Recently, Top Bikes Philippines wrote about the list of requirements needed in the step-by-step process car owners can expect when they submit their units for inspection and testing at the new Private Motor Vehicle Inspection Centers (PMVIC).
At least 32 newly constructed PMVICs will soon be operational after the Land Transportation Office (LTO) releases the official implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for their operations. Twenty six of these PMVICs are located in Metro Manila.
Targeting a full-complement of 138 PMVICs stationed in different parts of the country, the opening of these modern facilities will result in the closure of around 1,000 Private Emission Testing Centers.
We can only imagine the pandemonium this can trigger during the transition period so we are here to help inform the motoring community on what’s going to happen soon.
From just a single process (emission testing), the new process involves at least 62 vehicle parts that will undergo ocular and computer testing at any PMVIC facility.
We suspect it’s been a long time since you’ve seen a comprehensive list of vehicle components that need to be inspected. Even if just one of these parts do not pass the standards set by the LTO, it means forfeiting the P1,800 and P600 testing fee for cars and motorcycles, respectively—unless the LTO makes last-minute changes in the IRR.
To give the motorists enough time to prepare their vehicles, we list the parts that need to be in good shape in order to pass this new process. Read on:
Above Carriage:
1) Body appearance
2) Chassis
3) Engine
4) Handlebars (motorbikes)
5) Wiper/washer
6) Windshield/window glass (no cracks, leaks)
7) Headlights (illumination, proper beam level)
8) Signal lights (front)
9) Signal lights (rear)
10) Parking lights (front)
11) Parking lights (rear)
12) Brake lights
13) Reverse lights
14) Clearance lights
15) Number plate/lights
16) Hazard lights
17) Reflectors lights
18) Interior lights
19) Top light (taxi units)
20) Seatbelts
21) Horn
22) Door/hinges
23) Floorboard
24) Side mirrors/rearview mirror
25) Clutch system
26) Brake system
27) Driver’s/passengers’ seat
28) Steering
29) Tires/wheels (includes camber/alignment)
30) Wheel bolts/nuts
31) Fuel tank/cap
32) Panel gauges
Under chassis:
1) Radiator
2) Engine bracket/mounting
3) Engine oil leakage
4) Transmission oil leakage
5) Steering ball joints
6) Steering fluid leakages/gearbox mounting
7) Steering idler/sector shaft
8) Front shackle eyes/pins/bushes
9) Rear shackle eyes/pins/bushes
10) Stabilizers/bushes
11) Kingpins and bearings
12) Front suspension joints/bushes
13) Rear suspension joints/bushes
14) Rear linkages
15) Brake hoses/pipes/cylinders
16) Fuel hoses/pipes
17) Spring U bolts/nuts
18) Spring clips
19) Shock absorbers
20) Driveshaft bolts/nuts
21) Differential oil leakage
22) Propeller shaft coupling
23) Exhaust pipes and silencer (noise level and leakages)
24) Chassis frame
25) Chassis cross-member
26) Body floorboard
27) Power steering
28) Parking brake wire
29) Mobile air conditioner (MAC)
Others: Early warning device, body color, speedometer calibration
This is quite a long list, right? But you better take this seriously because the test results will find its way to the LTO data bank since the PMVIC’s computer system is linked to the agency on a real-time basis.
