Smogs Just Smogs

Today I went to this place and I would recommend this place to everyone. The have an amazing service. Gustavo is an amazing worker.

Gustavo took great care of me. Saw the station, had a Unilocal check in offer, pulled over and he helped me within minutes. My kiddo, dog and I and hung out on the couch out of the sun and were out of there in under 15 minutes. Friendly guy, good service. PS Those who need a star certified station this is one.

Fast and simple, and the guy fix a small thing that I was not aware of, with no extra charge.

Great customer service. Gustavo was super helpful. I was in and out within minutes. Highly recommended and will refer my friends.

Best thing about this place — customer service. Very nice and helpful. The smog check is basic, can’t really mess that up. It really comes down to how the business is handled…

Better deal than other places around. And these guys are honest, they won’t try to run other tests (diagnistics) on your car without telling you or asking you. Takes only 15 minutes, $ 39 + certificate.
I have been coming back here for the past 3 years for my and my wife’s car, if you can’t pass they will do another smog check for free.

All the way!!! Will def be bringing my sisters car here!!! Such a nice guy mr. Hussein! Oh yeah… I passed!

Fast, easy smog check. Courteous service. Was in and out in about 10 min. (Went at lunch on a weekday.) Highly recommended!

No problems whatsoever! Easy, fast smog service, and when we presented a coupon for $ 10 off on my phone, the discount was applied with zero arguments or complications. We were in and out with a successful smog in less than 10 minutes. Completely painless. Don’t know what some of these 1 star reviews are all about, but these guys get 5 all the way from me!

I came in with my mom on a Saturday afternoon for the dreaded DMV-​mandated smog check and the gentleman who helped us out was very accommodating. He was bilingual so it was very helpful towards my mom who only speaks spanish. I was afraid my car would not pass because it was having some problems and I hadn’t had the chance to fix them. The guy recommended I do a preliminary test before doing the whole on smog check because if you do the smog check, the results will automatically go to the DMV. I definitely thought this would be a great idea because it would tell me before hand if I did not pass. So, my mom and I waited about 30 minutes to do the test, which was not that bad to be honest. They did the preliminary test and i passed that test! WOO HOO! So I asked them to go ahead and just do the test.
I liked the attentiveness and honesty of this facility. I definitely will be coming back.
PS. Just to show you how nice these guys were, they didn’t charge me for the preliminary test! This shows me they will go out of their way to try to help you out!

Got my car tested this morning. Called first, was told this location opened at 9 on Sunday. Great! Arrived at 9:10, no one around. Waited until 9:15 and call again. I’m told the technician is stuck in traffic (on a Sunday morning) and will be there in 6 – 10 minutes and I should wait and they will give me $ 10 off. Guy on the phone was apologetic and nice enough, so I decide to wait. About 9:35 two guys show up in different cars. One is talking on his cell and completely ignores me. The other acknowledges that I called and says he doesn’t know what happened and has me pull my car into the garage and then leaves. My car just sits until a couple minutes later when guy on his cell phone (still) motions and grunts to me to move my car so he can move an old Lexus out that was apparently parked there all night. So I move my car again and wait. My car sits a couple more minutes until guy on the phone jumps into my car, adjusts the seat and WHILE TALKING ON HIS CELL attempts to reposition my car! And finally does with some effort — laughing and gabbing like a 15 year old girl who cant possibly put the phone down. Finally the other guy comes back and puts my car through the test. He apologizes for the wait but says its a good thing I passed as I pay. At this point, an hour after I arrived at the location, guy on cell phone finally hangs up and just stands there, doing nothing, and never even acknowledges I am there. Must be an owner with no understanding of customer service, which would explain why this place is run as poorly as it is. A good smog place opens on time and gets you out in 15 mins when so one else is waiting. Thank god my car passed so I don’t have to go back!

Here’s my experience: I drove up in my big beast of a suburban, and a nice traffic controller gentleman told me where to put my van. I was taken care of within minutes, and they honored the coupon I printed, plus a bit extra for larger vehicle. No problem. Total was $ 50 and knowing smog checks have increased alot over the last 3 yrs, I knew the $ 24.95 days were over. And I was out of there within 10 minutes. Piece of cake. So thank you for taking care of this easily, and I especially liked having the guy come up to me to guide me where to go. It’s a congested minimart area with a confusing store front so that was helpful.

The guy couldn’t figure out how to drive my stick shift and ground the gears multiple times. Extremely irritating.

Having just got my car out from NY to CA, I learned about having to pass this smog test, which seemed like a real kick in the pants. Searched the Internet to find the best deal and this place on Sepulveda seemed to be it. Pulled up at 1230pm on a Wednesday and technician was very accommodating. Although he tried to charge me $ 50 for the test and the certificate, I pulled out the $ 10 off coupon they have on their website and mentioned that smogtips.com’s website was still offering $ 27.95 for a smog test at this location. The technician said he would honor these coupons which was great news. With my witty bartering techniques I also got a free car wash out of the deal. Very pleased with the service and would recommend this place to anyone looking to get their cars smog tested. dont forget your coupons though!

