Scanning & Recalibration: What Category Are You?
When a calibration is not completed, the response I get from shops usually falls into one of three categories: I did not know, I did not plan or I did not need to.
VIDEO: Performing an ADAS Sensor Calibration
How to do a calibration on a front-distance sensor on a 2020 Nissan Pathfinder.
ADAS and Wheel Alignment: Connecting Like Puzzle Pieces
Wheel alignment and ADAS calibration connect like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle. If you don’t know where the wheels are going, you don’t know where the ADAS is going.
VIDEO: Hunter DAS 3000 and ADASLink Complete Calibration System
Joe Keene, automotive content video producer at Babcox Media, discusses the features and benefits of Hunter Engineering’s DAS 3000 and ADASLink system.
Collision, Mechanical and Transportation: The Crossover is Real
With manufacturers such as Tesla, Waymo, Cruise and Ford racing toward autonomous vehicles, we will see the collision, mechanical and transportation repair segments crossing over in some of the technology being developed.
VIDEO: ADAS Calibration Requirements
Joe Keene, automotive content video producer at Babcox Media, discusses when and why calibration is required after a collision event.
Life beyond Sublets: In-Shop Scanning, Diagnostics & Calibrations Done Right
To illustrate just how specialized OEM-specific scanning, diagnostics and calibrations have become, we posed as consumers and randomly contacted a number of dealership service departments across the country to see if they had the tools and skills necessary to service a vehicle not under their banner. Their responses were enlightening, below is just a sampling:
Autel MaxiSYS MS909CV Commercial Vehicle Diagnostics Tablet
The new tablet features extensive hardware and software enhancements, including starting and charging system analysis software and hardware and ADAS software for multiple vehicle classes.
VIDEO: Are You Ready to Do Calibrations?
Think you’re ready to do ADAS recalibrations? Think again.
DTCs: Do You Really Understand Them?
When you plug in a scan tool and get a DTC, the code will tell you something is wrong. But without problem-solving skills, it’s just a number.
VIDEO: Understanding DTCs
BodyShop Business Editor Jason Stahl explains why simply plugging a scan tool into an OBD port will not tell a technician all they need to know to fix the vehicle.
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
