Category Archives: Useful Information

Lear will open seating plant in Romania

Lear will open seating plant in Romania

Lear Corp. plans to open a seating plant in Iasi, Romania by early 2014.

ASA opposes State Farm mandates

ASA opposes State Farm mandates

Recently, the Automotive Service Association (ASA) of Michigan held a well-attended Collision Repair Forum in Lansing, Mich., regarding State Farm’s PartsTrader rollout and Most Favored Nation (MFN) clauses.

Milwaukee Auto repair shop owners charged with auto emissions testing fraud

Milwaukee Auto repair shop owners charged with auto emissions testing fraud

The owners of Aurora Auto Care, a south side Milwaukee auto repair shop that prosecutors say ran an emissions testing scam may have been outsmarted by their own high-tech equipment.

Toyota recalls vehicles over windshield wiper switch

Toyota recalls vehicles over windshield wiper switch

Toyota is recalling certain model year 2013 to 2014 Camry and Camry HV, model year 2013 Avalon and Avalon HV and model year 2014 Corolla vehicles, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Car whisperer apps liberate data from vehicles

Car whisperer apps liberate data from vehicles

The brilliant brains of many new cars can share their secrets through the Internet, allowing car owners to be alerted through their smartphones about when exactly to fill up with gas, what might be causing that funky engine noise and when their children are taking out the family car for joy rides.