MD Car Inspection - places in MoCo that are good or bad?

[Anonymous]

Hi, I am potentially transferring a family car owned by someone in another state to another person in the family who lives in MD, and thus I think I need to get the car inspected by MD, no?

I, and the car, am in Montgomery County. Any places that anyone would recommend or not recommend?

I'm concerned because when I googled this, all these posts popped up about inspectors ripping them off so they could charge repair fees.

I just took it to the dealer and the dealer did not find anything wrong with it, inspection wise.

[Anonymous]

Don’t go to Chevy chase Acura. They shook us down for a new windshield which they replaced with an aftermarket one, then spent 4-5 full day visits trying to calibrate all the sensors and the lane keep assist still doesn’t work right. Be careful.

[Anonymous]

If a car is still under warranty, dealer is a safe bet. At most they would say you need new wipers. If out of warranty, dealer is one of the worst places as they are likely to find all kind of “issues” that need to be corrected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t go to Chevy chase Acura. They shook us down for a new windshield which they replaced with an aftermarket one, then spent 4-5 full day visits trying to calibrate all the sensors and the lane keep assist still doesn’t work right. Be careful.

Do you have an Acura, so you were taking it to the dealership?

I took it to a dealer already, for its 5k checkup, but that was in another state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t go to Chevy chase Acura. They shook us down for a new windshield which they replaced with an aftermarket one, then spent 4-5 full day visits trying to calibrate all the sensors and the lane keep assist still doesn’t work right. Be careful.

Do you have an Acura, so you were taking it to the dealership?

I took it to a dealer already, for its 5k checkup, but that was in another state.

Yep it’s an Acura. Car was fine. They have a windshield shop on site and said it failed for small chip that we had sealed on the move out…right below the rear view mirror. Little did I know the ez pass would’ve covered it up.

[Anonymous]

I used to live in a state that prohibited the same business that did the inspection from doing the repairs if a car failed the inspection. That seems like a common sense protection. Maybe take the car to a different place than the one you’d choose for repairs and let them know that you’re only having them do the inspection to make sure you get an honest assessment and any repairs will be done elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to live in a state that prohibited the same business that did the inspection from doing the repairs if a car failed the inspection. That seems like a common sense protection. Maybe take the car to a different place than the one you’d choose for repairs and let them know that you’re only having them do the inspection to make sure you get an honest assessment and any repairs will be done elsewhere.

Thanks. I wish Maryland did that. And I wish yo could get it reinspected at another place! Apparently you have to take it back to the same place. It seems rife for scams.

[Anonymous]

any other suggestions, anyone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:any other suggestions, anyone?

Your car has only 5k miles on it, still covered bumper to bumper. Why would you take it anywhere other than to a dealer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:any other suggestions, anyone?

Your car has only 5k miles on it, still covered bumper to bumper. Why would you take it anywhere other than to a dealer?

???? I never mentioned the mileage, but it’s over 100k.

[Anonymous]

How much is inspection? Do they all charge the same fee?