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May 3, 2022

Pete Meier will present on electrical challenges at the Motor Age Accelerate event on Oct.15. Be sure to get signed up!

When it comes to diagnostics, many younger technicians want to jump straight to (what is typically referred to as) advanced testing techniques. These advanced tests indeed have their place in the diagnostic realm, but when implemented properly, don't tend to enter the picture until some more, easy-to-perform preliminary testing techniques are carried out.

It’s the results of the "easy" tests that lead more experienced and advanced techs to the advanced testing we speak of. These advanced tests aren’t truly all that difficult to perform. Sometimes it even takes expensive, appropriate tooling that not too many youngsters possess yet. But even still, without a thorough understanding of the basics, these advanced tests and tools wouldn’t be applicable in the slightest.

Join Motor Age magazine’s Pete Meier as he conducts a class, custom-built for any technician less than comfortable dealing with electrical customer concerns. You’ll leave class knowing three extremely important steps to focus on, including one testing technique you must master to become your shop’s electrical guru.

The best part? These testing techniques that Meier teaches so well, in an easy-to-understand and easy-to-implement format, apply to everything you will work on! And you will see the results the very first time you implement these newly learned technique, back in the workshop.

Register today for the Motor Age Accelerate in-person training event to hear from Meier and other industry experts. The event is taking place Oct.15 in Rosemont, Ill.

Make sure to register before June 30 to get the early bird rate!

About the Author

Brandon Steckler | Technical Editor | Motor Age

Brandon began his career in Northampton County Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he was a student of GM’s Automotive Service Educational program. In 2001, he graduated top of his class and earned the GM Leadership award for his efforts. He later began working as a technician at a Saturn dealership in Reading, Pennsylvania, where he quickly attained Master Technician status. He later transitioned to working with Hondas, where he aggressively worked to attain another Master Technician status.

Always having a passion for a full understanding of system/component functionality, he rapidly earned a reputation for deciphering strange failures at an efficient pace and became known as an information specialist among the staff and peers at the dealership. In search of new challenges, he transitioned away from the dealership and to the independent world, where he specialized in diagnostics and driveability.

Today, he is an instructor with both Carquest Technical Institute and Worldpac Training Institute. Along with beta testing for Automotive Test Solutions, he develops curriculum/submits case studies for educational purposes. Through Steckler Automotive Technical Services, LLC., Brandon also provides telephone and live technical support, as well as private training, for technicians all across the world.

Brandon holds ASE certifications A1-A9 as well as C1 (Service Consultant). He is certified as an Advanced Level Specialist in L1 (Advanced Engine Performance), L2 (Advanced Diesel Engine Performance), L3 (Hybrid/EV Specialist), L4 (ADAS) and xEV-Level 2 (Technician electrical safety).

He contributes weekly to Facebook automotive chat groups, has authored several books and classes, and truly enjoys traveling across the globe to help other technicians attain a level of understanding that will serve them well throughout their careers.