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If you're working on Ford and Lincoln vehicles, you've probably noticed that Ford doesn't run on a single diagnostic platform. Depending on the model year of the vehicle in front of you, you may be working with IDS, FDRS, or FJDS, sometimes all three. Understanding how these tools fit together, what hardware they require, and what coverage they provide will save you a lot of fr …
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If you work on Toyota, Lexus, or Scion vehicles, you've probably hit the wall at least once: a customer brings in a car with a warning light, you need to run a health check or recalibrate an ADAS system, and your generic scan tool just doesn't go deep enough. Toyota's factory diagnostic software, Techstream, has long been the gold standard for accessing the full depth of these …
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One of the most common questions we get at ADAS Depot is some version of this: "Does this Autel system work on [make/model/year]?" It's a fair question, and the answer matters before you commit to a job, or before you invest in equipment. Autel has a free tool that answers it directly. It's called the ADAS Setup & Reverse Lookup Guide, and it lives on autel.us. You pick you …
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