Announcing the Winning Companies of TechShop's Top 5 Tools Award TechShop once again brings you the winners of our Top 5 Tools award. This award is voted on by the people who use the tools  More»

Tech Tip: BMW’s Power Reduction and Vanos Faults Are Stored In DME  More»

Tech Tips: Using The Oscilloscope: Ignition Coils Excerpt from Delphi Training Course ‘Common OBD II Failure – The Misfire Monitor’  More»

Tech Tip: Nissan's Front Suspension Noise When Turning Confirm that a noise (clunking, popping or bumping) is coming from the front strut assembly when the steering wheel is turned.  More»

Making Sense of BMW Suspension Noises Import Specialist Larry Bailly contends that most noise diagnosis challenges come from misunderstanding the customer's complaint. And, as suspension s...  More»

VIEWPOINT: GM Creates New Recipe for Brake Rotors Over the past three months, there has been a buzz about a new type of rotor from GM. GM’s team of brake experts and suppliers put a batch of rotors on...  More»

7 Brake Myths Busted There are some myths about brake pads, rotors and hydraulics that need to be busted. These myths can hurt and hinder a technician's ability to diagnos...  More»

Alignment & Suspension Specs: 2007-2011 Toyota Camry In 2007, Toyota introduced a new Camry that was larger. But, under the new sheet metal was the same suspension design that was on the previous model. ...  More»

BRAKE JOB: 2004-2009 Mazda3 The 2004-2009 Mazda3 is based on the Ford global C1 platform, shared with the European Ford Focus and Volvo S40. Nothing is really groundbreaking abo...  More»

Diagnostic Solutions: Ignition Coil Diagnostics Import Specialist Gary Goms says there are a variety of opinions about how to test ignition coils and ignition systems. The most basic method is measu...  More»

Ride Control and Electronic Stability Control (ESC) For all 2012 model year vehicles, stability control is standard. For model year 2008, the majority of vehicles sold were sold with ABS and optional st...  More»

Perspectives: Are You ASE Certified? We congratulate the top scorers on the ASE certification tests for their understanding of the need to promote professionalism in our industry and thei...  More»

Diesel Engine Glow Plugs: Not Just For Starting Anymore Since diesel engines ignite by using the heat of combustion, they usually need help when the climate changes to the cold of winter.  More»

Directions: Service and ­Maintenance in 2012 Could Be Headed for a Slow Down It will be interesting to see if drivers of older cars continue to put off maintenance and service to a point where a vehicle repair becomes so expens...  More»

Tech Tip: Rough Running Pontiac Montana Due to Fuel Pump Problem A customer complaint consisted of an early model Pontiac Montana that was running rough with a Service Engine Soon lamp illuminated. Following an init...  More»