With the amount of electronics on vehicles today, it’s no
wonder keeping up to speed on the latest vehicle service information can be
overwhelming. Maximizing the use of diagnostic scan tools during service and
repair can help make the time spent underhood quicker and more accurate with
fewer comebacks.
Delphi combines the importance of education and scan tools
by providing training courses such as its Gasoline Powertrain Training Seminar
Series, which specifically incorporates diagnostic scan tools for
troubleshooting and diagnosis. The following courses are examples of Delphi’s
scan-tool-related offerings.
• Mode $06 Data and Drive Cycle Diagnostics (four-hour
course): Mode $06 data is some of the most misunderstood and underused scan
tool data available on today’s vehicles. This course helps technicians
understand and interpret Mode $06 data in order to use it to its full
advantage. Mode $06 diagnostic skills provide the technician the opportunity to
identify marginally performing components and advise the vehicle owner of
future potential problems. Combined with drive cycle diagnostics, Mode $06
diagnostic skills can be looked at as a kind of “insurance policy” against
unnecessary comebacks.
• Controller Area Networks (CAN) and Multiplexing (four-hour
course): For more than two decades, Delphi has been a pioneer in electronic
controls and communications, tying electronic modules together on multiplexed
(serial) busses. The Delphi CAN/multiplexing course covers how to troubleshoot
stubborn communications problems with electronic control modules. Practical
tips on the uses of meters, scopes, and factory and aftermarket scan tools are
combined with theory, and real-world case studies to demonstrate how to
diagnose everything from U-codes to power mode masters to serial bus gateways.
For more information on the 24 leader-led courses Delphi
provides, visit delphi.com/training.
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