For this month’s tech resource, our old friend Albin Moore shares his approach to assessing the entire vehicle starting-charging system in a comprehensive manner. As Albin stressed in the guest articles he contributed to our blog a few years ago, the system is interconnected and
For this month’s tech resource, Martin from British Columbia reminds us that EVs can present difficult diagnostic challenges just as much as ICE vehicles. In his post on diag.net, he recounts how his students allowed themselves to be taken down the wrong diagnostic path by
For this month’s tech resource, Juan dives into a tricky diagnostic rabbit hole, where he was trying to figure out why, after a repair performed at another shop, a 2007 Chevy Tahoe was experiencing a misfire and hesitation with codes P0174 and p0300 set. He
Here at Clore Automotive, we have been a member of NASTF for several years, supporting their mission to serve as a bridge between automobile manufacturers and the service industry. In a recent committee meeting, several of us tool and equipment manufacturer participants suggested that it
For this month’s tech resource, we’ve got another electrical mystery, this time on a 2019 Chevrolet Impala equipped with Auto Stop/Start function, from of William in West Virginia. The complaint was that the vehicle wouldn’t resume operation after a Stop event. The initial diagnosis found
This month’s pro resource is a quick one, but it just may save you a lot of hassle and your customer a lot of money. In this useful post, Michael from Texas shows how he resolved a malfunctioning entertainment hub on a BMW 3 320i.
Here’s a diagnostic case study involving all the critical elements of a great electrical system who-done-it: vehicle started fine when first brought in but wouldn’t start after the repair was completed; aftermarket equipment plays a key role in this mystery; the vehicle owner had tinkered
For this month’s resource piece, we are spotlighting the resources archive on Diagnostic Network (Diag.net). The resources archive is a place where technicians share information that can be useful for their peers, everything from known good wave forms and known good sensor data to reference
Diagnosing communications issues within and among vehicle networks can be very tricky business. A key component to successfully pinpointing and addressing these issues is having a solid understanding of how the vehicle network is designed and operates. This is a daunting task, considering how many
This is a great example of just how tricky it can be to resolve an intermittent electrical system issue. Robert from New York submitted this great case study, which illustrates many of the concepts we have seen emphasized by the experts since we started this
