Vehicle Electronics: Avoiding Wash Bay Diagnostics
Finding out there are still problems with a vehicle’s electronics when it is in the wash bay ready to be delivered to the customer can hurt a shop in many ways.
LKQ’s Elitek Expands Mobile Diagnostics Footprint
LKQ Corporation has acquired Greenlight Automotive, a Nebraska-based automotive mobile diagnostic services business.
Being ADAS Ready: Creating a Strategic-Based Repair System in Your Shop
Whether we like it or not, whether we are ready or not, the technological advancements in automotive technology have created change that must be reckoned with. It isn’t just novelty accessories that may or may not be here to stay, it is life-saving technology advancing at a rate that this industry has never seen. Although
Survey Reveals Who’s Getting Paid for Diagnostic Labor Time
More than one-third of shops itemize on invoices the diagnostic labor time they spend researching DTCs apart from the charge for the vehicle scan itself.
VIDEO: Avoiding ‘Swaptronics’
“Swaptronics,” or taking a module off a known good vehicle and putting it on another vehicle to see if that cures the problem, can actually cause issues for both vehicles.
Scanning & Recalibration: Don’t Get Your ADAS Kicked
Maintenance operations are more frequently linking tasks that have traditionally been reserved for technicians with higher-level skill sets.
Autel Releases ITS600 Tire Service & Diagnostic Tablet
The Autel ITS600 includes service functions and essential diagnostic features to provide TPMS and service capability to any tire shop, wheel shop or general repair facility.
VIDEO: Scan Tools and Batteries
The importance of making sure a battery is working properly to fully assess what is wrong with the vehicle with a scan tool.
ASE Offers Webinar on Toyota/Lexus Radar and Camera Calibration
ASE is hosting a free webinar on Nov. 20 at 4 p.m. ET titled, “Toyota and Lexus – Millimeter Wave Radar and Front Recognition Camera Calibration.”
Servicing Mercedes-Benz ADAS Systems
Over the past 20 years, Mercedes has been adding more and more sophistication to the ADAS system.
Making Sense of Mazda’s i-ACTIVSENSE
Mazda’s i-ACTIVSENSE, an umbrella term covering a series of advanced safety technologies developed in line with Mazda Proactive Safety, makes use of a variety of detection devices.
Opus IVS Introduces ScanSafe Collision Scanning Solution
ScanSafe brings together OEM scanning, aftermarket quick scanning, calibration, programming and live diagnostic support through a consistent user interface.
