According to the classification of service functions, automobile testing stations can be generally divided into safety testing stations, maintenance testing stations and integrated testing stations.

1. Safety inspection station safety inspection station is a national law enforcement agency. It is in accordance with the state provisions of the vehicle inspection regulations, regular detection of vehicles and safety and environmental protection related to the project, to ensure the safety of the vehicle, and reduce the pollution to the allowable limit. Because this kind of detection station only shows "qualified" or "unqualified" two kinds of detection results, do not show specific data, so the detection speed is fast. The vehicle that detects eligible can handle annual examination visa by examination report sheet, allow a vehicle to run inside valid period.

2. Maintenance and testing station the maintenance and testing station mainly tests the technical conditions before and after vehicle maintenance from the perspective of vehicle use and maintenance. It can detect the main performance of the vehicle, and can be used for fault analysis and diagnosis.

3, more comprehensive testing station comprehensive testing station equipment and facilities, complete functions, high degree of automation, rapid and accurate data processing, the test items and more comprehensive, so it can be either for the safety of the vehicle management, environmental testing, and can detect vehicle maintenance technical conditions, can also undertake scientific research or teaching aspects of the performance test and test parameters, for scientific research, teaching, design, manufacture and maintenance department to provide reliable basis.