Mesa Smog

I have been coming here for years and have only been treated with respect and courtesy. Very friendly and no bs. Also very fast service have never waited more than 15 min! Excellent!!!

Super quick, and very polite. I took my wife’s car here on a saturday afternoon and was out of there within 15 minutes easy. I am so glad I came to Mesa Smog for my Smog Test needs.

I always come to Mesa Smog to get my van smog. Never a hassle and quick. It took less than 10 minutes today for them to smog check. Maybe 5 minutes? It took longer to unload my chair off the van. They remembered me from the last time when I had my old green van. Great service. No nonsense to call you in and make you check under the hood. As long as my van passed for another two years, that’s all it matters. Thanks James for a quick service. See you guys next time.

I have been taking about 5 cars a year here for at least 10 years and they’ve always gotten me in and out fast and been very professional. I can’t imagine going anywhere else. I’ve gotten to know Danny and the staff and they have shared how incredibly nasty people can get when their cars don’t pass. I wonder about some of the negative reviews I see on here and is it Mesa Smog that’s rude or the customer? They’ve always treated me very well. And yes my trucks don’t always pass.

I wish I could give zero stars, rude rude rude rude people working at this place! YOULL BE SORRY IF YOU COME TO MESA SMOG, they are all soooo rude. This place should be closed down, I cant believe what horrible service this place provides, anyone who leaves a good review on this place obviously didn’t spend much time with the people working there because they are mean, angry and rude

I came here for the first time and was surprised with how quickly the smog check was over. They don’t have coupons on Unilocal,but they do have coupons in local value packs. For a car that is 11 years old and newer the total cost is about $ 60 and your smog certificate is sent electronically to the DMV for you. Lucky for me this place was right across the street from the DMV and wasn’t very busy.

Dishonest and unprofessional. They will deny the «free retest» without the stamped document, which is the document mechanics will ask for when doing repairs. I was denied even though I had a receipt, carbon copy of original invoice and still within their 30 day expiration limit.

We came in for a smog check and it was all great for a quick 60 bucks. That’s all fine, the thing that just made this experience completely awful was the fact that this was my first smog check and I bothered to ask what it was they did, because I was curious and confused. The guy literally went off on me, saying that he can’t explain it because it’s much more complicated than it looked. (They didn’t do anything, and just looked at the monitor and wrote some things down and sent them to the DMV.) He literally repeated the same thing about four times. I have no idea what his intention was, but he was an angry person with absolutely no interpersonal skills. I hope they get proper training in how to deal with customers. If you go, save yourself the trouble and don’t ask any questions.

Great fast service all the time. Been coming here for years and they always have the right equipment for any type of car old or new. My old car used to not be able to get smogged due to equipment at other places but this place can do anything.

Do not take your car here. They are extremely rude. There are plenty of people who deserve to get paid for the job they do and these guys do NOT.
Really, you will be sorry!!! Even if they offered me a free smog check I wouldn’t take it there.
Zero stars…

Great fast & reliable service. Family has been taking our cars to see Danny for more than 2 decades.
This past service I was «in and out» in about 5min, actually faster than I could write this review :)
I highly recommend coming here and will definitely be returning.

Always had my car smog checked here. Service is prompt and I know exactly what i’m paying upfront instead of the «hidden /​convenience fees» that I got with other smog stations. They are right next to DMV which is good to know but since they can electronically send the test result directly it doesn’t matter much. They are STAR certified which is a higher certification compared to just being a smog station. They have three smog analyzer compared to just 1 – 2 which every other smog station including costa mesa smog. This means they can handle more cars at a time which in the ends means you’re not wasting half a day to get a simple thing done. Price is very reasonable.
Heads up if you just changed batteries or had a dead battery you should drive your car at least 100 miles otherwise no smog station will test you.
Oh I found it very funny that most of the negative reviews had very few to no friends and just 3 – 4 reviews plus no pictures. Wouldn’t count them as real reviews.
What makes me keep coming back to this place is the speed, price, and experience of getting a simple thing done like smog check. The guys here tell you straight up how much it is and courteous at the same time. I know exactly what I am getting every time I go here.

Was searching around for a smog station near my house. Tried using the coupons i received in the mail. They were all quoting me different prices, and the coupon was a scam. I called Mesa Smog, they were straight shooters! when i got there, the were already waving me into the smog bay. He had a sheet with all the prices printed out, none of the (oh, you have a nice car, i’m charging you more crap!) No bait and switch, just up front customer service. Was the fastest, most efficient smog I have ever received and the price was cheaper without a coupon, than any other place WITH a coupon. Great job guys, this is how a business should be run!

Been bringing all my cars here for years. They are fast and courteous. I highly recomend

Best smog check ever. They had been recommended by another John Cooper Works MINI (R53) owner and since I had the day off… Called ahead, owner said 5 min wait. When I got there there was zero wait. 3 bays, the staff was like clockwork, and it only took a few minutes. Very nice guys– Thank you!

My husband and I have bringing both of our cars here for the better part of 10 years. Danny is always courteous, friendly and efficient. When my husband’s car failed last year, the first thing he asked him was if he’d gotten a new battery recently, which he had, and told him that would cause the car to fail until it had at least 100 miles of driving on it. Who knew! We could have been ripped off by unscrupulous repairman trying to figure out why it failed! After my husband put a few more miles on the car he took it back for the free re-​test and it passed — no problem. We love Mesa Smog!

Love this place, Quick, Friendly & Upfront! The owner Danny, here always treats me and my family with great customer service. My parents are both elderly and have a hard time communicating, and everyone here is really nice and patient.
They are fast workers, they always try to get us in and out FAST, but sometimes they get super busy because this place is awesome. I have been coming here for a very long time, since i was a little kid, and I’m 25 now so they ate obviously doing a great job because my family is satisfied… now that I have my own car since 5 years ago now I have to take care of it by bringing it to the people I know will do an A+ job here.
My name is Mitzi Hermann & I approve this message! :)

Was there a total of 45 minutes. Wish there was more room to sit, but the guys there are super fast and efficient. Not very expensive and they send results right over to the DMV.

If I could give a negative score, I certainly would. The owner is a total d-​bag and was rude and disrespectful.
Take your vehicle to the Vallero station at Harbor & Bay, Jim is friendly and thorough and won’t be an ass.
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I have been using Mesa Smog for the last several years. It is right accross from the DMV in Costa Mesa. The place is a test only facility, no repairs.
Every time I go there I am greeted quickly, I never have to wait as they have more than one bay. I am in and out in 15 minutes with no fuss. The service is no frills but who gives a crap. I am all for any business that does good work and gets me in and out quickly!!!
It is a few dollars more than other places but when you take into consideration that my time is valuable to me, it is actually cheaper than having to sit around a cheaper place for an hour or two.
I will continue to go back to Mesa Smog and pay a few more dollars as long as they keep offering a quality and FAST service.