GM and Ford Just Tightened Their ADAS Repair Rules. Read the Fine Print Before Your Next Job
Posted by ADAS Depot on 27th Aug 2026
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GM and Ford Just Tightened Their ADAS Repair Rules. Read the Fine Print Before Your Next Job
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Two of the biggest names in your bays just moved the goalposts on ADAS repair. Across a series of refreshed position statements this year, Gen
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ABS, ECM, and TCM Programming Tools: What Each Module Needs
Posted by ADAS Depot on 27th Aug 2026
A replacement module out of the box does nothing. It has no VIN, no calibration file, and no memory of the vehicle it is about to control. Getting it from that state to a car you can hand back is a different job depending on which module you are holding, and shops that treat all three the same way end up with a programmed part and a vehicle that still will not drive.
The flash
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GM Tech 2 Scan Tool: What It Still Covers and What Replaced It
Posted by ADAS Depot on 24th Aug 2026
There is a Tech 2 in a drawer in half the independent shops in America. It still boots, the card still reads, and for a 2005 Silverado it will do things a $3,000 aftermarket tablet cannot. Then a 2021 Tahoe rolls in, the tool cannot see half the modules, and the shop starts wondering whether the problem is the vehicle, the cable, or the twenty-year-old scanner.
It is the scanne
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