MINI Undercar Service Opportunities Are Only An Inspection Away
With more than a million MINIs on the roads, a lot of opportunity exists for shops to service brakes and chassis.
Why Springs Matter: More Than A Coil Of Steel, Springs Are The Foundation Of Stability
When a wheel reacts to a bump or body motion, the spring is compressed and then releases the energy. During each compression cycle, a little bit of life is taken out of the spring’s steel. It’s not the amount of travel that matters, but the frequency of the cycles.
Top TPMS Tips
If you are having problems with a relearn procedure or the TPMS light won’t go out after a test drive, look to see if the check engine light is on or if there are any codes related to the modules that communicate with the TPMS.
Steering Angle FAQs To Help Boost Your ABS & Stability Control Diagnostics
Chances are you will never crack open a steering angle sensor (SAS) cluster to repair it. But, this sensor should not be a mystery. To be effective at ABS and stability control diagnostics, knowing how sensors measure angles and information is critical.
Active Shocks And Struts: What Are They And Why Are They Active?
For a shock or strut to be active, it must be able to react to three critical streams of information. First, it must act on information from the ABS and stability control system. Second, it must measure body movement. Third, it must detect the extent and rate of suspension movement.
Troubleshooting And Sorting Out Multiple DTCs At The Penny Arcade
It is late Thursday afternoon in mid-May and tourist season is just beginning in Colorado’s High Country. After finishing one mobile diagnosis, I was asked to look at another – a 2003 Honda Element with a no-cranking condition that had just been dropped off at my client shop’s busy parking lot by an owner who was now stranded 2,000 miles away from home.
BMW Active Shocks And Struts
Why would an engineer or automaker include this feature on a vehicle? An active dampener allows for a ride without compromise. The three inputs can be used to detect a rough road or an emergency situation where body roll could change the stability of the vehicle.
Philips Says X-tremeVision LED Fog Lamps Are An Easy Upgrade For Popular Asian Makes
The Philips LED fog lamp delivers a bright, white 6,000K light that matches perfectly with the color of Xenon and LED headlights and Philips CrystalVision ultra upgrade headlight bulbs.
Philips ‘Change In Pairs’ Lighting Campaign Helps Promote Better Visibility, Improves Driver Safety
The Philips Lighting Safety Campaign, launched by Lumileds LLC, is a public service aimed at encouraging service technicians and vehicle owners to change headlight bulbs in pairs, whenever they need to replace a bulb due to damage, failure or when one of the bulbs starts to dim. Headlight bulbs tend to deteriorate and lose effectiveness
Philips Now Offers X-tremeVision LED Fog Lamps For Popular European Makes
The Philips LED fog lamp delivers a bright, white 6,000K light that matches perfectly with the color of Xenon and LED headlights and Philips CrystalVision ultra upgrade headlight bulbs, according to Lumileds.
