New Snap-on Website Videos Highlight Software Upgrade

Snap-on has announced the addition of four new videos to it website that highlight Software Upgrade 17.4. Each video shows automotive repair professionals how their diagnostic tools can be enhanced and expanded to maximize their diagnostic capabilities when they upgrade to the latest software. The videos can be viewed here.

The videos exemplify how updated software:

Saves technicians time
Solves customer problems by reprogramming fobs and keypads
Allows technicians to diagnose complicated safety systems
Gives technicians greater collision-related coverage

“Snap-on industry-leading diagnostic tools carry the most advanced software available, elevating the technician’s confidence to perform every general and collision repair job right, the first time, every time,” said Leian Wunderlich, software program manager for Snap-on Diagnostics. “Our new videos further illustrate how updating diagnostic tools to Software Upgrade 17.4 not only provides more coverage to take on the toughest jobs, but also guarantees that technicians have the most comprehensive diagnostic coverage in the industry.”

Additional reasons to upgrade to the latest software include: codes, data, functional tests, resets, adaptations, guided component tests, Auto ID, One-Touch Code Scan and Clear, on-tool training, plus verified common replacement parts and expert knowledge on tools with SureTrack. Software Upgrade 17.4 offers access to over 4.9 million codes, tests, tips and data for 1981-2017 model years, with the most extensive coverage outside of the factory tool.

O’Reilly Automotive introduced BrakeBest Select Pro – its next generation of brake pad design. Designed for newer model domestic vehicles, the company said these pads are engineered with input from professional technicians to offer a quiet stop, easy break-in and complete corrosion resistance.

O’Reilly Automotive said the signature blue break-in coating not only reduces break-in time, it also prevents future pulsation or vibration. The pads contain five layers of noise-canceling shims and the rotors are machined and balanced to a higher tolerance than others and will perform longer due to the corrosion-resistant coating that covers the entire surface, the company said.