Rego due? How a mobile pink slip works

A mobile pink slip is the same safety inspection you’d get at a station, carried out at your home or work instead. A technician comes to the car, works through the Transport for NSW checks, and a pass goes to Transport for NSW electronically.

Who a mobile pink slip suits

It doesn’t suit everyone. If there’s an inspection station around the corner, you can take a morning off without much trouble and the car runs fine, driving it in may suit you better.

A mobile inspection helps most when getting the car to a workshop is the hard part. That tends to be:

• people who work set hours and can’t lose half a day in a waiting room
• parents who’d have to bring the kids along, or plan the whole day around a drop-off
• households with two or three cars due around the same time
• businesses with work vehicles that need to stay on the road
• anyone whose rego has already run out and doesn’t want to drive the car to get it checked

If the rego lapsed recently, a pink slip is usually still what you need. Once it’s been expired for more than three months, the car needs a blue slip instead, which is a different inspection. Our sister business, Blue Slip Today (opens in a new tab), handles those.

Before you book

Start by checking we cover your area. Pink Slip Approach works across Cumberland and the rest of Sydney, from Berowra in the north to Waterfall in the south. You can check your suburb before you go any further. If it doesn’t come up in the search, we don’t cover it yet.

It is also worth knowing what the inspection covers before the technician arrives, so nothing on the day is a surprise. Our guide to what can fail a pink slip goes through the standards and where cars usually come unstuck. If the car is a year older than its last check, budget for the inspection plus something.

How booking works

Our online quote runs in four short steps.

1. Your details. Your name and contact details, the car or cars, and the address where the car will be.
2. Your quote. Choose whether we come to you or you bring the car to our warehouse in Auburn. Then pick a pink slip on its own, or with anything else the car is due for, and you’ll see the price for your area.
3. Your time. Choose standard, or priority for $99 if the rego is due soon, and tick the times of day that work for you.
4. Checkout. Check your request, then pay online or in person on the day.

Once the booking is in, we call you to confirm a time. We do same-day inspections, so if the rego runs out this week, say so.

Where the car needs to be

Tell us where the car will be parked when you book. The inspection includes checking underneath the car and testing the headlight aim, so the technician needs room to get around it. If the spot is unusual, like a tight apartment car park or a steep driveway, mention it in the notes so we know what to expect before we arrive.

What happens during the visit

The technician carries out the same safety check an inspection station would, against the same Transport for NSW standards. Only the location is different.

That means working through the whole car: tyres and wheels, brakes, steering and suspension, every light, the windscreen and wipers, seatbelts, the horn, mirrors, the exhaust, any oil leaks, rust in the parts that hold the car together, and the warning lights on the dash. How long it takes depends on the car and what turns up.

If it passes

The result goes to Transport for NSW electronically. There’s no paper slip to lose, and nothing for you to post or drop off.

From there, you renew your rego the usual way, through Service NSW online, in the app or at a service centre. You’ll also need your CTP insurance (the green slip) sorted, since that’s paid separately. The pink slip result is valid for six months, so you have time, but don’t leave it so long that you have to start again.

If it doesn’t pass

The technician will go through what failed and what needs fixing before the car can pass. You can’t renew rego until it’s fixed.

At a fixed inspection station, there’s a 14-day window: complete the repairs, bring the car back to the same station within 14 days, and there’s no second inspection fee. The same 14 days apply with us, and the second inspection has no inspection fee. Coming back out to the car is a second visit, though, and it may carry a charge. We’ll tell you what it is, and you’ll agree to it, before we come back. It’s worth asking any mobile provider how this works before you need the answer.

How much does a mobile pink slip cost?

Our pink slip is $140 on weekdays at your home or work across most of Sydney, GST included. It costs more in some outer Sydney council areas, and weekends cost extra. Check your suburb’s price before you book.

You’re paying for the convenience. Instead of taking time off work, or giving up part of a weekend to wait at a workshop you trust, you get it done where the car already is, whether you’re there or not. The quote form shows the price for your car before you pay, and what a mobile pink slip costs goes through what’s included.

Who we are

Pink Slip Approach is a local, family-owned business, running since 2024. Since then we’ve served more than 24,000 customers, and the business is a Local Business Awards 2026 winner for Cumberland City.

We mostly hear from people whose rego is due in a few days, or who have just noticed it’s already run out. If that’s you, book now and we’ll take it from there.