Department of Transport Inspection Station

If your vehicle fails an inspection, you will be given a list of items that will need to be rectified before the vehicle can be presented again for a re-inspection. These items will need to be rectified by yourself or a repairer. Once all of the items are rectified you can bring the vehicle in for a re-inspection within a month of your initial inspection. If the vehicle is brought back after a month from the initial, it will be a full inspection cost again.

Vehicle inspections are set prices by the DOT so these cannot be changed by a licensed inspector. All prices are GST Free and are due on collection of the vehicle.

For an initial inspection on a vehicle that is either unlicenced, has received a yellow sticker or is changing from another state into WA the price currently is $187.90.

For a re-inspection if the vehicle fails and is reinspected within a month of the initial inspection is $124.

D.O.T Audit and monitor the system and have the final say on all vehicles. The system automatically detects certain vehicle criteria and flags it as needing attention. The processes that are in place are there to keep you and other road users safe on our roads.

No, The D.O.T controls all pricing and the DOT system creates the invoice.

D.O.T requires a full inspection to confirm the vehicle is roadworthy, regardless of how long it was registered before, or regardless of the age of the vehicle.

Unfortunately, this is incorrect. All yellow stickers require a full inspection, this is written on the lower part of your yellow sticker.

The dealer or previous owner may have purchased the vehicle like this and not been aware of the illegal items on the vehicle. Unless the dealer or purchaser of the vehicle was to carry out a Department Of Transport Inspection some illegal items may not come up. For example, if someone fits a long range fuel tank to a vehicle and never gets the modification permits and approval when fitting this would be classed as illegal in Western Australia. This is normally not found until the vehicle gets a yellow sticker or runs out of rego and then has to be inspected.

These lights are fault lights to let you know there is a problem. When the light is on the safety feature is NOT working and in an accident could cause injury or death.

Under D.O.T rules any item added or replaced with a non-factory item requires a permit. For example if your car came out with cast manifolds from the factory, as soon as you fit aftermarket extractors you need a permit. You can purchase one through the Department of Transport Website. Click here for more info - https://www.transport.wa.gov.au/licensing/modify-a-light-vehicle-simple-inspection.asp

The fitment of an immobilizer falls upon the purchaser to organise and must be done when a car becomes unregistered or its a eastern states transfer. This is a Western Australia government law and is required on vehicles from 1991 onwards.

Once you have finished the repairs the vehicle must first be examined at a WOVA station, please go to this link to ensure you have carried out all the required steps before presenting the vehicle for inspection at a Department of Transport Inspection Station as the vehicle can not be passed with out the required WOVA forms. (https://www.transport.wa.gov.au/licensing/license-a-repairable-written-off-vehicle.asp)https://www.transport.wa.gov.au/licensing/license-a-repairable-written-off-vehicle.asp

To obtain an extension you must have a Department Of Transport Inspection carried out. You can only get an extension if there is nothing dangerous on your vehicle for example Bald tyres. Once inspected D.O.T allow a max of 2 weeks for 1st extension, 2 weeks for 2nd extension and 1 week for 3rd extension. There are sometimes exceptions to the rule like waiting for engineering approval from DOT. All extensions require the vehicle to have a Full Inspection first. The inspection does not guarantee D.O.T will grant you an extension.