ALI’s 2016 Vehicle Lifting Points Guide Available
This updated guide is a quick-reference single-source manual for lifting point information as recommended by the vehicle manufacturers. The 70-page Lifting Point Guide (LP-G) for domestic and imported cars and light trucks uses over 200 undercarriage images to cover the most recent 25 model years.
False ABS, ESC Activation Causes And Cures
The first mass-produced anti-lock braking systems (ABS) were introduced in 1985. By 2008, almost every passenger vehicle came standard with ABS. Next, electronic stability control (ESC) became a mandated safety feature for the 2012 model year. Along with all these advancements have come false activation complaints.
Talking Telematics: Tomorrow’s Connected Car
Technical editor Larry Carley recently attended the Telematics Conference in Novi, MI and filed this report… The Telematics Conference in Novi, Michigan June 4 & 5, 2014, covered a wide range of technologies that are shaping the future of the automobile. Telematics is a broad term that describes all of the technologies that are making today’s
Wisconsin Student to Compete in International WorldSkills Competition in Automobile Technology
The 42nd international event will be held July 2-7, 2013 in Leipzig, Germany.
It’s Time for Today’s Technicians to ‘Take the Wheel’
The shortage of skilled truck technicians, along with the retirement of the boomer mechanics, is becoming a national challenge.
Cal State L.A. Engineering Students to Build ‘REFLEX Fuel Cell Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle to Compete in EcoCAR 2
EcoCAR 2’s mission is to educate the next generation of automotive engineers through a hands-on, real-world engineering experience.
Lift Guide Available for the Automotive Lab
The 60-page Lifting Point Guide (LP-G) for domestic and imported cars and light trucks provides more than 200 undercarriage images to cover the most recent 20 model years.
Truck Stop: In for the Long Haul
H-D Service and Maintenance Tips: The following is a basic checklist of items that need to be scheduled for maintenance and repair of trailer dry vans and bodies developed by a national trailer manufacture:
Real Word: What It Takes to be an Automotive Technician These Days
Public general education and technical education in particular isn’t serving our industries as well as they should, nor are the automotive parts and service industries supporting public education as well as they should.
NASCAR Automotive Group to Sponsor the NASCAR Hall of Fame with its NASCAR Performance Partners
The NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC will open May 11.