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Not combinable with other offers.",null,"oil-change",{"id":15,"title":16,"seoTitle":17,"description":18,"seoDescription":19,"offer":20,"terms":21,"expiresAt":12},"30-off-repairs-over-300","$30 Off Any Repair Service Over $300","$30 Off Any Repair Over $300 | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","Take $30 off any repair service with a total over $300 — brakes, suspension, cooling system, electrical, whatever the finding was.","Save $30 on any repair service over $300 at Fogg’s Automotive Fleet & Service Center in Scotia, NY, serving Schenectady and the Capital Region. One per visit.","$30 OFF","Repair services only; excludes tires, batteries and NYS inspection fees. One per vehicle per visit. Not combinable with other offers.",{"id":23,"title":24,"seoTitle":25,"description":26,"seoDescription":27,"offer":28,"terms":29,"expiresAt":12},"wiper-blades-2-off","Wiper Blades — $2 Off Per Blade + Free Installation","Wiper Blades $2 Off + Free Install | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","Winter is hard on wipers. Get $2 off each blade and free installation when you buy a pair — done in the lane while you wait.","Wiper blades $2 off per blade with free installation on a pair at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY, near Schenectady. Replace streaking blades before the first ice storm.","$2 OFF","Free installation with purchase of a pair. Rear blades priced separately. Not combinable with other offers.",{"id":31,"title":32,"seoTitle":33,"description":34,"seoDescription":35,"offer":36,"terms":37,"expiresAt":12,"serviceSlug":38},"free-multi-point-inspection","Free Multi-Point Inspection","Free Multi-Point Inspection | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","A technician checks brakes, tires, fluids, belts, hoses, battery, lights and the underbody, and you get a written report sorted into now, soon and fine — no purchase required.","Free multi-point inspection at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY, minutes from Schenectady: brakes, tires, fluids, battery, lights and underbody with a written report.","FREE","No purchase necessary. By appointment or as bay availability allows. Visual inspection; measured diagnostics quoted separately.","engine-diagnostics",{"id":40,"title":41,"seoTitle":42,"description":43,"seoDescription":44,"offer":45,"terms":46,"expiresAt":12,"serviceSlug":47},"20-off-wheel-alignment","$20 Off Wheel Alignment","$20 Off Wheel Alignment | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","Pothole season is alignment season. Save $20 on a four-wheel alignment on our Hunter rack, with the before-and-after printout.","Save $20 on a wheel alignment at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY, serving Schenectady and Saratoga County. Hunter rack, before-and-after printout, most vehicles.","$20 OFF","Most vehicles. Lifted trucks and dual-rear-wheel vehicles quoted separately. Not combinable with other offers.","wheel-alignment",{"id":49,"title":50,"seoTitle":51,"description":52,"seoDescription":53,"offer":36,"terms":54,"expiresAt":12,"serviceSlug":55},"free-fleet-consultation","Fleet Account Consultation","Free Fleet Account Consultation | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","A 5-minute quote walkthrough of your vehicles, their service intervals and how billing would work — one monthly invoice, per-vehicle history, FMC or national-account billing if you use one. Two work vehicles is enough.","Free 5-minute fleet quote at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY, minutes from Schenectady: intervals, priority repair and billing setup for 2+ vehicles.","No obligation. Bring registrations and recent repair history if you have it. By appointment with the fleet desk, Monday–Friday 7:30 AM–6:00 PM.","fleet-maintenance-program",{"id":57,"title":58,"seoTitle":59,"description":60,"seoDescription":61,"offer":62,"terms":63,"expiresAt":12,"serviceSlug":64},"fleet-nys-inspections","NYS Inspections Batched for Fleets","Fleet NYS Inspections Batched — $21 Each | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","Schedule three or more fleet units together and we run the New York State safety and emissions inspections in one morning at the state fee, with every bulb and line checked before the paperwork starts.","Batched New York State inspections for fleets at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY, near Schenectady: schedule 3+ units together, $21 state fee each, early drop-off.","$21 EA.","State-regulated fee for