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.
AirPro Enters Licensing Agreement with Auto Techcelerators
AirPro Diagnostics can now integrate Auto Techcelerators’ ADAS, Calibration and Test Drive CoPilot technologies into its diagnostic and calibration services platform.
Calibration Centers: Creating a New Business
As many charge into this electrifying world of automotive electronics, they need to figure out what services they want to offer and what the market demands.
Autel Unveils IA800 Intelligent ADAS Optical Positioning System
The IA800 drastically reduces the setup time involved in frame-to-vehicle positioning prior to ADAS component calibration.
LKQ’s Elitek Expands Mobile Diagnostics Footprint
LKQ Corporation has acquired Greenlight Automotive, a Nebraska-based automotive mobile diagnostic services business.
Bosch Introduces New ADS 625X Scan Tool
Bosch has announced its newest scan tool, the ADS 625X, which includes features for extreme speed, access and flexibility.
ASA Releases Position Statement on Scanning Compensation
ASA, SCRS and the AASP have acknowledged the act of scanning a vehicle using a qualified scan tool as a necessary and not-included operation.
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
Bosch, Mitchell Launch New Static Calibration Target System
Using the Mitchell Diagnostics MD-TS21, repairers can increase workflow efficiency, reduce cycle time and generate additional revenue by performing calibrations in-house
ADAS: What Are Your Senses Telling You?
As you drive down the road in your vehicle, you’re using all of your senses to react to the environment around you. A vehicle with ADAS does the same thing.