The man was friendly enough, but I had a coupon for the smog test for this place specifically and the man would not honor it. He said he won’t charge less than $ 50. With my coupon of $ 38 + the $ 8 cert. fee we were not talking about a big savings, but I was annoyed that I didn’t get my $ 4 savings.

My BMW 325i 2002 needed smog test and I drove in to that place because it is near my work at SONY studio, that place is not honest and not fair to help customers. The technician didn’t advice me that my car will fail the smog test because I have some warning light on at my instrument, so the technician run the test and charge my $ 70.00 and informed me that my car failed due to some codes from the car computer, I asked can you repair it, the technician said no he cannot because this place is test only and not authorized to do the repair. I asked if my car was test only and he said no, I asked why did you run the test and not telling me that my car will failed the smog test, He didn’t answer that questions. I asked is someone in the are can do the repair. He send me to one of his other shop in Santa Monica which is far and I realized the other shop is part of this establishment. I was mad and drove out of this lousy place, soon as I came out of this place I saw another facility next door who are authorized to do smog repair and also specializing in BMW service. I did walk in to the BMW place and my car was repaired. I will never recommend any one I know to go to this smog test only.

I went to this location at 3:30pm. I waited 30 minutes for my smog test. He did a few tests and then put the car’s front wheels on the rollers.
My car is a 2001 Chevy Cavalier 4-​door in excellent condition with very low mileage that gets regular scheduled maintenance at a Chevy service center.
After 5 minutes sitting in my car, he was looking all over my dashboard and under the steering wheel I asked if something was wrong. He said, «NO.» After another 3 minutes he began looking frustrated. I asked if he needed help finding something (although I have a very uncomplicated car). He said yes and asked me where the button was to turn off my traction control.
Perplexed I told him my car did not have such a button. I’ve had that car since I bought it new and know every mile it’s been driven. He told me that EVERY CAR has such a button and went on to explain that it is sometimes called the T/​C button. I reiterated that no such button existed. Then he started getting irritated and insisted I didn’t know my own car.
I politely explained that since it was a 2001 Cavalier it was the first year Chevy installed their new automatic traction control system. It takes over in the occurrence the car cannot gain traction (hydroplaning, ice, railroad tracks … etc.). When the car cannot gain traction it reports either «LOW TRAC» or «NO TRAC» on the dash board. He then asked me to produce the owner’s manual. 11 years and three states and that manual is long gone. I then called the Chevy dealership that services my car and they offered to explain to him. He still didn’t understand.
I got in the car and made sure the system was properly working … it was!
I then tried to call the dealership back so they could talk to him personally. While I was on hold, he abruptly came over and told me to get out of my car. He backed it out of the garage. Came over to me, handed me my keys and rudely told me to get out of his garage. He added that he refused to test my car since the traction system was defective.
Thing is, he smog checked this same car last year and had no trouble.
The car had brand new Goodrich Traction T/​A tires and front struts and an alignment in February. It’s working perfectly!
I called Bunnin Chevrolet in Culver City and they assured me nothing was wrong with the traction control system. They then referred me to Jay’s Mobile (just down the road on Sepulveda). They did the smog test in 15 minutes and assured me there was no problem with the traction control … they further explained that if the «LOW TRAC» light was coming on at the other place … it was because of a problem with his testing equipment … the rollers.
The Smogs Just Smogs station is poorly maintained, rude to customers who try to get a smog check and should not be certified to provide this necessary, legal service. I have filed a formal complaint with the California DMV (complaint form online).
Aside from his out-​and-​out INCOMPETENCE … he was RUDE and CONDESCENDING. I would have thought this was because I was female if I hadn’t seen another complaint here from a guy.
DO NOT Waste your time at this place! Even their coupon price is higher than the guy I went to down the road.
INCOMPETENT. RUDE. UNPROFESSIONAL. AVOID THIS PLACE!!!

Since this smog place is close to where i live I searched and found a coupon online for $ 29.95 Including all the fees it turned out to be only $ 40 (cheaper than other places). So I went across the street to ⁷⁄₁₁ and got coffee. The test was done in about 15 mins. The technician was cool, hassle free, and a pro.

The smog check was fine but here’s the problem. When I went in Malik said it was $ 65 and then without prompting he said he’d give me a $ 10 discount. I said great and he did the smog check and my car passed. But when I went to pay afterwards with cash he said the discount was only good for credit and debit cards not cash! I explained to him that he quoted me $ 55 with no qualifications and that’s what I was going to pay. I never even raised my voice. All of s sudden he started saying I was so rude and that people don’t appreciate favors. He kept going on and on and I stood my ground and politely told him I was paying $ 55. He finally relented and took the cash. Ridiculous. Avoid this place at all costs. He even cost the shop next door money because I was going to get my windows tinted afterwards but this left such a bad taste I just decided to leave.

This place was friendly and quick. I got the smog check for my 91′ Lexus done in 15 minutes and passed. I was lucky because right after I came in 3 other people came in for a smog check as well. The technician was friendly and got the job done quickly, however this place is a «test only» station so make sure you read your DMV papers. I printed a coupon out from
and got the smog check for $ 46.80(smog test + papers). If you do fail it cost $ 20 to retest the car, luckily I didn’t have to do that.