We do DEQ-2!

With the current lines at Oregon DEQ, this can be a real relief!

We do just about everything else for your vehicle, but did you know we can do your emission testing through DEQ TOO?  DEQ TOO is a program from Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) that makes DEQ testing convenient, quick, and secure.  Oregon requires a DEQ check as part of your bi-yearly registration.  That’s inconvenient at the best of times, but it’s become a real problem since Covid shut down the DEQ Inspection Stations.  Most Stations re-opened in June but with a 3-month Covid backup added to their regular influx of drivers, lines are long.  You can skip all that, though, with Oregon’s DEQToo online inspection and certification program.

If you’d like us to do your DEQ TOO inspection, here’s how it works…

Here’s the line at the Clackamas DEQ Test Station on 8/25/20

  • Vehicles must be 2005 or newer (due to DEQ TOO vehicle software requirements)
  • The vehicle must be currently registered in your name (DEQToo is only for registration renewals. You can’t use it to register a vehicle for the first time).
  • Your “check engine” light cannot be on. This will cause an immediate failure of the test.
  • Schedule an appointment with us.
  • The test takes usually takes 5 minutes or less. If your vehicle does not pass, there is no cost to you.
  • You’ll pay a $23 device-usage fee here at the shop. This does not apply to Oregon’s fees for your DEQ’s Clean Air Certificate of Compliance or vehicle registration.
  • We’ll give you the paperwork you’ll need to complete your registration online at org.

If you have any other questions, you can check the DEQTOO website or just ask your Service Advisor about it the next time you’re here!

Digging Deeper…

Some DEQ inspection stations reopen this week, grace period on expired tags extended through ‘at least’ October 1, Andrew Theen in The Oregonian, Jun 2020

Long wait time for drivers as DEQ begins to reopen in Oregon, staff, FOX12 Oregon, Jun 2020

Oregon DEQ Asks Drivers To Put Off Visits As It Reopens, Monica Samayoa on OPB, Jun 2020

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