Premiere Services last month announced it would be LKQ’s exclusive provider of remanufactured infotainment systems in the U.S. and Canada. The July 1 news release stressed that the company would return the previously owned parts [...]

It’s “mandatory” that collision repairers test-drive a vehicle following ADAS calibration, LaMettry’s Collision operations President Darrell Amberson argued before the Collision Industry Conference last month. Amberson, whose regional MSO handles many calibrations in-house, recalled a [...]

The U.S. Department of Justice last week proposed terminating the 1963 consent decree reached between the government and auto insurance trade groups over collision repair business practices. Collision repairers, insurers and other interested parties have [...]

As the collision ecosystem debates what to call various “Opt-OE” categories of parts, a Toyota auto body repair expert last month offered perspective into how one OEM oversees and classified its official parts. Toyota only [...]

One automaker’s recent description of its service parts supply chain and warranty might help the industry resolve some of the controversy over what to call new OEM parts sold by a third-party vendor rather than [...]

Volkswagen on Tuesday announced “nearly all” of its 2020 model year vehicles would carry standard front autobraking — including for pedestrians — rear-cross-traffic AEB and blind spot monitoring. Consumer Reports research reported by the Insurance [...]

There’s still time for a shop to squeak in before I-CAR dumps the old Gold Class rules in favor of a stricter threshold, and one way to accomplish this might be an “In-Shop Knowledge Assessment” [...]

Auto-Owners has advised insurance adjusters that diagnostic checks are “integral” and might be needed even if an OEM doesn’t have a position statement. “Auto-Owners Insurance Company believes pre and post scans are integral operations needed [...]

Collision repairers, insurers and consumers might see repairs get slightly easier and more affordable soon, based on new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety research finding knee airbags have a “negligible” safety effect. In fact, it’s [...]

While praising a New Hampshire bill currently awaiting a decision by Gov. Chris Sununu, a collision repair expert recently warned the industry against trying to pack too much into OEM repair procedure bills. Vehicle Collision [...]