most passenger vehicles and light trucks in Schenectady County; heavy vehicles differ. Three or more units scheduled together. Repairs for failed items quoted separately.","nys-inspection",{"city":66,"service":91,"pair":149,"enServiceSlug":64,"enSvc":64,"esSvc":160,"siblings":161},{"slug":67,"name":68,"county":69,"driveMinutes":70,"distanceMiles":71,"directions":72,"localNote":73,"zips":74,"faqs":76,"commonWork":83,"featuredServices":88},"niskayuna","Niskayuna","Schenectady County",15,8,"Two good routes. Balltown Rd (Route 146) north over the Rexford Bridge, then left onto Glenridge Rd and west about five miles to Route 50; turn south and the Fogg’s campus is about a mile down. Or Union St \u002F Route 7 into Schenectady, Erie Blvd to Freemans Bridge Rd, across the river and onto Route 50 north. About 15 minutes either way — the Glenridge Rd route skips downtown lights, the Freemans Bridge route skips the Rexford Bridge backup at rush hour.","Niskayuna is engineer country — GE Global Research and Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory on River Rd, and a school district that keeps two- and three-car households on tight weekday schedules. Our Niskayuna customers tend to arrive with a scan-tool printout and a question already half-answered, and they appreciate that we show measurements instead of adjectives. Balltown Rd and Route 7 pothole and brine wear, hybrids bought for the Albany commute, and the fall inspection-sticker scramble are most of what Niskayuna brings us; a growing number of home-health and medical-courier vans working the Niskayuna–Schenectady loop are on fleet accounts too.",[75],"12309",[77,80],{"q":78,"a":79},"Do you work on hybrids? Half of Niskayuna seems to drive a Prius or a RAV4 Hybrid.","Yes, every day. The Niskayuna hybrid pattern is specific: the 12-volt auxiliary battery — not the big pack — is what strands a Prius on Balltown Rd in January, and regenerative braking leaves pads thick while Route 7 salt seizes caliper pins and pits rotors. We test both batteries under load, measure the brakes, and read hybrid codes alongside the engine codes that feed the NYS inspection.",{"q":81,"a":82},"Is it faster for me to come over the Rexford Bridge or through Schenectady?","Mid-day, the Rexford Bridge and Glenridge Rd — no downtown lights, about 15 minutes. At rush hour the Rexford Bridge backs up, so Route 7 to Erie Blvd and Freemans Bridge Rd is the better bet. Either way we reserve a bay for your arrival window; tell us which way you are coming and we will stage the paperwork.",[84,85,86,87],"Hybrid service for Niskayuna’s Prius-and-RAV4 households — 12-volt batteries, salt-seized brake hardware, high-voltage pack health checks","Check-engine diagnostics ($89–$149, credited) before the sticker expires — a lit light fails the OBD-II emissions portion of the NYS inspection","Balltown Rd and Route 7 pothole damage: bent wheels, wheel bearings and alignments on the Hunter rack","Home-health and courier vans working the Niskayuna–Schenectady loop on fleet PM intervals with one monthly invoice",[38,89,64,90,47,13],"brake-repair","hybrid-vehicle-service",{"slug":64,"title":92,"shortTitle":93,"category":94,"icon":95,"excerpt":96,"answerCapsule":97,"description":98,"symptoms":103,"includes":111,"price":119,"turnaround":123,"fleetNote":124,"faqs":125,"relatedServices":138,"relatedSymptoms":142,"seo":146},"New York State Inspection","NYS Inspection","maintenance","lucide:clipboard-check","Annual NYS safety and OBD-II emissions inspection at the state-regulated $21 fee — usually while you wait, batched by appointment for fleets.","A New York State inspection at Fogg’s Automotive Fleet & Service Center in Scotia, NY, minutes from Schenectady, costs the state-regulated $21 for most passenger vehicles — $10 safety plus $11 OBD-II emissions — and takes about 30 minutes. A lit check engine light fails the emissions portion. Fail here, and re-inspection within 30 days carries no additional inspection fee.",[99,100,101,102],"Every vehicle registered in New York has to pass a safety and emissions inspection once every 12 months at a DMV-licensed station, and the sticker expires at the end of the month printed on it. Newly registered vehicles — a car you just bought from a private seller, a van you just brought in from out of state — must be inspected within 10 days of registration. Fogg’s is a New York State licensed inspection station on Route 50 in Scotia, and with 27 bays an inspection rarely means a long wait.","The safety portion is a hands-on check of the equipment that keeps