Price
Call for price
Hours
Hours not available
Station type
Test & Repair
Appointments
Walk-ins welcome
Good to know
Languages
English
Payment
Credit Card, Debit Card
What to expect at Peter Auto Center
Peter Auto Center is licensed by the Bureau of Automotive Repair as a Test & Repair smog station in Garden Grove, 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?
- Peter Auto Center 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.
11521 Anabel Ave #a, Garden Grove, CA 92843
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Questions about Peter Auto Center
Peter Auto Center accepts Credit Card, Debit Card.
Google lists the following accessibility features at Peter Auto Center: wheelchair accessible entrance, wheelchair accessible parking.
Peter Auto Center has held a BAR smog license since 2001. You can verify the license status at bar.ca.gov.
Peter Auto Center 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 (714) 534-3981 for a quote.
Peter Auto Center does not take online bookings here, but walk-ins are welcome. Call (714) 534-3981 to check the wait.
We don't have hours on file for Peter Auto Center, so call (714) 534-3981 before you drive over.
Staff at Peter Auto Center speak English.
The closest alternatives in Garden Grove are Don Auto Center (0.3 mi) and Garden Grove Kia (0.4 mi). 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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