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...Have You Tried Recalibration?  Modern cars are more complex, as well as less fault tolerant. Sometimes fault codes are created by unknown circumstances, not because of a true fault. eXponentia’s Steve Carter relates a few instances where the fault might be considered to be phan...

...The Key to Success is Knowledge Any repair requires an understanding of what is wrong, and the effects of what you are doing. Both require an understanding of how things really work. eXponentia’s Steve Carter explains the importance of knowledge as it applies to the ever increasin...

...Toyota Prius Equalisation Charge Hybrids are here to stay, and they are going to thrive under a combination of more stringent emission requirements and rising fuel costs. eXponentia’s Steve Carter recounts a problem encountered on a Prius that refused to start and then required an...

...Training Saves You Money Steve Carter from eXponentia, gives an example highlighting how too little knowledge will cost you a lot more than paying for training, by keeping your technicians’ skills up-to-date. When discussing training requirements for garages, it is often stated that...

...Since the introduction of Controller Area Networks (CAN) in cars in the 1983, Bosch has continued to improve this method of communication between control modules. Modern vehicles have up to 70 modules communicating on various bus networks. This added complexity has  many garages runni...

...A 1997 Jaguar XJ8 4.0 came into a subscriber’s workshop, with the customer asking for the injectors to be cleaned. Previous garages had tried to identify the cause of poor idle quality and none had been successful. The first step was to code read for any faults stored, only 1 was retr...

...    Recently a workshop started a turbocharger repair on a Mondeo that took longer than normal, due to a customer trying to source his own (cheaper) parts. In the mean time, the key for the Mondeowas mislaid. The customer came with a spare key and the garage tried to pr...

...We are getting a large number of enquiries on the best way to diagnose a fault on the SRS or airbag system. There is a lot of fear from technicians on what is the safe way to repairing SRS systems.  First, remember you are dealing with explosvie components, and there are set rules...

...Recently, we have received several calls form garages relating to various fault lights on the BMW X3 E83.     The SRS, ABS/DSC and 4X4 system warnings lights are illuminated. On investigation, the main code seems to be the LEW sensor, or commonly known as the Steering Angle...

...A common problem we are having with the replacement of the brakes on BMW vehicles fitted with a condition based service indicator.  When checking the condition of the brakes on the service menu, the technician then performs a brake pad reset after replacing the pads. But the problem o...



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