California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV/RMV) Help Pages

California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV/RMV) Customer FAQ, Forum, and Online Help Desk

California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV/RMV) Help @ dmv.ca.gov
Customer Help
  • It takes an average of 44 hours to fix issues starting at their website.
  • This link goes to the Customer Service section of their help site.
  • The most trafficked time of day is around 9am.
  • Common topics include Registration, DUI, Suspension, Lost ID/License Renewal, Title Release, and more.
Since there is a phone number available, we have to recommend calling California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV/RMV) and talking to a real human being instead of searching their help site for answers.

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California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV/RMV) Online Help at dmv.ca.gov - Info & Stats

Help desk addresshttps://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/contacting-dmv/
Department you interact withCustomer Service
Help desk hours24 hours, 7 days
What is the busiest time for help9am
Average turnaround time44
Rank amongst all ways to reach them5
Other means of communicationphone, web, twitter
Communication customer rating89%
Quality of help rating57%
Votes for online help757
When this was last updatedSat Mar 16 2024 08:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Best phone number800-777-0133

California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV/RMV) Help Pages: What to Know

This is the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV/RMV) help page where most customers begin when they have a customer service problem, plus information about what the turnaround time is for helpful responses and how to find assistance for your specific problem. If you are looking for California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV/RMV)'s best customer help page or faq or forum, this is the best entry point according to 83,022 GetHuman users in the last 12 months. If you can't call on the phone or don't want to wait on hold right now, using their online help desk is a good way to call, but they also do have a phone number (800-777-0133) which we show above. Sometimes when you dig through the various help topics and volumes on dmv.ca.gov, you end up needing to go back and forth with somebody in their customer service department, in which case they may switch to email as the medium for communication. In the event that your search here on their help pages turns into an email conversation, you can expect the turnaround for fixing the issue to be a bit on the slower side. You may go several hours or a day without getting a reply from California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV/RMV) agents. But on the bright side that back and forth can turn out to be less time overall, than, say, getting on the phone with a customer service representative.

Contacting California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV/RMV): General Information

California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV/RMV) has a page or online help desk for customer service, but you can also call them on the phone. In total, you can communicate with California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV/RMV) using 3 different media: phone, web, twitter. And again, if you didn't realize it was an option and you'd rather have a dialog with somebody, you can actually phone them. But check out our information about their phone number 800-777-0133 to get more specifics there, such as the average wait time or to check if a real live human being actually picks up the phone. If you see any errors in this information, be sure to let GetHuman know. We try to gather and share the best information we can from the millions of customers that visit every month and tell us about their experiences with companies like California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV/RMV).

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