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Carcessories adds Laser Tools range

Carcessories, the automotive accessories, lubricants and parts supplier, continues to expand its product portfolio with the addition of the Laser Tools range of specialist automotive workshop tools and equipment.

05.11.2015

Tension Code

This bulletin applies to 2012 Audi A8L vehicles that record a DTC entry for seatbelt tensioner voltage too low.

04.11.2015

Nervous Audi

Owners of a 2007 Audi Cabriolet A4, S4 or RS4 may complain about a brief sudden engine stumble that lasts about one second while cruising at moderate vehicle speed.

28.10.2015

Vibration in 4WD

Some owners of a 2007-2012 Mazda CX-7 4WD vehicle may notice a vibration from the floor and/or steering wheel during acceleration at approximately 50 mph. To eliminate the concern, the amount of velocity joint grease was increased during production.

26.10.2015

John Bean Offers New Balancer Series

John Bean’s new B300S and B500 series of balancers offer an ideal solution for high-volume shops that are looking for shorter balancing cycles, the company said.

23.10.2015

GearWrench Adds Four Sets to Ratcheting Wrench Line

The GearWrench premier hand tool brand from Apex Tool Group LLC has added four sets to its 120XP Universal Spline XL Ratcheting Wrench line.

21.10.2015

BMW Goes Into Failsafe

This bulletin applies to 2010 BMW 335i xDrive vehicles. The transmission may go into failsafe mode, with fault code 4F8D (ratio monitoring, gearshift 5-4 – plausibility) stored in the EGS. The cause is over-sensitive EGS software.

20.10.2015

Ken-Tool Releases Dual Wheel Separation Bag

Ken-Tool has unveiled a tool to help remove wheels/tires from truck and trailer axles—the Ken-Tool 34555 Shark Fin Dual Wheel Separation Bag.

16.10.2015

Sonic Signal

Owners of a 2012-2014 Chevy Sonic may complain about an intermittent engine no-crank. They may note that if they cycle the ignition off and then back on, the engine may crank.

15.10.2015

Kia cable swap

Kia has introduced an updated main cable for the Break out Box (BoB). The new cable is replacing and superceding the original BoB main cable. The new BoB cable is gray in color (the old cable was black).