RepairWatch

Georgia's Clean Air Force (GCAF) produces a quarterly repair effectiveness report called RepairWatch. Repair facilities that meet the following criteria are listed in the RepairWatch Public Report booklet, which is available for public viewing at all Georgia emission testing stations:

• The facility must have completed 12 or more emissions-related repairs within the designated six (6) month reporting period;

• the vehicle emissions retest passage rates on the FIRST retest must be 80 percent or better;

• the vehicles must receive all the recommended emissions-related repairs; and

• if the facility is also a testing station, the station certificate cannot be suspended or revoked at the time the report is written.

This report is developed by collecting and analyzing data related to emissions repairs and repair facilities. This information, taken from the Emissions Repair Form, is entered into a database by the emissions inspector at the time of the emissions retest. Repair and retest information is compiled according to the repair facility telephone number entered on the form; this determines which repair facility was associated with the vehicle repairs. To help ensure the accuracy of this report, it is vital that the repair facility telephone number and name are entered correctly.

Repair facilities are listed in alphabetical order by city and business name and numerically by zip code.

Vehicle Repair Information
Before having emissions-related repairs performed, it is important to determine the types of repairs a repair facility performs. Ask your prospective repair shop if they perform OBD-related repairs.

Disclaimer
The RepairWatch Public Report is not intended as a recommendation or endorsement by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) or their Management Contractor of the facilities included therein. The report is intended only a resource to help vehicle owners locate repair facilities that conduct emissions-related repairs. Inclusion in this report does not signify that these repair facilities possess particular repair skills or that they are the only such facilities qualified to make emissions-related repairs. Rather, the facilities included in the report are those facilities that have made emissions-related repairs within the six month reporting period on at least 12 vehicles that failed their initial emissions inspection, and those vehicles had all recommended emissions-related repairs made prior to the first retest. Additionally, because of the nature of the information included in the report and the manner in which it is compile the EPD and their Management Contractor make no representations as to and do not warrant its accuracy.

It is important to remember it remains your right and responsibility as a consumer to evaluate and choose a repair facility.