Did your car fail the inspection?

Repair notice, failed or driving ban?

The result on the inspection certificate tells you what happens next.

Passed + repair notice (hyväksytty + korjauskehotus). The car has a minor fault, but it passed. You may drive it, and the fault must be repaired within a reasonable time. No re-inspection is needed.

Failed (hylätty). The car has a serious fault and did not pass. According to Traficom's guidance, it may be driven only once the faults behind the rejection are repaired, and even then for up to two months from the rejection, if the car was inspected on time. You have one month from the rejection for the re-inspection.

Driving ban (ajokielto). The car has a dangerous fault, so it failed and was banned from driving. It may not be driven until the faults are repaired and the car has passed an inspection. It may be taken to a workshop and back to the inspection only with the inspector's permit or a transfer permit. You have one month from the rejection for the re-inspection.

A repair notice is recorded in the register and drops off at the next periodic inspection once the fault is repaired.

What to do after a failed inspection

1. Read the inspection certificate. It lists the faults and how each was classed. Also check whether a driving ban sticker was fixed to the car. The sticker may not be removed or covered.
2. If the car has a driving ban, do not drive it. It may be taken for repair and back to the inspection only with the inspector's permit or a transfer permit.
3. Send us the inspection report with the form below, or call.
4. Have the faults repaired. The law requires the faults behind a rejection to be repaired as soon as possible.
5. Take the car to the re-inspection within one month of the rejection. You choose the station.

Inspection fault repairs: what we fix

We do these repairs. Each job has its own page that says what the work includes.

• Brakes: front brake pad and disc replacement, brake caliper replacement and brake fluid change.
• Suspension and steering: suspension repair, ball joint replacement, track rod end replacement, anti-roll bar link replacement, shock absorber replacement, wheel bearing replacement and CV boot replacement.
• Lights: headlight alignment.
• Exhaust emissions and the exhaust system: exhaust repair, lambda sensor replacement and diesel particulate filter cleaning.
• Tyres: seasonal tyre change and balancing, with the tyres already on their rims. We do not sell tyres or fit them to rims.

We also check the parts next to the listed ones on the lift, so the same fault does not fail the car again.

We also repair the body and underbody rust that fails an inspection. How much rust repair the car needs, and its price, becomes clear once we see the car on the lift.

There are things we do not do. We hold no inspection licence, so the inspection and the re-inspection are done by an inspection station. We do no accident repair or painting.

How the repair price is set

The price comes from the inspection report and the car's details. We read the report item by item. The registration number tells us the car's make, model and engine, and those decide which parts fit and how long the work takes. If the report does not show what causes a fault, we first suggest the check it needs, such as diagnostics.

We give you the price before work starts, and tell you whether it is a fixed price, a maximum price or an estimate. Work starts only once you have accepted the price. If something else turns up during the work, we call you first. The rules for additional work are further down this page.

Repair and re-inspection, step by step

1. Send the report or call. If you no longer have the report, write the faults in the form's additional information.
2. We call you. We go through the details and give you a repair estimate or suggest a check before work starts.
3. We agree a time. The time you ask for is a request until we confirm it by phone.
4. The repair. We check the repaired item before the car goes to the re-inspection.
5. The re-inspection. You take the car to the re-inspection within one month of the rejection, at the station you choose.
6. The station's decision. The inspection station decides whether the car passes, so we cannot promise that it will.