Chesapeake Exxon

They wanted $ 80 for three light bulbs to be changed.

I think the people complaining on here are upset that their cars didn’t pass for valid reason and weren’t expecting another couple hundred dollars added to their moving to Maryland expenses. I moved here many years ago, brought 3 cars with me. They inspected each one and each on did need slight repairs to pass. I completed the repairs at Chesapeake Exxon. For the most part it was brakes and tires and some light bulbs and honestly I knew they were needed anyways. Fast forward a few years and all of those cars are still in my possession and still running great. All maintained by the staff at Chesapeake Exxon. They’ve always been upfront, honest, reasonably priced and very kind. I’ve recommended this place to several friends that have moved here too, some got their work done else where and were never charged a reinspection fee that many have talked about on here. I’ve even used their towing a few times. If your coming to Maryland, especially the Annapolis area I strongly urge you to consider this review as guidance from someone who’s been where you are now.

This place was horrible. Took it here to have the car inspected and they failed me 5 times! — The car was my grandmothers– had 40K miles on it and was 12-​years old. (Keep in mind they charge you $ 40.00 every time you re-​inspect it).
Every time i asked for a reason they said the Brakes do not work. I would ask what we need to do to fix them, and every time the guy would say try this and try that. We did everything he asked and he failed it the 5^th and last time. I was done after 6-​months of trying to do what he said and the 5^th time he failed it — he simply wrote «brakes don’t work» — YES they do! so i took it to superior auto on RT. 3 that evening. The guy was awesome, told me all i needed was ball joints fixed. We fixed them and took it back for re-​inspection (and he did not charge a re-​inspection fee!) and passed us! The guy with superior pretty much said the guy at Exxon was jerking us around or did not know what he was doing at all!
DO NOT TAKE YOUR CAR HERE TO BE MARYLAND STATE INSPECTED!

Got a MD state inspection from here simply because this was the only place the MVA could tell me that did inspections. I should have done some research first. They charged me $ 89, failed my vehicle, and told me I needed $ 800 work of work done. I explained that I had just passed the NC annually required inspection 6 months prior, and asked for more details on what failed. The checklist they gave me had one word chicken scratch writing next to the failed items and they did a miserable job of elaborating on the details of what needed to be repaired. I think they were hoping I would just tell them to go ahead and do the repairs.
After they gave me this $ 800 estimate, I looked up some reviews and found other people online that were unhappy with Chesapeake Exxon doing their inspection as well. Instead of paying them $ 800 to do the repairs that they claimed I needed. I took my vehicle to PEPBOYS the very next day and paid $ 50 for a new inspection. Chesapeake Exxon was going to charge me another $ 39 for the re-​inspection anyway.
PEPBOYS called me and said that I needed a headlight restoration because the inside of my left headlight was fogged over and it would cost me another $ 50 if I wanted them to do do the work that same day. So in total it cost me $ 100 at PEPBOYS for my MD inspection and repairs. I wasted $ 89 at the Exxon and I will never go back, not even for gas, to this station.

The mechanic was very friendly, and above all honest! I got my car inspected here (It costs $ 79) and was concerned about getting ripped off. I would definitely recommend taking your car here!

These guys are a rip off!!! I took my vehicle in for inspection 3 times and each time they found more things that needed to be fixed. They finally passed it $ 1000 later after I agreed to get the additional repairs completed there. They were rude, slow, expensive, and didn’t except repair completed by another shop. I will never go back for repairs or even get gas from them.