K C Smog Cal State Official

Great service. Good price, fast and efficient! Just what I need. Owner is very nice too. Definitely coming back!

Second Review
6÷30÷2015
$ 50 for a smog test
$ 10 for retest/​certificate
Opens at 8:00 am
Summary: Straight to the point. Nice people and they tell you what to do. Fast and easy. Just wish the retest was free like the other places. Xpress Smog has the don’t pass don’t pay thing but they are not a STAR station.
Took my car here again for a Smog check for my second car. When I went there two days ago, they hooked up my car to the computer and it said that the odbii monitor is «not ready» for the Catalyst and the Oxygen Sensor 2. Paid $ 50.
Three weeks ago the Oxygen Sensor 2 went off so I reset it. I have an older car and this past year I’ve been getting random codes here and there but the car runs fine. Little did I know that by resetting the O2 sensor code that the computer has to go through a «driving cycle» to reset the computer and make it ready”. They said just to keep driving it which I thought that it didn’t sound right since I’ve driven it alot in the city since I’ve reset the CEL.
So went home and researched Toyota Drive Cycle. This saved me a TON of time. This is what what it said.
Fuel Tank at ½
Warm up car in idle for 10 mins
Drive on freeway at a steady throttle and speed of 55 – 60 mph for 16 minutes
(I drove down the 10 fwy late at night with my hazard lights on since everyone was driving fast since there was no traffic.)
Idle in park for 3 minutes
(I drove down to PCH and then parked along the beach.)
Drive again at medium speed at 40 mph for 8 minutes
(drove down PCH and luckily didn’t hit any stop lights)
Idle in park for 3 minutes.
(Note from the instruction I found online… one monitor requires a minimum temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Thankfully it doesn’t get that cold in Los Angeles.)
Then I got my CEL reader and in the ICM menu… the Catalyst and O2 Sensor was now ready. Wish I knew about this and didn’t ignore the ICM indicator. Would’ve saved me $ 10 but either way, I learned something new.
Paid $ 10 for the 2^nd test and certificate.
They take credit cards
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First Review
9÷8÷2013
The owner was very nice. Smog was super fast. I would go there again. He even offered me tea, coffee and water.

Great service, fast and professional. I will be back again! It’s responsible priced too and they have new technology.

Satisfactory smog checking. I came in on a late morning weekday and there was no wait. I had no papers at all to provide, but they smog-​checked me all the same.
I was directed to sit out back in a shaded area, where I waited for less than 10 minutes. The price was $ 50, which seems to be on par for the service and the fact that I had no papers or anything to provide.

I came here because I had a good experience before but this time around a different story. I came to him straight up and told the owner if I don’t pass, I don’t have money to fix the problem, so if he can’t pass me, don’t do it at all, and he told me he’ll take care of it. So I give him 60 bucks and he fails me and doesn’t return my 60 bucks and tells me to go fix the problem. Really?!! After what I told you before you started? Freaking crook. I was so angry. Ended up spending double because I had to go another place who actually passed me. Never going to back here again.