Failed your pink slip?
Here's what happens next.
The 14-day rule, the repair quote and the re-check.
Quick answer
- If your car fails a safety check, you need to make the repairs before you can renew the registration.
- If you complete the repairs within 14 days and take the vehicle back to the same station, the NSW Government says no extra inspection fees apply.
- If the repairs are done after the 14 days, you need to pay another inspection fee.
- Once it passes, you can renew your registration online.
- Failed here? You keep the report, and the work we do is quoted in writing on the spot.
- Failed somewhere else? We quote the repair first. An inspection here is a new pink slip, $52.
Checked on against Safety checks and vehicle inspections (nsw.gov.au), eSafety checks, pink slips (Service NSW) and Vehicle safety check and inspection fees (nsw.gov.au).
What happens if my car fails a pink slip?
- Repair it first
- The NSW Government says you need to make the repairs before you can renew the registration.
- You keep the report
- It lists what failed, so the repair can be quoted.
- Then it passes
- Once the repairs are made and the car passes, you can renew online.
Do I pay again for the re-check?
- Within 14 days, same station
- If you complete the repairs within 14 days and take the vehicle back to the same station, the NSW Government says no extra inspection fees apply.
- After 14 days
- If the repairs are done after the 14 days, you need to pay another inspection fee.
- A different station
- The rule is for the station that did the inspection. Going to another station means a new inspection.
This is the NSW Government's rule for safety checks (pink slips).
Failed somewhere else? Can you fix it and inspect it?
- Bring the report
- It tells us what failed.
- The repair, quoted first
- For the work we do: parts and labour, itemised, in writing before anything is touched.
- Then a new inspection
- An inspection here is a new pink slip, $52, the most Transport for NSW allows.
- Or go back to them
- Within the 14 days, the station that failed it can re-check it with no extra inspection fees.
What will the repair cost?
It depends on what failed. Anything without a published price is quoted in writing, parts and labour itemised, before it is touched.
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What if it fails here?
- You keep the report
- The car needs the repair before the registration can be renewed.
- A written quote on the spot
- For the work we do: parts and labour, itemised, before anything is touched.
- Approve it, and it is done here
- We do the work and re-inspect here. Where parts are available, the slip is issued the same day.
- Or take it elsewhere
- Decline and you pay only the inspection fee. You can have the repair done anywhere.
Questions
Still have a question?
Call 0433 950 192
What happens if my car fails a pink slip?
You need to make the repairs before you can renew the registration. Here you keep the report and, for the work we do, get an itemised written quote on the spot. Approve it and we do the work and re-inspect here.
Do I have to pay for the re-check?
The NSW Government's rule: complete the repairs within 14 days and take the car back to the same station, and no extra inspection fees apply. If the repairs are done after the 14 days, you need to pay another inspection fee.
I failed my pink slip somewhere else. Can you fix it?
Yes, for the work we do: bring the report and we quote the repair in writing first. An inspection here is then a new pink slip, $52. Within the 14 days, the station that failed it can re-check it with no extra inspection fees.
Can I renew online once it passes?
Yes. The pass is sent to Transport for NSW electronically, so you can renew online.
What are the most common pink slip fails?
Worn tyres, uneven braking, a lamp out, tint darker than the NSW limit, windscreen damage in front of the driver, seatbelts, the airbag lamp, leaks and structural rust. Our checklist page has the detail.
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- Mon to Sat 8:30am to 5:30pm
Sunday 9:00am to 5:00pm - Phone
- 0433 950 192
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