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Axalta Coating Systems Introduces ReplaShade Custom Powder Color Match Program

Axalta Coating Systems Introduces ReplaShade Custom Powder Color Match Program

Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings, is excited to announce the launch of, ReplaShade™, a custom color match program that is designed to deliver fast and effective color matches to the powder coating market in the United States, Canada and Mexico. With an eight-day produ ... Continue reading

Put on the Brakes: Stop and Check Your Vehicle's Most Important Safety System

Put on the Brakes: Stop and Check Your Vehicle's Most Important Safety System

When it comes to vehicle safety, the brake system is at the top of the list. Brake Safety Awareness Month in August is the perfect time to have your brakes inspected to make sure they are in safe working condition before school starts and cold weather hits, says the Car Care Council. Brakes are a normal wear item for a ... Continue reading

Auto Lab - Live! NYC Car Call-in Show | Saturday August 1, 2015

Auto Lab - Live! NYC Car Call-in Show | Saturday August 1, 2015

Car Question? Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 Auto Lab is a 25 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing listeners wi ... Continue reading

AAMCO Continues To Drive Professional Developement Through AAMCO University Training Facility

AAMCO Continues To Drive Professional Developement Through AAMCO University Training Facility

Leader in Total Car Care Announces First Service Center Owners to Graduate School of Franchise Ownership HORSHAM, PA -- July 30, 2015: AAMCO, the world's largest chain of transmission specialists and leader in total car care, continues to raise the bar on excellence in automotive maintenance repair and individualized c ... Continue reading

Recall: Lincoln MKT Livery Vehicles

Recall: Lincoln MKT Livery Vehicles

DEARBORN, MI -- July 29, 2015: Ford Motor Company is issuing a safety compliance recall for 91 2015-model year Lincoln MKT livery vehicles in the United States for an issue with the seating configuration. In these vehicles, the installed placard does not agree with the seating configuration, which is a compliance issue ... Continue reading

Axalta Is Cruising Into Louisville, Kentucky

Axalta Is Cruising Into Louisville, Kentucky

Axalta to Showcase Automotive Art Created With Its Brilliant Paints GLEN MILLS, PA -- July 28, 2015: How hot will this summer get? How about checking out one of the hottest hot rod shows in the Midwest? Consider stopping by the 46th Annual NSRA Street Rod Nationals Plus at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, ... Continue reading

FCA Clarifies Scope of Remedies in NHTSA Consent Order

FCA Clarifies Scope of Remedies in NHTSA Consent Order

Certain press reports have misconstrued the scope and therefore the estimated costs of certain remedies contemplated by the consent order entered into by FCA US with NHTSA and announced today. FCA intends to clarify the scope of such remedies. In the consent order, FCA US has agreed to additional remedies for three rec ... Continue reading

NHTSA RECALL RECAP - July 27, 2015

NHTSA RECALL RECAP - July 27, 2015

NHTSA RECALL RECAP - July 27, 2015 ... Continue reading

FCA Recall: Statement: Software Update

FCA Recall: Statement: Software Update

FCA US LLC is conducting a voluntary safety recall to update software in approximately 1,400,000 U.S. vehicles equipped with certain radios. The recall aligns with an ongoing software distribution that insulates connected vehicles from remote manipulation, which, if unauthorized, constitutes criminal action. Further, F ... Continue reading

FCA Recall: Statement: Occupant Restraint Control Module

FCA Recall: Statement: Occupant Restraint Control Module

FCA US LLC is conducting a voluntary safety recall to recalibrate control modules on approximately 667,406 U.S.-market trucks to prevent inadvertent side-curtain air-bag and seatbelt pre-tensioner deployment. Modules in certain pickups may have calibrations with a low deployment threshold. The Company is aware of two p ... Continue reading

FCA US Reaches Consensual Resolution of NHTSA Investigation on 23 Recall Campaigns

FCA US Reaches Consensual Resolution of NHTSA Investigation on 23 Recall Campaigns

FCA US LLC (FCA US) today announced it has entered into a consent order with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) which resolves the issues raised by NHTSA with respect to FCA US’s execution of 23 recall campaigns in NHTSA’s Special Order issued to FCA US on May 22, 2015 and further addr ... Continue reading

Auto Lab - Live! NYC Car Call-in Show | Saturday July 25, 2015

Auto Lab - Live! NYC Car Call-in Show | Saturday July 25, 2015

Car Question? Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 Auto Lab is a 25 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing listeners wi ... Continue reading

Tips for Staying Cool with Your Ford Vehicle this Summer

Tips for Staying Cool with Your Ford Vehicle this Summer

Last year was the hottest summer on record[1], and heat and humidity are again bearing down across the United States. Heat waves on both coasts are contributing to shattered weather records already this year, with 31 cities and towns across the country posting the hottest June temperature ever recorded. Raleigh, North ... Continue reading

Kiekert Develops Technology To Reduce Car Door Damage

Kiekert Develops Technology To Reduce Car Door Damage

Kiekert AG, the leader in automotive closure-system technology, plans to introduce an innovative "brake system" for car doors called "i-protect." Kiekert's sensor-based system is designed to reduce sheet metal damage and costly insurance claims by automatically stopping car doors from striking other objects as they are ... Continue reading

GWC Warranty Helping Used Car Dealers Sell More Cars With Best-In-Class Products, Service, Technology, Training

GWC Warranty Helping Used Car Dealers Sell More Cars With Best-In-Class Products, Service, Technology, Training

GWC Warranty, the largest, best-in-class provider of vehicle service contracts sold through used car dealers, has taken steps in recent years to revolutionize the relationship between used car dealers and vehicle service contract providers. “By providing our dealers with products, service, technology and training ... Continue reading

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