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Post date: Jun 20, 2016 8:51:14 PM
Yes, when a vehicle owner repairs a vehicle themselves or has another shop perform the work, they will need to pay for the second inspection before the vehicle can receive an inspection sticker. It is important that a vehicle owner understands that when a vehicle fails inspection they are not required to have the repairs performed at the inspection station. The PA Safety Inspection manual states that:
"The vehicle owner shall be allowed to make his (or her) own repairs or to select anyone else he (or she) desires to do them for him."
That being said, it is important to realize that when the vehicle leaves the inspection station and is not under the care of the inspection mechanic, it is required to receive a full inspection upon return. The inspecting mechanic has no way to know what type of damage it may have encountered since it was last inspected. (There are numerous things that could cause damage rather quickly such as driving away with the emergency brake on or hitting a pothole.) When a failed vehicle leaves an inspection station without being repaired it is also critical that the inspection station record the inspection in their inspection records (MV-431) as a "failed vehicle".
When the vehicle returns and has a second inspection performed, the vehicle owner will be subject to the fee for that inspection as well. If the vehicle passes, it will then be recorded in the inspection records (MV-431) with the passing vehicles and the vehicle owner will also have to pay the sticker fee.
This is also the reason PA regulations require that the inspection fee be posted separate from the sticker fee. If an inspection station had an inspection fee of $40 and a sticker fee of $6, in the first example the vehicle would have to pay $40 for their failing vehicle and when it returned they would have to pay $46 for the vehicle when it passes, because it would also be receiving an inspection sticker.
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