Price
Call for price
Hours
Hours not available
Station type
Test & Repair
Appointments
Walk-ins welcome
Good to know
Languages
English
Payment
Cash, Credit Card
What to expect at Advanced Automotive
Advanced Automotive is licensed by the Bureau of Automotive Repair as a Test & Repair smog station in Santa Clarita, so it can run the inspection and, if your car fails, diagnose and fix it in the same shop. It is STAR certified, so it can test vehicles the DMV directs to a STAR station, including gross polluters.
Walk-ins are welcome. Most smog checks take 15 to 30 minutes, and most visits are closer to 20.
What to bring
Your registration or DMV renewal notice
It says whether the car needs a STAR station.
The car, with the check engine light off
On a 2000-or-newer car, a lit check engine light fails the test on its own.
A way to pay
The $8.25 state certificate is paid on top of the test when the car passes, unless the station's price or coupon includes it.
What if I fail?
- Advanced Automotive can diagnose and repair the problem in the same shop, then retest the car.
- Each station sets its own retest price, so ask before the first test.
- BAR's Consumer Assistance Program pays up to $1,450 toward emissions repairs for income-eligible owners.
26516 Ruether Avenue, 212, Santa Clarita, CA 91350
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Questions about Advanced Automotive
Advanced Automotive accepts Cash, Credit Card.
Advanced Automotive has held a BAR smog license since 2026. You can verify the license status at bar.ca.gov.
Advanced Automotive has not published a price on SmogCheckDeals. The Bureau of Automotive Repair puts the statewide average at $69.16 as of August 2026, about $65 for a 2000-or-newer vehicle and $73 for 1999-or-older, plus the $8.25 certificate fee. Call (661) 360-8675 for a quote.
Advanced Automotive does not take online bookings here, but walk-ins are welcome. Call (661) 360-8675 to check the wait.
We don't have hours on file for Advanced Automotive, so call (661) 360-8675 before you drive over.
Staff at Advanced Automotive speak English.
The closest alternatives in Santa Clarita are California Smog Check Center #2 and Fast Smog Test Only. Both are listed further up this page with their ratings and hours.
How we get this data: BAR licenses and STAR status, Google hours and ratings, coupons published by the station.
Verify this station’s license and STAR standing at bar.ca.gov.
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