Can't find a service? Dial 2-1-1 or 1-800-263-3695 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Service: Drive Clean Program A mandatory emissions test certain vehicles must pass prior to being licenced to drive on Ontario roads.  Drivers will be notified whether they require the test when they recieve thier licence registration renewal documents. Vehicles 7 years or older will get the test every 2 years and heavy-duty vehicles will require the test every year after 7 years.  Find out if a test is required  Search a vehicle's Drive Clean history  Tests must be performed at an accredited facility by a certified inspector. These private operators run the test and individuals are given a test report.  Find a test facility  To report a smoking vehicle call the toll-free number with the licence plate number, vehicle description, smoke colour, location, time and date when vehicle was seen. Mon-Fri 8 am-6 pm Call or visit website

The maximum fee that Drive Clean facilities may charge for a light-duty vehicle emissions test is $30. Heavy-duty vehicle fees vary. You can have up to two retests at $17.50 each after repairs, if the retests are conducted at the same facility as the initial test. All applicable taxes are extra.New Ontario Emission Test ProtestIn talking with a technician who performs these tests at a car dealership, its common practice to drive the cars for anywhere from 20 to 200 km's before testing. He states, pretty well every car requires some driving, otherwise a fail is guaranteed. Because now that we are testing the computer and not the actual exhaust emission. We must set up the computer to give the best possible codes to ensure a pass. Some cars require quite a long drive, sometimes exceeding 200kms. He said ministry received so many complaints, they had to refine their original parameters. But, he said, it still remains the same, we must drive the car, pollute the air, use up gasoline, just to try and get a pass.

New Ontario Emission Test ProtestOk Folks, we have an official Petition page now to sign up with, make sure we spread this page on our FB. http://www.scrapdriveclean.ca/Scrap Drive Clean.ca | From Drive Clean to Clean WalletNew Ontario Emission Test ProtestDoes anybody have any experiences from their test locations?New Ontario Emission Test ProtestDisconnected your battery for maintenance or a battery change? air purifier dust controlNow you must pay for a re-test after youve run the car long enough for the computer to regenerate any codes. new air purifier smells bad+ $$$$New Ontario Emission Test ProtestSo your car failed because it was not warmed up properly? best air purifier kitchen smellsGuess what needs to be done. It is required your car be driven for AN HOUR on city and Highway roads, then re-tested.

So now we pollute the air for an hour unnecessarily, to test if your polluting the air.New Ontario Emission Test ProtestWhats Changed: Before the car was tested with a series of tests which included the tailpipe being tested for carbon emissions. If your catalytic converter or any of your Oxygen sensors were faulty your emissions would be high. Replacing the converter or the bad O2 sensor would usually mean a Pass. Now, this is not done, instead a computer is plugged directly into the cars computer, and codes are downloaded. There are various reasons now that will fail your car, and none meaning your polluting the air any worse. A weak battery or even a car not at operating temperature will result in a fail.New Ontario Emission Test ProtestJust heard about a 2012 Impala with 10k kms Tested at a Known Dealership in Ottawa failed its test. Then driven for 1000k and still failed for unknown reasons. How can this car be sold now?New Ontario Emission Test ProtestHere is some good reading and some insight on this topic.

http://www.wheels.ca/…/drive-clean-has-outlived-its-useful…/Wheels.ca – Drive Clean has outlived its usefulnessNew Ontario Emission Test Protest updated their cover photo. CAA Vehicle Inspections Whether you’re purchasing a used vehicle or just want to be proactive about car care, CAA’s 139-point Vehicle Inspection Service is a thorough, affordable and objective way to spot potential problems. Our qualified technicians will provide an unbiased safety and computer scan, including a complete written report and explanation of the results, without the typical high-pressure repair pitch. Our full two-hour inspection covers everything from the engine and exhaust to the wipers and lights Each vehicle is road tested to check for abnormal noises or performance issues. Every inspection comes with a full report with comprehensive notes and comments on each point inspected. Emissions Test - Drive Clean Time to get your Drive Clean certificate? Book your emissions test at a participating CAA-approved auto repair facility today.

This program is run by the Ministry of Transportation; therefore, all tests cost the same amount regardless of test location or CAA membership status. Test Duration: approx. 30 min2015 GMC Extended Savana 2500Mileage: 25564Engine: 6.0L V8 Vehicles For SaleLooking for a work vehicle or a vehicle for your own personal transportation? If we don't have what you're looking for, ask us, we can find it for you.  Please look through our site at what we have to offer. If you have any questions or comments, please send us an e-mail or come in for a visit. Service DepartmentWe service All Makes & Models including Heavy Trucks and also provide Safety Inspections & Drive Clean Emissions Testing.In 1999, the Ontario government introduced the Ontario Drive Clean program with the primary goal of testing automobile emissions and identifying the most polluting vehicles. From its earliest days, Drive Clean has been marred by controversy. Participating dealers who purchased the testing equipment soon realized that the costs and resources outweighed any measureable benefits for car owners and for their businesses.

In fact, within a few years, many dealers had wished they could sell their testing equipment, citing it as too costly and inefficient to operate. Consumers dislike Drive Clean as well. They resent the time and expense they have to incur every two years to have their vehicles tested, a pointless exercise given that most late model cars and light trucks pass the emissions test with flying colours. A move to reexamine Drive Clean in Ontario has been reignited after concerns were raised in the Ontario Auditor General’s 2012 Annual Report. Auditor General Jim McCarter said in a statement that vehicle emissions have declined significantly since Drive Clean’s inception in 1999, to the point that they are no longer among the major domestic contributors to smog in Ontario. McCarter also said that Ministry estimates show that more than 75 per cent of the reduction in vehicle emissions is actually due to things like better manufacturing standards for emission-control equipment and federal requirements for cleaner fuel.

The Auditor General’s Report reveals that the worst polluting vehicles either “are exempt from emissions testing or will be tested using a less stringent method. The program’s light-duty component does not require vehicles built before 1988 to be tested, even though they would likely have about a 30% failure rate.” In addition, because vehicle owners don’t have to incur any repair costs if the repair estimate is more than $450, about 18,000 vehicles were not fully repaired in 2011. For 25 per cent of the vehicles with partial repairs, the emissions readings for all pollutants were actually worse after the repair. As if those inefficiencies weren’t enough, new car dealers are required to perform an emissions test on vehicles once they are relicensed for a second time, regardless if those vehicles are still under warranty. This added cost is most certainly passed onto the consumer in the pricing of the vehicle. It is totally unnecessary for late model vehicles to have their emissions tested, but again the government is only looking at increasing its revenue at the expense of the taxpayer.

Despite the fact that Drive Clean has almost no impact on the reduction of emissions in Ontario, the program lives on. Perhaps the biggest success of Drive Clean to date has been its ability to generate revenues for the government, to the tune of $30 million annually, according to the Auditor General’s Report. The Trillium Automobile Dealers Association has long been critical of Drive Clean. In light of the Auditor General’s Report, our Association is in favour scrapping the program altogether (British Columbia has announced that it will discontinue its Drive Clean program for light vehicles in 2014, and five U.S. states have already scrapped it). The latest news about Drive Clean (other than Auditor General’s observations) is that, starting on January 1st, 2013, a new test will read your car’s computer history to see if your vehicle meets emission standards. The new Drive Clean test for OBD equipped vehicles will ask for emissions control systems results directly from the vehicles’ OBD computer.