I too cannot believe we still have this stupid thing. The last two years I've had to get it and had to wait over and hour each time at my local e-check place. And it's like once I'm in line, it's basically the only night I have to go get one and I end up sandwiched in between people behind me and stuck there waiting. With the tests being free, how are places like Lube Stop making any freaking money by doing these one after another instead of actually handling oil changes and the other minor repairs they take care of?

^By fixing what made you fail

I don't think those places do exhaust work, do they? I mean, I guess they might. I thought all they did was oil changes and minor stuff.

Often the reason a car's exhaust is dirty isn't due to exhaust components themselves but rather tune-up-type issues.

The tests aren't free they're fully subsidized by bonds from the the big tobacco settlement with the state.

The tests aren't free they're fully subsidized by bonds from the the big tobacco settlement with the state.

 

True, (Tim Grendell's Idea I'm pretty sure) & this is a state fund, so the generous folks of FRANKLIN County are included in footing the bill for "Fedor's Folly".  :wink:

 

I'd rather not deal with this inconvenience, so be it for what it's cost me already...... they got my Caravan off the road by blowing the head gasket in their facility... yay for them, score one for big politics!  Now just waiting for 2 vehicles to turn 25 so I can finally register then once again without this nuisance .

 

Wonder what they are going to do with the info structure they invested in when the 1995 cars turn 25 in 2020, will it finally go away then? (doubtfully)

 

 

http://ohioecheck.info/

 

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Beginning January 1, 2020,  the Ohio E-Check program will be conducted exclusively through the use of the OBD II test and the tailpipe method of testing will be discontinued.

The Ohio E-Check Program currently includes two inspection procedures. Depending on the model year, each vehicle is currently subjected to either:

1) A Tailpipe Emission Test (for 1995 and older vehicles); or

2) An Inspection of its On-Board Diagnostic II (OBD II) system, which independently monitors the performance of the vehicle's emission control systems and related components.

The OBD II testing method allows for a more efficient and less costly testing program and requires less time for the motorist.

Ohio's vehicle test program requires emission testing for vehicles from 4 through 25 years old. The tailpipe emissions test was necessary because only vehicles manufactured in 1996 and later were required to be equipped with a standardized OBD system for emissions testing purposes. In 2020, the vehicles from model year 1996 through 2016 will be tested. Because vehicles manufactured prior to 1996 are no longer subject to emissions testing, tailpipe testing is no longer needed, and will be discontinued on January 1, 2020.

 

 

 

I do not understand why these are only located in the CLE area. I think there are two in Columbus, but I do not see them anywhere else in the state. 

It's a Western Reserve thing.

 

http://ctemissions.com/

Just an FYI, there are no E-Checks in Metro Columbus.  E-Check program counties are Cuyahoga; Geauga; Lake; Lorain; Medina; Portage; and Summit.

Yep Cleveland metro only. Cincy's was shut down maybe 10 years ago.

I think a better question is:  Why does the rest of the state NOT still have the E-Check program.  Looking at the worst air quality lists shows that Cincinnati has the worst air of any city in the state, yet we don't have to do the E-Check.  I lived in the Atlanta metro for 3 years where they have a similar E-Check program that requires re-checking every year in order to get your registration renewed.  It was quite easy to do, usually no long lines to deal with (unless you went to the cheapest possible places on a weekend) there were independent checking companies along with most dealerships having the testing equipment.  The one interesting part was the fee that was charged could vary from $12ish to $25+ and each county seemed to have different minimum and maximum pricing.