By Gideon Scanlon
Newport Beach, California — March 8, 2017 — On Thursday, leaders of the collision repair industry joined in on a conference call to hear the second half of a presentation given two months ago.
With listeners from across North America, the most recent Guild 21 call focused on explaining why pre and post-repair scanning are becoming ever more complex and ever more necessary.
To make this point, asTech director of calibrations Bram Paris walked listeners through a brief history of blindspot detectors in Honda models, which have gone through three revolutionary transformations since 2006, even as the models’ outward appearance remained the same.
“Procedures we used to do all the time, like removing a mirror, can throw systems off,” said Paris. “A slight difference in the angle can will throw them off, and to check them, we need to make sure that we are following the correct OEM procedures.”
Jake Rodenroth, asTech’s director of industry relations, spoke after Paris, offering listeners examples of other situations where the importance of scanning is easily overlooked. “One reason why some OEMs have not come forward with a position on scanning is because the need varies even within particular models. There are luxury vehicles which range from 60 to 120 different modules, depending on what features you pick,” Rodenroth said.
True to Guild 21’s committment to improving the quality of repairs through collaboration, Rodenroth continued by saying that the collision repair community should work together in order to help OEMs create procedural guidelines for post-repair scanning based on existing industry practices.
Founded by the late National Auto Body Council chairman Dale Delmage in 2012, Guild 21 is dedicated to bringing collision repair industry leaders together in order to better serve the public.
