Best Emissions Testing & Smog Check in Encinitas, CA

Vehicle inspection is conducted at residential, business and industrial locations throughout the United States. We need a valid street address and access to the vehicle if it is on private property. You can also drive to one of Caro certified partners (mechanic shop) located in your area and inspect your vehicle.

Your inspection report can be accessed online once you login into your account at caroautomotive.com with the username and password created at the time of the order. We will also email you the inspection report within 24 hours automatically after your vehicle have been inspected.

While it is always preferable to conduct a test drive, the vehicle owner may not allow it due to weather conditions, insurance concerns or other reasons. If the inspector is not allowed to ride along with the owner of the vehicle during the test drive, the inspector will notate that the test drive did not occur. CARO inspectors are highly trained and are able to complete a comprehensive inspections without driving the vehicle.

No, we do not connect any equipment to the car. CARO inspectors rely upon their vast experience to reach accurate conclusions on the static and dynamic condition of inspected vehicles.

All our inspectors have formal technical training from accredited institutions and have years of experience on the field. CARO on-demand vehicle inspectors come to us from a variety of backgrounds including insurance adjusters, used car auction evaluators, body shop estimators and other automotive technology jobs.