Aaba Smog

Very good and convenient spot to go to.
Was recommended to come here by my cousin, and called ahead, they asked me what kind of vehicle I was getting checked and told me that it would take 5 – 10 min to complete. So I headed on over and found out I didn’t wait long at all.
Reasonable price for a smog check; unfortunately my car didn’t pass the first check but you get your second for «free,» you just pay for the certification, which he takes off of your initial test when you don’t pass. He told me to drive it for a few more days but when I came back it still didn’t pass. He told me what was the problem pointed at but he didn’t work on euro cars so he could not offer any help with that. So I had to take it to my shop to check out all the sensors and stuff and it all checked out. The shop said it looked like I needed to drive it another 1 – 200 miles still. The car had been sitting for a while and there’s a good chance that the battery voltage dropped below 10.6v, which clears out the sensor memory or something. So you need to put on mileage to get that emissions memory or something up and running again.
Anyway, just understand that you only get TWO checks included in the original cost. A third visit cost me the same original price again, but the guy can’t just conduct continuous smog tests forever after the first one if it doesn’t pass. So it makes total sense.
The guy is a very stand up dude and very up front and honest. You can never have enough honest businessmen around these days.
Def comin back for future smog checks!

Came to the shop, was greeted by the owner. Very friendly guy and easy to communicate with. Great service and was fast too. Was in and out less then 30 mins. Prices are a reasonable. Will go back there and I would recommend my friends and family to go here too.

Great service! Xavier is honest and straight forward. Pretty inexpensive as well and the place is clean. If you need a smog check come to him he will take care of you!

If you want a guy who will do an honest job on your car, this is your place. There is no unwanted surprises here.
I brought my 2004 Sienna here for a smog check a couple of months ago and was very happy with the courteous service and honest work.
I first took the car early morning to another place (ACE Auto Care at 20 225 Valley Blvd in Walnut, CA) to have it smogged. DON’T GO TO ACE! The owner there, Steve, told me that 2004 Sienna is hard to pass right after he started the test. That raised a red flag for me, but I could not do anything since he told me after he had already started the test. Midway through the test, he pulled the sensor from the exhaust pipe for a couple of minutes, and put it back. Then he told me that he had a feeling it would failed. Sure enough, it failed. I did not realized initially that you cannot take the sensor out once the test is started. That’s how he got it to fail. Steve then told me that first he needed to perform «Full throttle cleanup» which would cost $ 120.00 (and he said it was a discounted price). If it still did not pass, he would need to replace the Oxygen Sensor, and that would be another $ 200.00. So it could end up costing me $ 320.00. I said «No» to him, paid him the $ 31.75 test fee and took off.
I searched around for another place and found AABA Smog. I made a call, and two hours later I took my car to AABA Smog. Without doing anything to the car, I asked the owner (Xavier) to perform the test. This time it passed with flying colors. You would not believe the difference in the numbers from AABA Smog and ACE Auto Care. They are like day and night.
I knew from Steve’s comments that he was going to cheat on me. I knew Toyota has clean burning engine. As a matter of fact, I also have a 1999 Sienna that still pass smog tests without problems.
Xavier, on the other hand, just performs his work honestly. My hat goes up to him.