Milpitas Smog Check

Stopped by here after work today to have my car smogged. The test was $ 70. I was immediately helped, and the test was very fast (10 minutes or so). Be aware, they do not take checks (not a problem for me), but do take cash and credit. Friendly, clean, and fast, with a quiet waiting area. They submit the smog test electronically to the DMV, too.

Kevin does a fantastic job for the customer. Quick, efficient, and polite. This place is STAR certified Test and repair station. Certificate price and test are reasonable.
I want to address some complaints from ppl who have a bad situation when they called. I notice his phone is directly next to the test machine which is next to a RUNNING car inside a garage. My point… ITS LOUD! I barely noticed a call ringing and he had to turn off my car to answer it. By the time he said hello, they hung up. Please be patient when calling or call back a few minutes later as he could be currently testing a car during your call.

This place is awesome, Kevin knows cars. This is the place I come in for all my smog certificate needs since they open for business and the price is reasonable. Never had any issue with the place, I highly recommend this place.

Great service and prices. The owner is nice and very honest with his job estimates. Highly recommend this place.

Need a smog check and you are in the Milpitas area?
It is a no frills sort of place. The waiting area is a small room with a few magazines to browse through. There’s no Starbucks coffee or Directv for your viewing pleasure.
Kevin was nice, speaks Cantonese and we were in and out within 25 minutes.
It is a STAR certified station if it means anything to you.
Cost is $ 70, so not the cheapest around.

I had to pass the smog test with a star certified station.
After viewing the good reviews on Unilocal,I thought I would go with this one because it was the closest from my location.
My car’s check engine light was on, and I have not noticed it.
After 30 mins he tells me it failed the test because of that, and that I needed to go check that at the dealership as he could not help with the issue.
He charged me $ 55, even though he knew that it would fail even before using his instruments. After that he tells me that it’s only $ 15 if I come back for the retest within a month.
I asked him to not charge me the full price because the check engine light was already on before being tested and he should have let me know in advance, but he refused to do me any favor.
I did not want to argue more on the subject and paid the full amount and left.
For the retest (or a new test, I should say) I went to a Star station in Sunnyvale after 2 months as I had to do the repair. I paid $ 38 for this one.
So my overall experience with this Milpitas Smog Check station is really bad.
I feel that I’ve been ripped off!

Let’s just say the owner knows cars, and he takes no pleasure in your failure. When you have your smog tested with a guy with these two traits, you can be assured he’s gonna bring about the best performance of your car.

12÷5÷13
I won’t come back here anymore. Year after year Kevin charge more and more. Today
he charged me $ 70 dollars for checking smog. My car is 5 years old and have only 24,000 miles

Kevin is awesome, checked my SUV for 4wheel drive (which I forgot). Allow me to make appt at 8:45am and customer service is awesome. Clean waiting room and bathroom.

I thought he has most reasonable price of $ 45 (incl certificate) among STAR certified stations. One thing to note though if you have to retest, there is a $ 15 additional charge. I saw some others smog centers offer the retest if failed for free, but they also tend to charge more initially. If you have a good car that you expect to pass, this place is a certainly a good deal.
He was very nice to me. I failed my first test and he did not charge me the certificate fees and less than $ 15 for the re-​test since it failed again, although he knew that I cannot come back to him after two consecutive fails (as per rules).

I’ve been here several times over the past few years. Kevin is a great guy and very friendly. Love this place and I will be coming back.

My friend told me to come here for a smog after she passed hers here. She told me a guy named Kevin helped her and that he’s really good.
So I drive up and holler at him for help and he’s so nice! A small Asian guy who is super enthusiastic and friendly. His Chinese accent sounds so generic like he’s from a cartoon ha.
Anyways he’s super helpful. He even informed me about how some of my connector wires were misplaced and that he moved it back into place and didn’t want me to think he was doing anything funky. (at least that’s what I thought he said cuz I have no idea about cars and could barely understand his accent lol). He even made conversation about my piercings and told me what to do to renew my registration.
Altogether I paid 70 bucks for a smog test with free retest. It was 60 bucks with 10 bucks in fees. I’m sure I couldve gotten one smog test for 40 bucks somewhere else but I didnt want it to fail and pay more to have it retested. Anyways I don’t care i passed and I didn’t have to fix anything hallelujah hollaback.