you on the road: brakes including the parking brake, steering linkage and front end, suspension, tires (anything at 2\u002F32″ or less fails), wheel fasteners, headlights, brake lights, turn signals and other lamps, horn, mirrors, wiper blades and washers, the windshield and other glass, seat belts, the fuel system for leaks, the exhaust system for leaks and missing components, and the chassis and frame for rust perforation. The emissions portion for 1996-and-newer gas vehicles under 8,501 lbs is the OBD-II test: the inspector plugs into your vehicle’s computer and checks that the check engine light is off, that no emissions codes are stored, and that the readiness monitors have completed. A battery disconnect or a recently cleared code leaves monitors “not ready,” which is a failure even with no light on — drive 50–100 miles of mixed city and highway first. Older vehicles and gas vehicles over 8,500 lbs get a visual low-enhanced emissions check instead; Schenectady County is not in the downstate diesel emissions program, so diesels here get the safety inspection only.","What fails most often in the Capital Region is what salt and brine do over a winter: rust-perforated brake lines, rotted-out exhaust pipes and flex sections, tie rods and ball joints with play, frame rust on older pickups, windshields cracked by Route 7 gravel through the wiper sweep, and tires worn to 2\u002F32″ after a season of Glenridge Road hills. If your vehicle fails, nothing is repaired without your approval — you get a measured quote at our published prices, and you’re free to take it elsewhere. Under NYS DMV rules a vehicle that fails may be re-inspected at the same station within 30 days with no additional inspection fee; only the repairs themselves are billed.","For fleets, the inspection is a scheduling problem more than a mechanical one. We track every unit’s sticker expiration on the account, batch inspections by month so vans and trucks come through in staged groups rather than one emergency at a time, fold any repairs into the same visit, and put the completed inspection in the vehicle’s service record alongside the PM history. New York’s current stickers are printed on demand with a QR code, so there is no waiting on a sticker book — the vehicle leaves legal.",[104,105,106,107,108,109,110],"Inspection sticker expires this month or has already lapsed","You just registered a vehicle in New York — 10 days to inspect","Check engine light is on, or codes were recently cleared","Brake, exhaust, or steering noises you’ve been putting off","A crack in the windshield within the wiper sweep","Tires worn near 2\u002F32″ after a Capital Region winter","Fleet units with expirations scattered across the calendar",[112,113,114,115,116,117,118],"Full NYS safety inspection — brakes, steering, suspension, tires, lights, glass, belts, fuel, exhaust, frame","OBD-II emissions test (1996+ gas vehicles under 8,501 lbs) with readiness-monitor check","Low-enhanced visual emissions inspection for older or heavier gas vehicles","Electronic NYS inspection sticker with QR code, printed on the spot","Measured, photographed quote on any failed item at published prices","Re-inspection within 30 days at the same station — no additional inspection fee","Fleet accounts: expiration tracking, monthly batching, and results logged per vehicle",{"low":120,"high":120,"unit":121,"note":122},21,"state-regulated fee","New York sets the fee, not the shop: $10 for the safety inspection plus $11 for the OBD-II emissions test equals the $21 state maximum for most passenger vehicles in Schenectady County. Heavier vehicles and diesels over 8,500 lbs are on a different schedule — ask when you book. Any repairs needed to pass are quoted separately and approved by you first. Under NYS rules, a vehicle that fails may be re-inspected at the same station within 30 days with no additional inspection fee.","Usually while you wait; fleets batched by appointment","We track sticker expiration dates for every unit on a fleet account and batch inspections by month, staging groups of vans or trucks through our 27 bays so routes keep running. Repairs needed to pass are folded into the same visit and the inspection result is logged to the vehicle’s record.",[126,129,132,135],{"q":127,"a":128},"How much is a NYS inspection in Schenectady County?","The state sets it: $21 for most passenger cars, SUVs, and light trucks — $10 for the safety inspection and $11 for the OBD-II emissions test. That is the maximum any station in Schenectady County may charge for a standard inspection. Fees