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What tools have I used and what diagnostic tools will I be using in the future?
I currently use an Actron Autoscanner CP9575, Actron Auto troubleshooter CP7677, the website hyundaitechinco.com when working on my wifes ’03 Santa Fe, your videos, common sense, and dumb luck.
Oh yeah, and on occasion, duck tape ;). If you can’t duck it…..
As for what tools would I be using in the future, it will vary. But I believe that the path of automotive diagnostic technology is moving into the hands of the car owner. I remember a video you did on a new technology were a diagnostic system would be installed into the car. When periodic maintenance approached or an engine light came on, that information would already be sent to the dealership, cutting repair and guess work. Well, in my opinion, this is the possible start of how vehicle diagnostics would change.
Take OTC’s Genisys as an example. It’s a heavy duty tablet built for engine diagnostics. It’s portable, and available to anyone who can afford it, not just vehicle repair shops. If you combine the technology from your recent video with OTC’s Genisys, then you will have what I think is the future of vehicle diagnostics.
I think that almost all vehicles of all types will eventually have a built in diagnostic system. The system would monitor the engine performance, driving habits, and how it will possible shorten the time between maintenance. Only service issues would be sent to the dealership or a repair station that can access the information via the owners phone or wi-fi access point. This would have the information sent to the repair location ahead of time so the techs could know what to expect and how to solve it instead of spending the time to first diagnose, then attempt to correct this issue.
Another possibility is the technology that OTC has developed in their Genisys system. Home/car owners would have a type of diagnostic system installed into the garage, maybe on the wall. The system would also be linked, if installed, with the on-board diag. system. This home system would be capable of handling more tests, monitor more sensors, and be able to diagnose more issues with a larger on-board database of solutions.
To put this one step further, if the vehicle continues to have issues, or the either system can not determine a solution, the owner can contact their preferred technician via a live video/audio chat with the larger home system. The technician can link into the system and watch the live data stream and recommend or even as the owner to perform certain actions to test out what’s wrong. With live video chat so popular, if the technician can’t determine anything, but would like to see how the problem appears to the owner, he could be patched to the owners mobile phone, and “ride along” for a test drive as live data is streamed to him/her.
I know it’s a long ramble and a long read, but this is how I think the field of diagnostic technology will evolve. If you can now get on your computer, do a live video chat with a doctor, have it considered a doctors vist and have that doc email/fax you a prescription, then this future is possible.
What do you and everyone else thing?
What tools have I used and what diagnostic tools will I be using in the future?
I currently use an Actron Autoscanner CP9575, Actron Auto troubleshooter CP7677, the website hyundaitechinco.com when working on my wifes ’03 Santa Fe, your videos, common sense, and dumb luck.
Oh yeah, and on occasion, duck tape ;). If you can’t duck it…..
As for what tools would I be using in the future, it will vary. But I believe that the path of automotive diagnostic technology is moving into the hands of the car owner. I remember a video you did on a new technology were a diagnostic system would be installed into the car. When periodic maintenance approached or an engine light came on, that information would already be sent to the dealership, cutting repair and guess work. Well, in my opinion, this is the possible start of how vehicle diagnostics would change.
Take OTC’s Genisys as an example. It’s a heavy duty tablet built for engine diagnostics. It’s portable, and available to anyone who can afford it, not just vehicle repair shops. If you combine the technology from your recent video with OTC’s Genisys, then you will have what I think is the future of vehicle diagnostics.
I think that almost all vehicles of all types will eventually have a built in diagnostic system. The system would monitor the engine performance, driving habits, and how it will possible shorten the time between maintenance. Only service issues would be sent to the dealership or a repair station that can access the information via the owners phone or wi-fi access point. This would have the information sent to the repair location ahead of time so the techs could know what to expect and how to solve it instead of spending the time to first diagnose, then attempt to correct this issue.
Another possibility is the technology that OTC has developed in their Genisys system. Home/car owners would have a type of diagnostic system installed into the garage, maybe on the wall. The system would also be linked, if installed, with the on-board diag. system. This home system would be capable of handling more tests, monitor more sensors, and be able to diagnose more issues with a larger on-board database of solutions.
To put this one step further, if the vehicle continues to have issues, or the either system can not determine a solution, the owner can contact their preferred technician via a live video/audio chat with the larger home system. The technician can link into the system and watch the live data stream and recommend or even as the owner to perform certain actions to test out what’s wrong. With live video chat so popular, if the technician can’t determine anything, but would like to see how the problem appears to the owner, he could be patched to the owners mobile phone, and “ride along” for a test drive as live data is streamed to him/her.
I know it’s a long ramble and a long read, but this is how I think the field of diagnostic technology will evolve. If you can now get on your computer, do a live video chat with a doctor, have it considered a doctors vist and have that doc email/fax you a prescription, then this future is possible.
What do you and everyone else thing?