BMW: Ticking Noise Without Having The Brakes Applied
Customers may experience a ticking noise coming from the front wheels while cornering without the brakes applied.
OBD II System and Emissions: Forcing Vehicle Monitors For Calibration
Some vehicles have readiness issues when it comes to setting all the OBD II monitors.
Diagnosing Driveability Problems
Understanding what comes out through the exhaust valve is critical to solving any emissions or driveability problem.
Engine Components (VIDEO)
Engine management components are notoriously complex. This video is sponsored by The Group Training Academy.
Improve Diagnostic Skills By Listening Better
Great service advisors focus 100% on the customer’s complaint and ask “when” and “where” questions.
Reprogramming Today’s Transmission Control Modules
It’s understandable to have a lot of questions and fears about reprogramming.
Why Alternators Are Subject To Ripple Voltage
The alternator produces an AC current that must be converted into DC current by way of a rectifier.
Verifying Boost Pressure Diagnostics
The best way to discover if an engine controls the boost pressure is the actual data PIDs for boost on a scan tool.
VW Key Programming
What do you do if the keyless entry remote won’t unlock the doors, or if the key won’t start the vehicle?
Steering Systems Have Changed – Do Customers Care? (VIDEO)
Power steering systems aren’t the same old same old. This video is presented by The Group Training Academy.
Drivability Issues Fuel Trim Diagnostics
No code diagnostics are some of the most challenging drivability issues.
Mode $06 Misfire Diagnosis
Understanding why ‘Mode $06’ was developed and how it works to identify misfires.
