State says vehicle inspection system is back in operation following hardware failure

On Monday, Texas Department of Public Safety’s Vehicle Inspection System officials announced in a press release that the system is now fully operational.

The restoration of service came after an outage due to a hardware failure late last week. DPS personnel was able to replace the damaged hardware over the weekend and finalize testing overnight on Sunday in order to allow inspections to resume on Monday morning.

The outage began on Aug. 23 and would not allow stations in safety- only counties to conduct proper vehicle inspections.

Station license renewal applications were also unavailable.

The issue did not impact emission inspections. The state is assuring vehicle owners that there is no longer an interruption to service at this time.