Author: Master Technician

For over a hundred years the New York International Auto Show has provided the public with an exciting display of cars, technology, and a glimpse of the future. Even while the auto industry restructures this year was no different.

More evidence that the PCM is probably not the problem, and an ethical dilemma.

As with any diagnosis, the first step is the most critical. In this case, we needed to find out if the problem was in the transmission itself, or in the electronics that control it. The facts led us to something we didn’t expect.

The Jeep’s erratic running pointed to the PCM, but what other work had been done recently?

In the quest for ever-increasing safety, seat occupancy detection systems help by giving the electronics the info needed to determine how to fire the airbags. That system is malfunctioning in this 2005 Chrysler Town & Country. It’s our job to diagnose and repair what’s wrong.

No power window switches on a 2003 Pontiac Bonneville SSEI

Our man John stays clean and comfortable while doing a successful diagnosis. A 2006 Lincoln Navigator (Figure #1) 5.4L with a complaint of a rough-running engine.