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Smart Start Interlock Service Centres

Call 0800 002 182 for all installation enquiries, you will need to call us before we can book your install – we look forward to talking!

If your location is not listed here, contact us because we may be opening a service centre near you soon.

Find Service Centre in Your Region :

Northland

Kaitaia
Foster Motors
Kaikohe
Cowan Auto Electrical
Kerikeri
Pit Stop Kerikeri
Whangarei
Wrack Auto Electrical
Dargaville
Dargaville Motors
Maungaturoto
Smart Start Head Office

Auckland

Waiheke
Surfdale Auto and Marine
Warkworth
Procar Vehicle Service Centre
Whangaparaoa
Hibiscus Coast Service Centre
Albany
North Harbour Auto Air & Electrical
Takapuna
Michies Automotive
Henderson
Auto Electrix West City
Grey Lynn
Hope Hickman Auto Electrical
Glen Eden
Glen Eden Auto Electrical
Panmure
Protect Auto Electrics
East Tamaki
Dale Auto Electrics
Mount Roskill
Superior Automotive Service
Manukau
Manukau Auto Electrical
Papakura
Papakura Auto Electrical
Pukekohe
Wired Auto

Waikato

Whitianga
Peninsula Auto Electric & Marine
Paeroa
Auto Electrical
Huntly | Service only
Auto Parts Waikato
Hamilton
P&B Auto Electrical
Otorohanga
Auto Electricks & Air Conditioning
Cambridge
Cambridge Auto Electric
Matamata
Onsite Automotive Electrical
Morrinsville
Auto Technics
Tokoroa
All Spark Auto Electrical
Taupo
Auto Super Shoppe Taupo

Bay of Plenty

Tauranga
Tauranga Auto Electric
Te Puke
Autohouse Te Puke
Rotorua
Hunt Auto Electrical
Rotorua
Smart Auto Electrical
Whakatane
Langleys Auto Electrical

Gisborne

Gisborne
Gisborne Autoelectrics
Gisborne
Bensons Auto Electrical

Hawkes Bay

Napier
Williams Auto Electrical
Hastings
Auto Super Shoppe Hastings

Taranaki

New Plymouth
Rotech Services
New Plymouth
Total Auto Solutions
Hāwera
Evolution Automotive Ltd

Manawatū-Whanganui

Taumarunui
Ruapehu Auto Electrical
Ohakune | Mobile Servicing
Alpine Automotive
Whanganui
AMT Auto Electrical
Marton
Hopping Automotive Electrical
Foxton
Foxton Auto Works
Palmerston North
Broadway Auto Electrical
Pahiatua
Champion Auto Services

Wellington

Masterton
Auto Electrical Services
Paraparaumu
Zion Motors
Upper Hutt
Quickstart Auto Electrical
Lower Hutt
AJ Auto Electric Centre
Porirua
All Auto Electrical
Johnsonville
Auto Super Shoppe - Johnsonville
Wellington CBD
313 Motors

Nelson

Motueka
Auto Super Shoppe Motueka
Nelson
Richmond Auto

Marlborough

Blenheim
Auto & Marine Electrics

West Coast

Greymouth
P.B. Davy Auto Electrical Ltd
Hokitika
Hokitika Automotive

Canterbury

Kaikoura
Kaikoura Auto Electric
Rangiora
Kirwan Auto Electrical
Papanui
Roses Auto Electrical
Ilam
MD Automotive
Sockburn
Protect Auto Electrics
Woolston
Sparks Auto Electric
Rolleston
Newlands Auto Electrical
Ashburton
Newlands Auto Electrical
Timaru
Newlands Auto Electrical
Timaru
Austin Auto Electrical

Otago

Oamaru
Banks Auto Electrical
Queenstown | Install & removal only
Laser Electrical Queenstown
Queenstown | Service only
World Cars
Alexandra
Dunstan Automotive
Dunedin
Dunedin Auto Electrical
Balclutha
Balclutha Auto Electrics

Southland

Gore
Total Automotive
Invercargill
AJ Auto Electrical
Invercargill
SEC Auto Electrical

Chathams

Chatham Islands
Chathams Automotive & Marine

Call Us On phone icon0800 002 182

Zero alcohol licence.
  • Having a zero alcohol licence means you don’t need to have an interlock installed, but you’re legally unable to drive with any alcohol on your breath (just like an under-20 driver).
  • The zero alcohol licence term is three years. After three years, go to a licencing agency to apply for your normal licence back!
Exit the programme.
  • After the interlock has been installed for 12 months, you can apply to exit the programme.
  • NZTA (Waka Kotahi) will review the final six months of your data.
  • You’ll receive an email from them with approval or denial, based on your interlock data.
  • If it’s approved, congratulations! You can go to any licencing agency to get your zero alcohol licence.
  • If your application is denied, NZTA will extend your time on the interlock and provide you with a future date you can apply again.
Get the interlock installed.
  • Drop your car at the service centre on the day of your install appointment. The install generally takes an hour or so.
  • If you’re on an interlock licence, you’re legally unable to drive with an interlock installed, even if you’re dropping the vehicle off at the installer.
  •  When you collect the vehicle, you’ll pay your install fee and receive training on how to use the interlock.
  • This is the first day of the 12-month sentence. Every month, bring the vehicle back to any of our service centres for the monthly service.
Contact us to book your install.
  • Call us on 0800 002 182 or fill out our online form (linked).
  • We’ll take down your details, get a photo of your licence and make a booking with one of our approved installers (linked).
  • We book the install appointment with your installer, so you don’t need to contact them directly.
Get your interlock licence.
  • An alcohol interlock licence costs you $31.30. If you hold a community services card, this cost is covered by the interlock subsidy.
  • You can get your licence from most AA’s and VTNZ’s. Visit this link to find your closest agency: Licencing agencies.
  • Bring ID, and your community services card if you have one.
  • You’ll receive a temporary paper licence and a pink DL8 form. Make sure to hold on to both of these.
Wait for your disqualification to end.
  • The Court date is the first day of the 28-day disqualification.
  • Four weeks (28 days) after this date, you can apply for your alcohol interlock licence.
  •  If your disqualification was backdated, you can get apply for your new licence straight out of Court.
Receive an interlock sentence from the Court.
  • If you blow over 800 on a police breathalyser, or over 400 twice in five years, you’re going to receive an alcohol interlock sentence.
  • After the offence, your licence will be revoked for 28 days and you’ll be given a Court date for sentencing.
  • At Court, you’ll receive a further 28-day disqualification before you can apply for your licence. This disqualification is sometimes backdated.