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Case Studies: How Utilizing the Art of Reverse Engineering Can Save You Time and Money

Jul 23, 2024 | motor.com | Pam Oakes

Case Studies: How Utilizing the Art of Reverse Engineering Can Save You Time and Money Posted on July 23, 2024 With over a trillion different diagnostic scenarios driving around out there, an initial fundamental analysis followed by reverse engineering surpasses all the case studiesBy Pam Oakes, ASE/EETSME Automotive ProfessionalCase studies. Every industry has its own version. In the automotive industry—especially the aftermarket—they are a popular staple in training classes.
How to make sense of the ADAS universe

May 21, 2024 | tirebusiness.com | Pam Oakes

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is a favorite of mine. Common sense driven, he tackles the mysteries of the universe with persistence and ever-questioning all-types of methods. And he explains to the astronomy novice how that object they are peering at through their backyard telescope may not exist in real time.
Oakes: Confusion on tread depth can lead to legal woes

Apr 23, 2024 | tirebusiness.com | Pam Oakes

When technicians think of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) calibration-recalibration, they visualize scanners, targets and stands. But more boxes are to be checked before we get to the triangulation points from alignments to sensor fusion. One box that is often misrepresented is tread depth.
NHTSA Traffic Laws: How a Simple Automotive Sensor Can Possibly Save More Than 13,000 Lives Annually by 2027

Apr 4, 2024 | motor.com | Pam Oakes

NHTSA Traffic Laws: How a Simple Automotive Sensor Can Possibly Save More Than 13,000 Lives Annually by 2027 Posted on April 4, 2024 A new ADAS sensor is making its way through the development process and could become a standard item on cars and light trucks by 2027By Pam Oakes ASE/EETAutomotive SMECrank no start? Nope, but there is another sensor in development that could give technicians heartburn when tracing a false-positive fuel delivery issue to a no-start condition.
ADAS sensor technology advances

Mar 1, 2024 | fenderbender.com | Pam Oakes

Advanced driver assistance systems — ADAS for short – are here to stay. Moving at an exponential pace of 10Gbps, and more, it lets you know if it’s time to take a break — and if you are out of your lane — all at the same time. But keeping the technology on track will take the professionalism and skill of every technician performing calibration/recalibration in the bay, every day. Why?
Technicians Learning Automotive Technology the Right Way—Their Way | MOTOR

Jan 25, 2024 | motor.com | Pam Oakes

Time is the enemy when it comes to automotive continuing education. With a plethora of courses available 24/7, how does a technician choose what’s right for them on their limited schedule and still keep relevant? By Pam Oakes ASE/EETAutomotive SMEI’ve gone to the dark side. For decades I had been one of the “good guys”—a technician in the bay, just like many of you reading this article.
Integrity is everything

Dec 6, 2023 | vehicleservicepros.com | Brandon Steckler |Pam Oakes

Welcome back to another edition of “The data doesn’t lie,” a regular feature in which I pose a puzzling case study, followed by the answers to the previous issue’s puzzle.
OEM Modes: Scan tool services that fixed the wrecked Dodge

Dec 4, 2023 | fenderbender.com | Pam Oakes

At first look, it appeared to have been a very nasty accident. When the tow truck finally dragged the 2015 Dodge Challenger out of the swale, it was obvious that the vehicle sustained substantial damage to the trunk/deck and both quarter panels. The second vehicle -- a modified pickup – had a few scratches and dents on its grille and front bumper. It was obvious who won the bout between the Challenger and the modified truck. Back at the body shop, an evaluation and estimate were performed.
Oakes: Road from ADAS to autonomy has many detours

Nov 7, 2023 | tirebusiness.com | Pam Oakes

This past summer, I was in the Midwest teaching a class on emerging technologies — including advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) technology — when a technician announced to everyone his recent successful recalibration of a LiDAR sensor on a Honda. A few minutes later, he added that his shop did not have the room inside the bay area for the reset, so he completed the task in the repair facility's parking lot.
Oakes: Auto technicians key to autonomous driving adoption

Sep 19, 2023 | tirebusiness.com | Pam Oakes

'It's already happening. Us human beings … We had a chance to make something of ourselves and we blew it! Ok. Another civilization is gonna take a turn. We take machines and stuff them full of information. And they become smarter than we are."Those scripted words were spoken by actor Buddy Hackett more than 50 years ago in the Disney film, The Love Bug.