Good service, good guy. I will go back.
Gary Kunsman

Kevin has always treated me and my cars well. My employer also uses him for all 3 of our work vans. One time, my car didn’t pass and Kevin worked his hardest to get it to pass. It still didn’t, but he made an educated guess at what the issue was and it fixed the problem. It passed with flying colors the next time. I always recommend Milpitas Smog.

Kevin is an awesome guy my dad bought a used ford F450 and they told
him that he would have to get it smogged Kevin took the time to show my
dad the BAR regualtions for diesels and showed him that any diesel over
14 000 GVWR was smogged exempt. he saved my dad time and money.
He is the only guy i will ever let smog my vheicles as long as i live in this
area.

Won’t be coming here again.
Technician connects the obd scanner, the connector under your steering wheel, to the car and says that he cant get a signal. Funny because the RPM and gas gauge move when you step on the pedal. Then tries to say that I modded the engines computer or electrical equipment and that it broke his machine LOL. After he says this, you can see that his connector is all beat up and that some of the metal flinges were bent from probably putting it in the wrong way. Next he tells me to wait for him to smog another guy and see what happens. It turns out that the other guys car isnt sending in a signal either. He tells me then to come back in the afternoon but I instead went straight to 1638 S. Main St where my car was sending a signal just FINE. My car passed at this other location and it was cheaper then the price this place was quoting me.
This review would probably be a whole lot different if he just maintained his machine. Very disappointed.

I called around and Milpitas Smog Check was competitive in pricing. I was quoted $ 40 for a smog test plus $ 10 for the certificate for a total of $ 50.
The mechanic appeared friendly and cordial. During the test, I saw the mechanic using a long type screw driver in the engine. Don’t know why but I thought it was an odd tool, nothing that would be used for checking the timing. After the test, it failed due to ignition timing though emissions passed.
Had to take it to another mechanic to adjust the timing for $ 65.
I discovered later that Milpitas Smog Check’s customary free re-​test wasn’t included. On the original receipt, the free re-​test was crossed out and handwritten was $ 30+cert for a re-​test. I was never told for a $ 40 smog test, it would NOT include the one free re-​test.
Weeks later, right before visiting again for the re-​test, I called to simply confirm if the smog test included one free re-​test, and he said yes. I was perplexed.
When I came in for the re-​test, I asked why I was charged a re-​test. And he said for a $ 40 smog test, it didn’t include the free re-​test.
So my total cost or bottom-​line was…
$ 40 smog test,
$ 10 certificate,
$ 30 re-​test ($ 5 discount)
$ 65 ignition timing adjustment
$ 140 TOTAL
In conclusion, I didn’t like how the charges unfolded, particularly the customer service of not explaining I received a discounted price excluding the free re-​test. Overall, it causes suspicion. Unfortunately, I will never conduct my business there again. And I will not recommend the place to family or friends.

It was a little pricey getting a smog check here for $ 60, but i found Kevin extremely fast, pateint, friendly, and he asked a lot of questions about my car’s history. He seemed genuinely interested in my vehicle (a 2002 Subaru) and made me feel like he valued my business.
I would definitely come here again.

My family has been bringing our cars here for years. Kevin Wong is an honest guy. You might find other places are cheaper, but the technology and equipment at other places may not be up to date (we found out the hard way going to a cheaper smog check place).

I first went here in 2006 to smog my Honda Prelude which was having some issues. Kevin Wong is the owner and will do the best he can to help you fix issues that your car may have in order to pass the smog check.
With the help from his advice, I was able to pass the smog check. Some places will charge you quite a bit of $$$ to work on your car and will tell you that they need to check this and that and will not offer advice until they actually start working on the car. Kevin is a nice guy and will work with you.
I brought my honda back in the other month and it passed with no issues. 2 thumbs up…