Automotive Diagnostic Podcast

369: Technician Pay & Shop Culture With Tomi Oliva

Mon, 12 Oct 2026

Tomi is back on the show this week to talk about technician pay, shop culture, and trying to get me to buy a shop. How do you build a successful shop where people actually want to work and make good money? listen to find out.

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368: Why Won't This F$*&'in Key Program?! Vol 3

Mon, 05 Oct 2026

This week on the show I have another volume of "Why won't this key program?" This time it's centered around Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram smart keys. This systems can give you issues training in new keys even when there's nothing broken in the vehicle. But add a issue on top and it gets real tricky. Listen to find out tips on how to diagnose and program keys successfully on these systems.

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367: Toyota RAV4 Stop-Start Diagnosis

Mon, 28 Sep 2026

This week on the show I share a case study from a 2020 Toyota Rav4. The vehicle runs great until it the stop-start activates. The engine then becomes a crank no start. Listen to find out the cause!

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366: Toyota Camry Repeat Failed ECM Diagnosis

Sun, 20 Sep 2026

This week on the show I share a case study on a 2019 Toyota Camry that started out as a seemingly straight forward no communication dead ECM. But after the replacement failed as well, things got a bit more complicated. Listen to find out the source of the problem.

365: Don't Get Steered The Wrong Way

Mon, 07 Sep 2026

This week on the show I share 3 case studies from recent vehicles doing Electric power steering programming and diagnostics. A 2017 Chevrolet Volt with a perceived tire/suspension pull. A 2019 Chevrolet Silverado with a new power steering rack we programmed doesn't work correctly & the shop thinks we programmed it incorrectly. Finally a 2018 Audi Q7 that has a internal fault code in the rack that won't clear or allow normal operation that occurred just from unplugging the rack for service.