Alignment & Suspension Specs: 2003-2008 Honda Pilot
Aligning the 2003-2008 Honda Pilot is not difficult. The first-generation Pilot shares the same suspension design as the Odyssey and rear suspension design with the Accord. The Pilot is the largest vehicle Honda manufacturers. There are no TSBs issued for alignment or tire wear problems. Most TSBs for these vehicles focus on the steering column noise, but most of them are for a limited number of vehicles. The Pilot is based on Honda’s Global Light Truck Platform. It features a highly robust and rigid unit body design with isolated front and rear subframes.
Elite Worldwide Launches New Training Webinars for Automotive Professionals
Elite Worldwide is now offering sales, marketing and management training webinars for automotive professionals. Using state-of-the-art technology, Elite says it is now able to help shop owners and dealerships worldwide, through a medium that is more affordable and convenient than traditional seminars.
Diagnostic Solutions: Selling Brake Friction Replacements
A decade ago, an import shop’s profitability depended heavily on the routine replacement of spark plugs, timing belts, mufflers, shock absorbers, clutches and brake friction. Due to advancing vehicle technology, many of these profit centers have steeply declined or have altogether disappeared. One of the remaining exceptions is brake friction replacements.
Tech Tip: VW’s Check Engine Light is On with Fault Code P0411
When diagnosing various VW and Audi vehicles, the Check Engine Light (MIL) is on and fault code P0411 (16795) is stored in the fault memory.
Wrangling in Jeep Spark Timing Dilemmas
Every once in a while I get a Diagnostic Dilemma that takes me back to the basics of how modern engine management systems work. This month’s happened to be a 1992 Jeep Wrangler equipped with the 4.0L engine and manual transmission. Of course, a vehicle of this vintage and configuration has to be about as basic as modern technology can get, right? Well, there are always exceptions.
Pro-Cut Launches New Distribution Program with CARQUEST
Pro-Cut begins the new year with a new partnership with CARQUEST Auto Parts.
Road Trip: LeMay – America’s Car Museum Sets Grand Opening for May 19, 2012
LeMay – America’s Car Museum (ACM) will have 15 galleries housing up to 500 cars, trucks and motorcycles from private owners, corporations and the LeMay collection.
WORLDPAC’s Fantastic Voyage – Central America Customer Appreciation Cruise is a Splashing Success
WORLDPAC’s fourth customer cruise event set sail Saturday March 12, 2011 for eight spectacular days of seafaring through the western Caribbean & Central America! More than 1,200 WORLDPAC customers and special guests joined an elite group of suppliers and WORLDPAC’s top management and sales staff for an unforgettable experience in exotic ports of call including Cozumel Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama.
Tenneco Unveils Array of Marketing Tools to Support Monroe OESpectrum Ride Control Line
Tenneco Inc.’s comprehensive new line of Monroe OESpectrum shock absorbers and struts for foreign nameplate vehicles has been launched with an array of creative point-of-sale merchandising materials and other tools to help installers increase their ride control sales.
Delphi Offers Technician Training Programs to Support Ongoing Education in the Vehicle Electronics Reality
Delphi’s various training initiatives prepare technicians for future success; Delphi Dream Shop giveaway also provides for one technician the foundation for growth.