differ for heavier vehicles, motorcycles, and trailers, and the inspection fee does not include any repairs needed to pass.",{"q":130,"a":131},"Will my car fail the NYS inspection if the check engine light is on?","Yes. For 1996-and-newer gas vehicles under 8,501 lbs, a lit check engine light is an automatic emissions failure, and so are readiness monitors that show “not ready” after a battery disconnect or a recent code clear. Fix the cause first — our diagnostic fee is $89–$149 and credits toward the repair — then drive 50–100 miles of mixed driving so the monitors complete, then inspect. We can handle the whole sequence in one account.",{"q":133,"a":134},"What happens if my vehicle fails the inspection?","You get a written list of exactly what failed, a measured quote at our published prices, and a choice. Nothing is repaired without your approval. Under New York State rules you have 30 days to make the repairs and return to the same station for a re-inspection with no additional inspection fee. Driving with an expired sticker past that window risks a ticket, so most people fix the failed items the same day.",{"q":136,"a":137},"Can you inspect my whole fleet at once?","Better than that — we spread it out so your routes never stop. Fleet accounts get every unit’s expiration date tracked, inspections batched by month, and vehicles staged through the bays in groups: early drop-off, inspected and repaired the same day, out before the next shift. With 27 bays and the fleet desk at (518) 348-7764, a dozen vans in a day is routine.",[139,89,140,55,141],"check-engine-light","exhaust-repair","dot-inspection",[143,144,145],"check-engine-light-on","brakes-grinding","car-suddenly-loud",{"title":147,"description":148},"NYS Inspection in Schenectady, NY | $21 State Fee, Scotia","NYS inspection near Schenectady at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY — the state-regulated $21 fee, while you wait, fleets batched. Free re-inspection within 30 days.",{"citySlug":67,"serviceSlug":64,"capsule":150,"bridge":151,"faq":154,"seo":157},"NYS inspections for Niskayuna at Fogg’s in Scotia, 15 minutes away. The state-regulated fee is $21 for most passenger vehicles, the test takes 20–30 minutes, and hybrids get the same OBD-II emissions scan — a lit check-engine light or unready monitors is an automatic fail.",[152,153],"Niskayuna households run on calendars, and the inspection sticker is one more date — one per car, often three cars. We make it a quick errand: 15 minutes from the Balltown Rd corridor by either bridge, 20–30 minutes in the bay, the $21 state fee, and a bay reserved when you call ahead. For the 1996-and-newer gas vehicles that fill most Niskayuna driveways, the emissions portion is an OBD-II scan — the car’s own monitors report pass or fail, which means a recently disconnected battery or cleared code can fail a perfectly healthy car for being “not ready.”","The safety portion catches what Route 7 and Rosendale Rd do over a winter: a rusted brake line, a torn tie-rod boot, a cracked exhaust hanger, a wiper that smears. Hybrid and plug-in owners sometimes expect an exemption; there is none — the OBD-II scan applies, and the 12-volt battery health that strands hybrids in January is something we check while the car is up. If something fails, you leave with the item, the measurement and a price, and re-inspection is handled here within the state window.",{"q":155,"a":156},"My Niskayuna car’s battery was replaced last week — can I still pass the emissions inspection?","Maybe not yet. Disconnecting the battery resets the emissions monitors, and until they complete a drive cycle the OBD-II scan reads “not ready,” which fails. Give it a few days of mixed driving — some highway, some Balltown Rd stop-and-go — or let us check readiness before the inspection so the $21 fee is not spent on a fail.",{"title":158,"description":159},"NYS Inspection Near Niskayuna, NY | Fogg’s","NYS safety and emissions inspection for Niskayuna, 15 minutes away in Scotia. $21 state fee, 20–30 minutes, hybrids included, readiness checked before you pay.","inspeccion-del-estado-de-nueva-york",[162,166,170,174],{"serviceSlug":38,"svc":163},{"slug":38,"icon":164,"shortTitle":165},"lucide:activity","Diagnostics",{"serviceSlug":89,"svc":167},{"slug":89,"icon":168,"shortTitle":169},"lucide:disc-3","Brakes",{"serviceSlug":90,"svc":171},{"slug":90,"icon":172,"shortTitle":173},"lucide:battery-charging","Hybrid Service",{"serviceSlug":13,"svc":175},{"slug":13,"icon":176,"shortTitle":177},"lucide:droplets","Oil Changes",1793328570664]