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I remember the last time I had an inspection at a DMV it seems like I paid around 50. I looked up online at the dmv site to verify and I can't find where it says exactly, it just says "registration fee", but that sounds like the fee for renewing a registration, which I already had done a while back.
My brakes work fine but I know they're due and my muffler started rotting so I'm worried i'll have to put a fortune up to get it to pass. I think I better work more now to save for that.
Anyone else with this experience? Do cars easily fail inspection in nj?
Inspections at a public, state inspection facility are FREE. If you choose to go to a privately owned mechanic/autobody shop that is licensed to do inspections, they will charge you something like $50. I guess people choose to pay to go to private inspection facilities for convenience? At a state inspection facility, you are guaranteed to wait on line...but to me, it's worth it to save the $50. Some state inspection facilities barely have any wait at all. Of course, there's always a mad rush at the end of the month, so you should avoid that time.
tahiti is correct--they are only checking emissions now.
I just took my 11 year old car for inspection a couple months ago. I was afraid I'd fail because I know the car needs some repairs, makes weird noises, etc. etc. But I passed.
I HAVE failed with this car, at the same inspection facility, in the past though...for a broken tail light or something. It's much easier to pass now.
Inspections at a public, state inspection facility are FREE. If you choose to go to a privately owned mechanic/autobody shop that is licensed to do inspections, they will charge you something like $50. I guess people choose to pay to go to private inspection facilities for convenience? At a state inspection facility, you are guaranteed to wait on line...but to me, it's worth it to save the $50. Some state inspection facilities barely have any wait at all. Of course, there's always a mad rush at the end of the month, so you should avoid that time.
tahiti is correct--they are only checking emissions now.
I just took my 11 year old car for inspection a couple months ago. I was afraid I'd fail because I know the car needs some repairs, makes weird noises, etc. etc. But I passed.
I HAVE failed with this car, at the same inspection facility, in the past though...for a broken tail light or something. It's much easier to pass now.
luckily the closest inspection station to me only takes appts so your wait is next to nil....and should even be less now that they only do emissions checks.
I find that most of the time the waits at the NJMVC inspection stations are very minimal. It's usually at the end or beginning of months or around holidays when they might have lines.
Remember they are usually closed Mondays so they are open Saturday mornings, similar to the agency offices.
You can look up the waiting time online by viewing webcams installed at the inspection stations HERE:
Well it looks like inspection stations are open Monday through Saturdays while agencies have Mondays off. Except tomorrow (Jan 17th) is Martin L King Day so everything is closed.
At a state inspection facility, you are guaranteed to wait on line.
Really?? I haven't waited on line at an inspection station in ten years. Maybe on the last day of the month at 4:45 p.m. or something, but the three inspection stations closest to me never seem particularly crowded.
Yeah, actually you guys are right about the wait times. They really HAVE been slashed significantly. The one I go to is in Randolph in Morris County...when I went a few months ago there were maybe 5 or 6 cars ahead of me.
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