Tag: repair bulletin

Collision Repair

Clip Tips: Subaru makes select mounting, spacing clips available to repairers

Toronto, Ontario — One small clip can make a big difference—Subaru knows this and is making sure mounting and spacer clips for select airbag curtain modules are made available to repairers. These clips will be usable on model year 2015 to 2022 Outbacks and Legacys; MY 2018 to 2022 Crosstreks; MY 2019 to 2022 Foresters […]

August 1, 2023

Collision Repair

Aluminum Exclusivity: BMW bulletin restricts more than 100 structural aluminum parts to certified facilities

Toronto, Ontario — BMW’s North American division announced in a bulletin Thursday that it has restricted more than 100 aluminum structural parts for its vehicles “due to complexity of repair and the requirement of highly specialized tools, training, and repair procedures.” Going forward, parts on that list can only be ordered by facilities with technicians […]

March 20, 2023

ADAS

Under Your Nose: GM repair bulletin warns of subtle sensor obstructions, false collision warnings

Toronto, Ontario — Car giving you false collision warnings and you don’t know why? Take a peek at how that license plate is sitting in its frame—are bent corners obscuring the sensors beneath? That might be your answer, according to a recent bulletin posted to General Motors’ Techlink repair portal. In a recent post to […]

September 12, 2022

Collision Repair

Weld to the Wise: Toyota issues repair bulletin on approved welding techniques, cold straightening

Toronto, Ontario — Toyota announced that they are icing the use of heat to straighten body and frame components on OEM repairs, as well as reinforcing pre-existing welding techniques, in a Collision Repair Information Bulletin (CRIB) issued last Wednesday. The automaker says that due to the high-strength sheet steel used for structural body and frame […]

June 28, 2022