Vehicle Buy Back Program
Information
To reduce air pollution, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's
(Air District) Vehicle Buy Back Program (VBB) will pay $650 for an operating
and registered 1987 and older vehicle. Vehicle dismantlers contracted
by the Air District will scrap the vehicles. The VBB Program is a voluntary
program that takes older vehicles off the road. The VBB Program is funded
through the Air District's Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA).
For your vehicle to be eligible for the VBB Program,
it must meet the Vehicle Status Requirements and the Vehicle Functional
and Equipment Eligibility
Inspection described below.
If
you think that your vehicle qualifies, call an Air District vehicle dismantler
to schedule an appointment to sell
your vehicle to the Program. The dismantler will verify your vehicle’s
eligibility and provide you with the specific locations of their sites.
| Locations |
Vehicle Dismantlers |
Phone Number |
| American Canyon |
Environmental Engineering |
1-866-725-9390 |
| Fairfield |
Pick-N-Pull |
1-800-727-2708 |
| Hayward |
Pick Your Part |
1-877-900-5865 |
| Hayward |
Environmental Engineering |
1-866-725-9390 |
| Milpitas |
Pick Your Part |
1-877-900-5865 |
| Newark |
Environmental Engineering |
1-866-725-9390 |
| Newark |
Pick-N-Pull |
1-800-727-2708 |
| Oakland |
Pick-N-Pull |
1-800-727-2708 |
| Palo Alto |
Environmental Engineering |
1-866-725-9390 |
| Pinole |
Environmental Engineering |
1-866-725-9390 |
| Pittsburg |
Environmental Engineering |
1-866-725-9390 |
| Richmond |
Environmental Engineering |
1-866-725-9390 |
| Richmond |
Pick-N-Pull |
1-800-727-2708 |
| Rodeo |
Environmental Engineering |
1-866-725-9390 |
| San Francisco |
Environmental Engineering |
1-866-725-9390 |
| San Jose |
Environmental Engineering |
1-866-725-9390 |
| San Jose |
Pick-N-Pull |
1-800-727-2708 |
| San Mateo |
Pick Your Part |
1-877-900-5865 |
| Santa Rosa |
Environmental Engineering |
1-866-725-9390 |
| Vallejo |
Environmental Engineering |
1-866-725-9390 |
| Windsor |
Pick-N-Pull |
1-800-727-2708 |
Vehicle
Status Requirements: Your vehicle must meet the following requirements
when it is driven to the vehicle dismantler:
| 1. |
The vehicle must be a 1987 model year or older passenger
car or a light duty pickup truck that includes, but is not limited
to, a pick-up truck, sports utility vehicle (SUV), or van up to 8,500
pounds gross vehicular weight rating. |
| 2. |
The vehicle must be
currently registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
as an operable vehicle and shall have been so registered for at
least twenty-four (24) months prior to the final date of sale to
the VBB Program, to an address or addresses within the Air District.
The Air District includes all of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa,
San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties, and the southern
portions of Solano and Sonoma counties. Smog Checks must be performed
as required by the DMV in order for the vehicle to be considered
registered.
A vehicle may also be eligible if
the owner of the vehicle placed the vehicle in planned non-operational
status per Vehicle Code Section 4604, et seq., for a total of (2)
or fewer months during the continuous twenty-four (24)months registration
period and occurring at least three (3) months prior to the date
of sale to the VBB Program.
A vehicle may also be
eligible if the registration has lapsed for less than one-hundred-and-eighty-one
(181) days during the previous twenty-four (24) months and all appropriate
registration fees and late penalties have been paid to the DMV,
provided that the vehicle is registered for at least ninety (90)
days immediately prior to its date of sale to the VBB Program. |
| 3. |
If a vehicle owner has sold a vehicle to the VBB Program within
the previous twelve (12) months, any subsequent vehicles offered to
the vehicle dismantler must have been registered continuously to that
owner for the previous twenty-four (24) month period, in addition
to meeting all other requirements of the VBB Program. |
| 4. |
The vehicle must be driven to the vehicle dismantler site under
its own power. |
| 5. |
The vehicle cannot be operating under a Smog Check repair cost waiver
or economic hardship extension. |
| 6. |
A vehicle must pass the most recent biennial Smog Checks required
by the DMV in order to be considered eligible for participation in
the VBB Program. |
| 7. |
If a vehicle is within sixty-one to ninety (61-90) days of its next
required Smog Check Inspection, the vehicle is not required to have
a Smog Check Inspection. But, if the Smog Check Inspection is performed
in this sixty-one to ninety (61-90) day time frame, the vehicle must
pass the inspection. |
| 8. |
If a vehicle is within sixty (60) days of its next required Smog
Check Inspection, the vehicle must take and pass the Smog Check Inspection
without receiving a repair cost waiver or economic hardship extension.
Owners of vehicles requiring Smog Check Inspections will be required
to submit documentation issued by a licensed Smog Check station demonstrating
compliance with this requirement. The documentation must be submitted
to the vehicle dismantler performing the functional and equipment
eligibility inspection. |
| 9. |
Determination of an individual vehicle's registration history shall
be based on registration data for that vehicle, obtained from DMV
records. If DMV registration data provide inconclusive results for
an individual vehicle, then copies of the applicable vehicle registration
certificate may be used. |
Vehicle
Functional and Equipment Eligibility Inspection: The vehicle dismantler
will only purchase your vehicle for the Vehicle Buy Back Program if it
meets the following requirements:
1. The vehicle must have been
driven to the dismantler site under its own power.
2. The vehicle dismantler will inspect the vehicle to ensure it meets
the following requirements and must reject the vehicle if the vehicle
fails any one of these requirements:
- All doors must be present and in place.
- The hood shall be present and in place.
- The dashboard shall be in place.
- Windshield shall be present and in place.
- The driver's seat must be present and in place.
- Interior pedals shall be operational.
- The vehicle must have one bumper and all side and/or quarter panels
shall be present and in place. Vehicle drivability must not be affected
by any body, steering or suspension damage. Exhaust system shall be
present.
- One headlight, one taillight and one brake light shall be present
and in place.
- One side window glass shall be present and in place.
3. The vehicle dismantler will
complete the following functional inspection, and shall reject the vehicle
if the vehicle fails to complete the following test:
Insert key, vehicle
engine must start using keyed ignition system. In addition to the keyed
ignition switch, ignition or fuel kill switch may be activated if required
to start engine. The vehicle must start readily through ordinary means
without the use of starting fluids or external booster batteries. The
vehicle shall be driven forward for a minimum of 25 feet under its own
power. The vehicle shall be driven in reverse for a minimum of 25 feet
under its own power.
Upon satisfactory completion
of the inspection, the vehicle dismantler will issue a certificate of
functional and equipment eligibility.
If your vehicle has failed its
Smog Check Inspection, contact the Bureau
of Automotive Repair Consumer Assistance Program. The Consumer Assistance
Program is available for people who need financial assistance making repairs
to their vehicle when it fails the Smog Check Inspection. For more information
on the Smog Check Consumer Assistance Program options, call 1-800-952-5210.
The Air District maintains a Vehicle
Inventory for classic car collectors or others interested in purchasing
1987 and older vehicles or their parts that are intended for scrapping
under this program. You may also call one of the Vehicle Dismantlers for
an inventory of vehicles available for purchase.
Contacts
Vehicle Buy Back Program 1-888-690-2274 grants@baaqmd.gov
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