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sor know that the mileage being reported
through the app had not increased since
dropping the vehicle off the previous
Saturday. Instead, I mentioned this to
the service manager on a later call and
asked him to see what he could do to
rectify the situation. The following
day I received an update. A field engineer and service technician looked at
the vehicle and concluded it would
need a new EPS rack and pinion. After
the call, I checked the app and to my
delight I saw that the vehicle was driven
nine miles.
A week later when my vehicle was
ready for pickup, I inquired about quality assurance and asked if the vehicle
was aligned properly and road tested to
verify proper operation. I was assured it
was. As I drove away, I noticed the steering wheel was no longer centered. The
next day I took the vehicle to my shop
and returned the wheel to center. I never
did hear back regarding the lengthy CSI
feedback report I submitted as per their
automated feedback system.

CONCLUSION

When it comes to hybrid and electric
vehicles, today's service technicians must
continually advance their skillsets to stay
ahead of the curve. I know quite a few
very successful technicians who adopted

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early with hybrids vehicles. Their early
discoveries are now paving the way to
success in properly servicing and repairing today's modern drivetrains, and I
have no doubt that they'll be ready for
what tomorrow brings.
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Training resources

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Technicians can utilize these sources for
training information on servicing hybrid
and electric vehicles.
*	 ATG - Automotive Training Group
- atgtraining.com
*	 ATTS - Automotive Technician Training
Services - attstraining.com
*	 CTI - Carquest Technical Institute ctionline.com
*	 FTA - Future Tech Auto futuretechauto.com
*	 SAE - Society of Automotive Engineers sae.org/learn/content/c1504

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*	 THS - The Hybrid Shop thehybridshop.com
*	 WTI - Worldpac Training Institute worldpac.com/training
*	 Rich Rebuilds YouTube Channel:
youtube.com/c/RichRebuilds/featured
*	 EVTV - evtv.me

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