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• Window Tint with less then 32% light transmission will fail.• You can only charge the labor for a

failed inspection.• Hybrids 1996 and newer in an

emission county get an OBD inspection.

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• Vehicles that over 35 year old receive no safety inspection.• All paper work pertaining to NCSI is

maintained for not less then 18 months.• All vehicles must be raised during an

inspection.

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• If any part of the Evap System is disconnected the vehicle fails NCSI.• All Front Windshield wipers must be

in good working order.• All NCSI poster must be displayed in

view of the customer.• Stoplights are inoperative vehicle will

fail NCSI.

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• Shocks are part of steering.• You must calibrate your tint meter

Prior to each vehicle tint test.• Failed vehicles can be repaired at

another facility.• November of 2008 NCSI fee went to

$13.60 for a vehicle that passed.

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• Safety Emission license in valid for 4 years.• Tires will fail for side wall or tread

separation.• GVWR of heavy duty vehicles is

8500lbs and up.

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• GVWR over 10,000lbs requires a left and right door mirror.• Condensation in a light lens is not a

reason to fail NCSI.• Brake noise is a reason to do a visual

to determine pass or fail.• The windshield in not part of the

NCSI.

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• Technicians license is revoked or expired will not do any NCSI inspections.• Inspection fees are non taxable.• Parking lights on or near the front

are to be: clear, white, or amber.• Headlamp aim is to be check with

every inspection.

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• Brakes will fail for, leaking air, vacuum, or fluid.• You can not have more then two (2)

backup lamps on one (1) switch.• Customers must approve all repairs.• Failed vehicles have 60 days to be

re-inspected.

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• Brakes will fail if the linings are cracked.• Motorcycles are required to have

only one (1) brake.• To do NCSI you must have a drivers

license that is valid in NC.• Committing a type one inspection

violation you can loose your license for 6 months.

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• Brakes fail NCSI for low fluid.• Customer must sign VIRS and repair

order.• Trailers with a GVWR of 4000lbs are

required to have at less one (1) stoplight.• CV boot are not part of an NCSI

inspection.

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• All LED tail and or brake lights must work at 100%.• There are 48 NCSI/OBD counties in

NC.• High beam indicator must work to

pass NCSI.

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• All tag lights must work.• 2/32” is the minimum allowable

tread depth of a tire.• If a vehicle is presented for a NCSI

you must complete it even if it is going to fail.• Aftermarket or auxiliary lights are

not part of a NCSI.

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• To obtain a NCSI license you must take the required courses.• NCDMV audits can be conducted

more then once per year.• The degree of difficulty to perform a

NCSI dose not change the amount you can charge.

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• Your NCSI license must be issued by NCDMV.• Re-inspection must be done within

60 days of the initial inspection. • Aftermarket window tint inspection

has a mandatory addition charge of $10.00.

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• You are required to perform a proper inspection for the DMV.• Guilford Ct is and OBD county.• A flux capacitor is not part of the

NCSI.• Vehicles that move into NC must

comply with all NCSI laws

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• You are never to use the access code of another NCSI tech.• Safety re-inspection you inspect only

the failed item.• 1995 and older vehicles receive a

safety with a visual on emission components.

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