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Letter to the Editor
Thursday February 27
NASTF Tool Matrix Posted
The National Automotive Service Task Force (NASTF) has posted the OEM tool matrix on its Web site, www.nastf.org. In keeping with the auto manufacturers’ commitments to independent repair shops, as described in a Sept. 20, 2002 letter to U.S. Sen Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., automakers are making concerted efforts to provide emissions and non-emissions diagnostic tool data-stream information to the Equipment & Tool Institute (ETI) as soon as possible. This will facilitate the development of broader function generic tools by aftermarket tool and equipment companies.At the November 2002 NASTF meeting, the NASTF tool committee reported that nearly all OEMs had reported the status of information submission for six primary systems: engine, transmission, anti-lock brakes, airbag, HVAC, and cruise control.
Further progress has been made since November, as outlined in the matrix. All emissions-related data-stream information is targeted for submission to ETI by March 30, 2003, and all remaining information is targeted for submission to ETI by Aug. 31, 2003.
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