Can my car pass inspection with a check engine light?

Question

My service engine soon light is on because of a couple sensors but my county doesn t do emission tests only safety. So can I pass if they don t do emissions?

Answer 1

Call your inspector and ask them.

Answer 2

my state no longer requires the check engine light to be off to pass inspection, they determined it is not a safety concern

Answer 3

Fix the sensors and problem solved.

Answer 4

Since I am not a mind reading wizard, how the heck should I know if it will pass?



A simple trip to the garage, any garage, and have it checked, likely for free, or buy a reader for twenty bucks and check it yourself. There is an app for that.

Know what the issue is. I had a check engine light go on for a loose fuel cap, but it needed to be cleared.



Since I am not a mind reading wizard, how the heck should I know?

Answer 5

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Answer 6

In Ontario, that's an automatic fail.

Answer 7

Possibly. I know it would pass the test here. Only light that stops you here is an airbag light

Answer 8

No...that's an automatic failure.

Answer 9

Hi No it needs to be serviced first because it could be a faulty component that causes a failure in the test,

Answer 10

Ask somebody in your mystery location, dumbass.

Answer 11

Where I live, they don't care about the sensor being on, as long as the actual functions for safety are working, breaks, lights, wipers, and speedometer being the main things here.

Where you live may be different, as all states can have different laws. I will assume you are in the U.S.

You did not tell anyone where you live, so we can only make a rough guess.



What you need to do is simply ASK at whatever place you would go to for inspection what is considered for passing.