A car can be compared to the human body and may need diagnostic tests very often. For humans, when a patient consults a doctor about a symptom, the doctor runs a medical diagnostic test to ascertain ...

You hear a new, disturbing noise coming from your engine, open the hood, look around, and find nothing. Now what? Before you reach for a conveniently-placed torque wrench to try the ol’ “love tap,” ...

Cars are more than just oil and steel. Modern models have incorporated electronics and computer chips to help manage and optimize their mechanical components. That means maintaining your car's ...

More than 200 years before Carl Benz built the world's first car, Sir Francis Bacon coined the phrase, "Knowledge is power." Estimating the cost of auto repairs can be like guessing how many grains of ...

Like a full body exam, a full vehicle diagnostic sounds like an in depth scan that will detect any problems with your vehicle. Unfortunately, a full diagnostic—like an annual checkup—is confined to ...

If you are looking for a comprehensive automotive on-board diagnostics (OBD) tool, you may be interested in a new Kickstarter campaign for the ThinkOBD 900 OBD diagnostic tool. Providing you with a ...

NORTH READING, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teradyne (NYSE: TER) introduced today the GRADE-X™ OTX Editor, an authoring environment for the emerging ISO13209 Open Test eXchange (OTX) standard, at the CTI ...

For as long as semiconductor devices have been around, motor vehicles have been one of the toughest operating environments. Chips in automobiles, trucks, and buses are subject to extremes of ...