Mitchell 1 addresses ADAS service complications, talks solutions

Jason Morgan is the content director of Fleet Equipment. He has covered the trucking industry for more than 10 years, has a CDL and geeks out far too much over the latest truck equipment and technology.

Published: Sep 12, 2021

Ben Johnson, director, product management, Mitchell 1, noted that advanced driver assistance systems can be impacted by seemingly unrelated repairs. “We talk to shops who say, ‘I have yet to work on an ADAS system,’ but they work on something unrelated that required them to move the ADAS component and that move requires recalibration,” he said.

Johnson stated that radar- and camera-based ADAS components need recalibrate when common repairs happen such as windshield repair. The onus is on the service location and technician to check the manufacturer repair information to see if ADAS components need calibration and/or service.

Watch the video below for Johnson’s overview of the Mitchell 1 ADAS quick reference feature that was introduced into TruckSeries earlier this year.

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Direct labor vs. indirect labor: what do these terms mean? And how much of each is happening in your shop?When this subject comes up, general comments always end up saying that the techs must be hanging around doing nothing. Most who read the data only read the direct data and not the indirect data breakdown. And most shops do not pay attention to the indirect data, so therefore it is a good, appropriate question.