This month’s edition of our Resource Article is from our old friend, Michael in Utah. In this case, he was called in to diagnose and resolve a Nissan Sentra that experienced an errant electrical short while it was being worked on by the vehicle owner.
Here’s a great reminder of how systems are interdependent in today’s complex vehicle command and control systems. In this post, Oscar from New York reviews how he dealt with a Subaru Legacy that was showing that O2, Catalyst and EGR monitors weren’t ready. Yet, he
Here’s a really nice video case study from Sadel Martinez and Brandon Steckler on the Motor Age YouTube channel, discussing how they resolved a no-start condition on a 2020 BMW X5. When the X5 was towed in, Sadel encountered codes and conditions that were new
AGM batteries continue to grow in terms of OE usage in new vehicle starting systems, driven largely by the increasing prevalence of Start-Stop Systems in today’s North American carpark. For many reasons, AGM and Start-Stop AGM batteries are best tailored to meet the specific needs
So, you go to reprogram a key and it doesn’t work. Try again and get the same result. Now, you’re wondering, “What’s going on here?” Well, this post by Travis in Wisconsin offers one additional thing to watch out for during this service. In this
Bricking modules seems to be as much a topic in 2025 as it was in 2015. The reality seems to us to be that, if you are doing programming, you eventually are going to brick a module. But, there are steps that can be taken
Another Ford-related resource this month, in this case pertaining to the Transit and a problem charging system. Since this is a fairly high volume vehicle, we’d though we’d throw the spotlight on this recent post on VehicleServicePros.com. In it, they break down a diagnosis of
Parasitic drains are a topic we have addressed several times over the years on this blog. They are often the root cause of no start complaints, the resolution of which could involve almost anything we manufacture, from jump starters (overcoming the immediate issue of the
Here’s a great tip on something to watch for when working on Allison-equipped Chevrolet HD trucks. This one had Travis from Wisconsin pulling his hair out, going back over every step multiple times, wondering why he was not finding the root cause of the problem.
Ever wonder about the safety of working on EVs and where/when you will encounter dangerous high voltage components? Here’s a short, but great, piece by Robert in New York that addresses one specific aspect of this safety question: how quickly does high voltage power dissipate
