Pink slip rego inspections in Auburn
Book a time, bring the car to our workshop and wait. It takes 30 to 45 minutes.
$52
Car, SUV, ute or van. A motorcycle is $29, and a caravan or trailer from $27. Including GST. Additional costs may apply depending on the specifications or modifications of your vehicle.
Takes 30–45 minin the workshop
What a pink slip checks
- Tyre tread, and any cuts or bulges
- Brakes, and a brake test
- Steering and suspension
- All the lights, indicators and reflectors
- The windscreen, wiper blades and washers
- Seatbelts and dashboard warning lights
- Rust, and oil or exhaust leaks
- Horn, mirrors, number plates and window tint
- Your result sent to Transport for NSW
What is a pink slip?
Once a vehicle is more than five years old, NSW usually wants a safety check each year before you can renew the rego. That check is the pink slip, also called an eSafety check or a rego inspection. Your renewal notice says whether you need one.
Book a time, bring the car to our workshop and wait while a technician checks the safety items in the NSW standards, from the tyres and brakes to the lights, seatbelts and windscreen. It takes 30 to 45 minutes.
When it passes, we send the result to Transport for NSW straight away, and you can renew through Service NSW. It’s valid for six months.
We inspect cars, SUVs, utes, vans, motorcycles, caravans and trailers, including ones with modifications that meet NSW’s standard rules, but not heavily modified vehicles. The rego needs to be current, or to have run out less than three months ago. After that, it needs a blue slip.
Who can do a pink slip?
NSW only lets stations approved under its Authorised Inspection Scheme (AIS) do pink slips, and only examiners accredited by Transport for NSW can carry out the inspection.
Every examiner has to hold a tradesperson’s certificate in motor vehicle repair.
Our technicians are authorised by Transport for NSW to do pink slips here at the workshop. We’re a licensed motor vehicle repairer too, NSW Lic No. MVRL62214, so if something fails, we can fix it here.
How we inspect
The VIN read off the car
The technician reads the VIN, the car’s identification number, off the car itself and checks it against Transport for NSW’s records. Your rego papers can stay at home.
A brake test, whenever it’s safe
Every first inspection has one whenever it’s safe to do, and a car can’t pass without passing it.
To the NSW standards
The Light Vehicle Safety Check Standards, plus the maker’s own wear limits and specifications.
Lodged straight away
When the car passes, we lodge the result with Transport for NSW straight away, and the report is finished the same day.
Needed or advised, marked clearly
If we quote repairs, each item is marked as needed to pass or only advised. Advice never changes the result, and you can have the work done anywhere.
Our technicians, licensed
One of our own technicians does every inspection. We’re a licensed motor vehicle repairer, NSW Lic No. MVRL62214.
What you pay for
- Car, SUV, ute or van
- $52
- Motorcycle
- $29
- Caravan or trailer with brakes
- $41
- Caravan or trailer without brakes
- $27
Including GST. Booking online confirms it, and you pay at the workshop, by cash or card, once the inspection is done. Additional costs may apply depending on the specifications or modifications of your vehicle.
What’s included
- The inspection at our workshop, in 30 to 45 minutes
- A brake test whenever it’s safe to do one
- Your result lodged with Transport for NSW straight away
- A booking confirmation by text and email
- No inspection fee for a second inspection within 14 days, if it fails
What costs extra
- Repairs and parts, quoted first and only done with your OK
- Towing, if it can’t be driven in. Ask us for a price
Before you come in
How long it takes
Allow 30 to 45 minutes. We book one vehicle an hour, so we’re ready for you when you arrive.
What to bring
- The car and its keys
- Your driver licence
- If it runs on gas (LPG or CNG), call us before you book, so we can check we can inspect it
How soon you can come in
Pick a day and a time window: morning (9am to 12pm), afternoon (12pm to 4pm) or both. Today and tomorrow show first when they’re free, and you can book up to 12 weeks ahead. Your confirmation gives the time you’re booked in for.
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What happens if it fails
Most fails are parts that wear out without you noticing, like tyres, globes, wiper blades and brake pads.
The report sets out why it failed, and we’ll show you what needs fixing. The price is the same whether it passes or fails.
You then have 14 days to get it repaired and back to us, and NSW’s rules make that second inspection free. After 14 days it’s a new inspection at the full price.
We can quote the repairs and do them here, or you can use any licensed repairer. Either way, it comes back to us for the second inspection.
A vehicle the technician finds dangerous fails as “failed dangerous”, and it can’t be driven or ridden until it’s repaired.
How it works
Step 1
Book online
Pick a day and a time window. That confirms your booking straight away.
Step 2
Keep your confirmation
We text and email it to you with the time you’re booked in for. It shows the vehicle is booked in for its inspection, so keep it with you on the way in.
Step 3
Bring it to Auburn
Come to 196 Parramatta Road at the time on your confirmation. Allow 30 to 45 minutes.
Step 4
Get your result and pay
A pass gives you your pink slip or blue slip report. If something needs fixing, we show you what. Either way, you pay by cash or card once it’s done.
Questions about pink slips
Can’t see yours? Ask us a question, or call or text.
Yes. A pink slip, an eSafety check, a safety inspection report and a rego inspection are all the same check, the one you need before renewing your rego. A vehicle that’s been unregistered for more than three months, or is coming from interstate, needs a blue slip instead.
Blue slip or pink slip?$52 for a car, SUV, ute or van and $29 for a motorcycle and from $27 for a caravan or trailer (with brakes, $41), including GST. You pay at the workshop, by cash or card, once it’s done. Any repairs are quoted separately and only done with your OK. Additional costs may apply depending on the specifications or modifications of your vehicle.
See every priceYes, if there’s a free window today. The booking form shows today and tomorrow first when they’re free, and your confirmation gives the time you’re booked in for.
30 to 45 minutes, once a technician has the car.
No. The technician reads the VIN off the car itself, so there’s nothing to dig out.
Six months from the inspection. Renew your rego within that time, or you’ll need a new one.
If it ran out less than three months ago, yes, and you renew as usual. After three months there’s nothing left to renew, so the vehicle needs a blue slip.
Blue slip inspectionsNo, every inspection is done here at the workshop, so you’ll need to bring the car in.
No. Booking online confirms it straight away, and we text and email your confirmation. Keep it with you on the way in.