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South County Smog Test Center

4.5 (132 reviews)
Open 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

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Vanissa H.

I received a notification from the DMV indicating that I needed a smog check for my Honda Pilot. Having recently done a smog check for another car, I decided to revisit the same small business. Unfortunately, when I arrived at 9:50 am on a Saturday, they were closed for the day. I turned to Yelp to find another smog check business nearby and came across South County Smog Test Center, which was about a mile away and opening in 7 minutes. Perfect timing! I headed over and was able to get my smog check done as soon as they opened at 10:00 am. The service was quick and efficient, costing $65 for my Honda Pilot. I really appreciated the convenience and prompt service. Highly recommend South County Smog Test Center for their reliability and efficiency!

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1 month ago

Easy breezy... Super nice guys. In-N-Out in 15 minutes. Thank you guys. I believe this was my third time to them. Can't get better service.

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4 months ago

They are always efficient and friendly. I would not go anywhere else but here for my smog test.

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5 months ago

Steve is always the best. Great service. Check done quickly. Reliable and honest. Good price

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7 months ago

Totally the place to go. Brad so nice. Quick easy and less $$ than I expected. Yay thank you!

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10 months ago

They have always been very accommodating, even without an appointment. Friendly waiting room, prompt service.

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1 year ago

Quick, efficient service. Gonzalo was respectful, helpful and quick to take care of me.

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1 year ago

I Didn't have a appointment took me in great.price and time wait was good,car passed.Thank you

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2 years ago

Great place. Simple to understand pricing. Place was busy but got in and out quickly. Gonzalo is awesome!

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Gonzalo, Doug, and Steve run an efficient operation doing smog checks for all vehicles.

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Dan has always treated me fair. He is knowledgeable, very experienced, and often talks me out of…read moredoing what I requested, because he knows it would be a waste of money. He can diagnose the problem and give me all the options. This may sound strange, but I actually enjoy paying him. And I'm a tight wad! It will be a sad day when he fully retires.

I went in for my regularly scheduled oil change. I was not having any issues with my vehicle prior…read moreto leaving it here with Dan. After I picked my car up, I drove for 32 miles before I went over the hill to Santa Cruz. Once I was over the hill, my check engine light came on as well as my oil light. My oil indicator light has never come on since I bought this car new in 2016. There was not a drop of oil in my engine. I had to add almost 4 quarts to fill it up. Needless to say when I went in for an oil change, they forgot to put the oil back in. I called in immediately from Santa Cruz to let him know that my light came on and he automatically suggested that maybe I had a leak somewhere. I double triple checked everywhere under my car and there were no leaks not a single drop of oil leaking from my engine... when I got back into town, I immediately took my car back down to Payless to talk to Dan, and he still denied any wrongdoing insisting that I have an oil leak and that is where all the oil went had to keep an eye on it. Since then I have drove over 1500 miles and still not single drop of oil from my engine. I have offered him multiple opportunities to make this right by doing another oil change and a compression check on my engine to make sure that there was no damage done. I have received no response from him in any effort to make this right. I hate to leave a negative review because I actually really like Dan, but as a business owner myself, you have to be accountable for your mistakes. Had he just admitted that somehow it was overlooked and apologized, I would've gladly accepted and moved on. Unfortunately, now I need to worry about any damage that was done to my engine while it had no oil in it.

South County Smog Test Center - smog_check_stations - Updated May 2026

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