J.D. Power last month announced consumers have reached a new height of satisfaction with auto insurance claims, powered by year-over-year increases in every one of…
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Marcia and Matthew Seebachan last week recounted how a body shop’s incorrect repair of their 2010 Honda Fit ended professional and personal dreams, affected family…
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Responding to a prompt about OEM repair procedures, Marcia Seebachan told the Collision Industry Conference last week that her profession’s code of ethics demands decisions…
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I-CAR said its members voted Thursday to shrink the organization’s 22-seat board and grant a new nonvoting “Associate Member” status to all Platinum technicians, Gold…
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Hyundai on Tuesday announced “the world’s first Road Noise Active Noise Control (RANC) system,” calling it good enough to possibly cut back on some of…
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A Collision Industry Conference committee trying to produce industrywide parts definitions announced last week it had split into subcommittees after failing to reach agreement. The…
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LKQ on Wednesday announced both a guarantee its recycled and aftermarket parts could be calibrated and a “full indemnification” of any shop relying on its…
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CARSTAR and Maaco parent company Driven Brands has bought the Automotive Training Institute, ATI President Richard Menneg confirmed Tuesday. Menneg said the management team will…
Test welding isn’t just “grabbing a bunch of coupons” and conducting a destructive test, Technical Committee Co-Chairman Kye Yeung warned the Collision Industry Conference earlier…
A Brainerd, Minn., body shop whose owner had been researching the Spanesi Touch for two years won the measuring system earlier this month during the…
An initial State Farm residential estimate more than $14,000 below the company’s independent appraiser’s and nearly $89,000 below the final umpire award wasn’t proof of…
Despite it debuting as a new model, FCA descriptions suggest body shops might not see a significant difference between the 2020 Chrysler Voyager minivan and…
Hyundai on Tuesday announced “the world’s first Road Noise Active Noise Control (RANC) system,” calling it good enough to possibly cut back on some of…
J.D. Power last month announced consumers have reached a new height of satisfaction with auto insurance claims, powered by year-over-year increases in every one of…
A newly released Society of Collision Repair Specialists video announced Thursday offers shops who missed this year’s Repairer Driven Education series a consolation prize: a…
