was high. Over the required limits. Then offers to fix it for over $ 300 and it will pass smog. How do you come up with that amount when all you have done is run a smog check? You already know how to fix it that quick from just running it? Hmm. So i pay $ 40 for a failed smog check and i leave. Within next few days i start to weigh my options on what im going to do because i really need my truck and i dont have this ridiculous amount of money this person has asked me to pay. As i go over the paperwork of the smog check i come to realize that there is some stuff that isnt right. For example my truck is a chevy2500 and on the sheet they had it as a chevy1500. Also the mileage they wrote down was wrong, the weight of it and put down that it was being smog tested for change of ownership. We have had this truck for a long time. No new owners here. Now im not a smog tech expert so im not sure how it works, but maybe the requirements on smog levels could differ from a chevy2500 to 1500. So to move forward i cleaned a few items on the engine like the oil/​oil filter, and cleaned out the air filter. A few days go by and i take my truck back to a different smog testing center to have it tested. They perform the test and it passed with flying colors. All the measurements were very good if not below average. How could his be? The first technician labeled it a H.E.P [high engine polluter] So i go home and compare the two sheets come to find put the first place really didnt do anything right totally different numbers. What a joke that place is. Ripping people off probably on the daily trying to take advantage of people. So my advice to anyone out there is do not take your vehicle to these uneducated people. Use the internet to get informaion about smog checks. How to pass them and what to look for like i did so you dont get robbed for hundreds of dollars for nothing.