Star Smog

Daniel and Evelyn are good people and Star Smog will have my future business. I took my truck to Star Smog and it failed to pass due to faulty sensors. Sensors were replaced, yet I still failed to pass when I returned. Daniel did not charge me for his time and offered to let me take one of his digital monitors to ensure that my truck would pass before I again returned. I finally passed on the third try — Daniel never asked for additional $$. I appreciate and value small businesses like Star Smog who make ethical decisions and don’t act like bully corporations with stupid and rigid policies. Thank you, Daniel and Evelyn, for being good people, gracious business owners, and for loving my dog! See you again.

Fast, friendly, professional and clean! Definitely coming back to this place again! If I could… I would give it more than 5 stars!

Great service and very friendly staff. I was helped by the owner who was very nice and welcomed me into the newly remodeled and comfortable lobby to wait while my smog check was completed.

They this is a good place to get your car smog then guy is fast and if u have a check engine light on he can check it for u an let u know what’s wrong good an friendly guy I’ll recommend this place

Well i would give them zero star if possible.
I bought groupon for this station. When i went there Daniel tried to sell me smog certification even though i didnt want it he said you will to buy it for extra cost and fees. I think this happened when he heard that i have Groupon.
Anyway.upon questioning several times he agreed to do it without certification as the info will be directly sent to dmv. Not to mention his cold attitude allthe time especially after hearing that groupon voucher.
Guess what my 2010 camry failed the test. He didnt tell me anything except what the code reflected which might be ok i guess since it is just a test only station.
Upon checking several blogs and sites on those codes it was hard to believe my card could have got those codes. I went to a shop to get the estimates to fix those error codes and i was told at least $ 200.
Then i took another chance and went to some new Smog station and not to my surprise my car passed the test, without having fixed anything on my car.
I went back to this place and upon asking him how my card could have failed earlier and got those codes and it passed now, he couldn’t answer it properly. I asked him to run the diagnostic again and this time i stood by my car all the time. Guess what, No error was found.
Man! This was so frustrating.
I Dont know what was the ‘actual’ reason behind my carfailing the test .is it not buying cert for extra cost or machine issue or human error but m not taking my car again to this place. I have already informed groupon about this issue as well and they at least refunded my money but what about the pain and time i had invested in reasearching those codes and finding places to fix my car. My registration renewal process also got delayed due to all this.
It’s upto you guys now.

First time at the nearby shop. Didn’t have an appointment, but still had very quick and friendly service. Thanks!

AVOID THIS SMOG TESTING STATION AT ALL COSTS!
I should never have bought a Groupon to have my car smogged. I should have stuck to the place I had gone for years and had been completely satisfied. However, I was lured in at the chance to save a few bucks that ended up costing me plenty. The owner of this smog station is a novice and that is why he needs to market with Groupon. He does not have a lot of experience. When I brought my car in for a smog check, he failed me for an oil leak. I told him I did not have oil leaking in my driveway or anywhere. He brought out a mirror to show me oil on my engine and under my car and listed the failure as a fuel leak.
I took my car to my trusted mechanic who said there was no oil leak. I bought the car back the same day with the mechanic’s diagnosis and the owner took my car in the stall (knowing I had done nothing to fix it) and came back with a second failure and said it was still leaking oil. WHAT!!! If he knew nothing had been done, why did he run another test. I will tell you why, because he wanted to fail me a second time and therefore I would be out of my free re-​test.
After complaining, the owner said I could bring it back within 30 days for another test. I ended up replacing a gasket to the tune of over $ 600 that the mechanic said wasn’t necessary at this time to try to «solve» his «fuel» leak failure. This set into motion a series of unfortunate events with a oxygen sensor that wouldn’t reset that cost me hundreds more dollars and months of agony. When the sensor finally reset, after taking it to three mechanics, driving countless miles in test mode, the smog station would not offer the free recheck because it was past the 30 days.
I ended up going to another smog station who said that he should never have failed me for an oil leak in the first place. He said that a fuel leak is a gasoline leak and that if he failed it for oil, he was a newbie and inexperienced. My mechanic and many others I have asked since have confirmed this as well. Even the state said that I should have called the referee over his failing of my car. Even though the owner of the smog station is not responsible for my 02 sensor not resetting, I feel like his shop was the reason I ended up in this predicament and that he could have made an exception to test my car after all the trouble I had been through. I wish I had just gone to my trusted smog center in the first place. So I am here to tell you to avoid a headache and go somewhere else, anywhere else. There are so many choices of smog stations, don’t go here, not even for a Groupon!!!

First timer here and its very small and humble plus clean and well organize. I would recommend.

I would recommend this place to anyone. Daniel was super cool and friendly. He check on a few things on my car, gave me a «heads up» on some repairs, I was in and out in about 20 minutes and I passed. I used a groupon but would come here again even if I didn’t have one.

I would deff give more then 5 stars if I could. I had a great experience getting my car smog here. Very friendly staff and they got me right in. Didn’t have to wait long. Highly recommend star smog. Will be back! Thanks again

Used the $ 28 Groupon deal (12 $ fee must be paid on site) *standard for all smog places*
Didn’t catch the guy’s name but my receipt said Daniel M.
He was nice, I had called that same morning and asked to come in at 4:45, got right in no problems. He did a quick job… my car probably spent 30 min or less on the rack. Just sit on the benches and chill til you get your certification.
It’s really easy to locate (Anaheim St. is notorious for bad traffic) but it has its own small lot and is connected to a car shop which may be of benefit if unfortunately your car doesn’t pass.
Gotta say it’s a pretty good deal, I think the sign said the Smog Emission test was $ 65 for a standard car so get the Groupon and spread the word!

BEWARE
I am always looking to save a buck so when my auto needed a smog check I found a Groupon for $ 28 + $ 11(tax and certificate) = $ 39 total. I called and made the first appointment. of the day. I showed up 5 minutes early and 10 minutes after the appointment time I called and he stated he was running 15 minutes late. I had already made the drive and I know how difficult getting a refund or Groupon Bucks from Groupon is, so I waited. 40 minutes after my appointment time I am able to start the smog check. After 20 minutes he comes out and tells me my auto failed. He stated it was smoking and a vacuum line (s) to sensor/​switches (visual inspection) failed. He also stated he does not perform retest with Groupons.
So I called the dealer for my auto and asked how much to diagnose an emission system failure and was quoted it starts at $ 180. I had sticker shock. I talked to a friend who referred me to a smog station that does diagnostic repairs. He looked at it and did not see any vacuum line issues and performed a smog check that PASSED for $ 50.
So in summary, Star Smog at 1147 E Anaheim (there are several Star Smogs in LB) does not know what they are doing or they screw people that they do not like for whatever reason.
Smog check stations are all over the place. I would choose another one.

thank god finally star smog long beach test only. the price is cheap the customer service is amazing. please stop by you will not regret it!!!