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Tyresure launches VT36 diagnostic tool

Tyresure Limited has added the brand new VT36, an affordable starter TPMS diagnostic tool, to its range. According to the company, the VT36’s low price makes the tool accessible to small and medium size tyre shops and garages entering into the fast growing TPMS market for the first time. Designed for tough tyre shop and garage environments, it is pitched as “ideal TPMS diagnostic starter tool”.

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11.08.2016

Kwik Fit: many drivers fail to read the road

New research for Kwik Fit, the UK’s largest automotive servicing and repair company, has revealed that the average driver knows only 79 per cent of UK road sign meanings, with one in five road signs a mystery. The research even reports that the majority of adults think drivers should retake their driving test periodically.

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11.08.2016

Leaky Internal DEF

Some 2011 Ford F-Super Duty trucks equipped with the 6.7L diesel engine and built on or before 8-3-2011 may exhibit a MIL on with DTCs P20E8 and P202D. These codes are set by a small diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) leak internal; to the reductant pump assembly.

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11.08.2016

Samsung might buy Magneti Marelli, FCA's parts supplier

Automotive manufacturing is quickly changing as companies like Google and Apple move into the sector with new products and services. It should be no surprise that other tech companies are making moves to grab a piece of the pie. According to Bloomberg, Korean tech conglomerate Samsung is in talks to purchase major automotive parts supplier Magneti Marelli from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.