Directions: Top Techs Score Big for the Automotive Aftermarket
Let’s hear it for the automotive service and repair industry’s group of All Stars.
Tech Tip: Sealing Volkswagen Golf Hood Seams
The following is an example of a manufacturer’s TSB procedure to correct insufficient sealing of the hinge corners on the inside of new hoods for 1998-2006 Volkswagen Golf and 2006-2008 Volkswagen City Golf vehicles.
Tech Feature: Engine Technology Gets a Boost
As a technician, you’ll need to understand how Ford’s EcoBoost turbocharged gasoline direct injection engine works, since the automaker plans to incorporate it in 90% of its new vehicles over the next three years.
Carley’s Corner: Modules Are Taking Over
The average new car today has up to 80 or more modules that control more than 1,000 different functions – everything from powertrain management, anti-lock brakes, stability control, electronic suspension and airbag deployment to power windows, power seats, climate control, infotainment and navigation.
Tech Feature: Servicing MacPherson Struts
In today’s fast-paced import service market, it’s easy to forget the basics of inspecting and repairing MacPherson struts on front suspension systems. But before we get into servicing MacPherson struts, let’s take a look at the design and function of most modern front suspension struts.
Tech Feature: The Subaru Boxer Engine: A Balance of Power
According to their engineers, these high-powered engines are ideal for all-wheel-drive applications used in Subaru vehicles because they are inherently compact – short and low.
Captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger to Keynote ASRW Events – NACE and CARS
The Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standards Council (AGRSS) in cooperation with ASA, NACE and CARS has announced that Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III, the heroic pilot who masterfully landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River earlier this year, saving 155 people, will serve as keynote speaker during the Opening General Session.
Tech Tip: Replacing the Hyundai Power Sliding Door Control Module
Service shops commonly encounter a “perfect storm” of problems, including confusing new vehicle features that can potentially blow away a lot of time and money. Case in point: a 2007 Hyundai Entourage that exhibits a post-repair condition such as a power sliding door that doesn’t fully close or that reopens itself after closing.
Body Shop Owner Grows Her Business Using the Power of Air
Automobiles move. The environment in which they move contains objects moving in different directions at different rates of speed, and other objects that aren’t moving at all. Even with rules governing what can move when, where and how fast, the predictable outcome of all this movement is occasional collisions. Fortunately, most of the vehicle damage
Tech Tip: 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid Safety Precautions
As vehicle manufacturers strive to meet or exceed fuel economy standards, alternative vehicle designs incorporating new materials and systems will be produced to accommodate consumer demand. One such vehicle that may roll into your repair facility is the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid. Questions will arise when this vehicle arrives ….