April 2018 by Matthew Nieto-Miller
Showed up to this establishment to get my vehicle inspected at around 1:15PM, upon walking into the building there was no one to be seen. No mechanics in the garage or anyone in the ‘lobby' & no indication that anyone was ‘out for lunch', ghost town. Had to walk all around the establishment to locate anyone & eventually stumbled upon two gentleman in which I kindly asked if they were open and/or doing inspections today. Was told that the inspector was out to lunch but would be back in 15 minutes so I patiently waited for the inspector to return. Roughly at around 1:35 I am greeted by the inspector & they begin my inspection, after about 10 minutes they come back in & told me that I failed due to a tiny little hole in my left rear brake light (pellet gun size hole, doesn't affect it at all, does work) & that my third brake light (which is covered by my camper shell) wasn't working. Photo has been attached of the reason of my failed inspection. Relatively stumped I explained to them that the tiny hole has been there for over 5 years & has always passed inspection. Also mentioned that I passed an inspection back in October 2017 where they indicated the hole but said it wasn't an issue. The employee asked where & I mentioned I could supply the receipt if needed then explained to him how could he see my third brake light due to it being covered by camper shell (which is declared on my insurance). He mentioned to me that the camper shell would have to be removed yadda yadda yadda & out of impatience I just told him I would pay them their $18 & go elsewhere & would not be bringing my business back to them (I live in the neighborhood, right down the road). Upon leaving this establishment I went back to where I received my inspection in October & within 5 minutes I had a passing inspection & was able to renew my registration. Due to my experience here I would recommend no one waste their time with getting inspections here. All of their ‘issues' with my vehicle seemed very arbritray & never affected my inspection before, was a waste of time/money. Also seemed as if they were phishing for ‘repairs' to make more money off of what should've been a quick, fast & cheap inspection visit.