Automotive Technology: Principles, Diagnosis, and Service, Hardcover

For courses in automotive principles, service, or mechanics.

Preparing today's automotive students for career success
Market-leading Automotive Technology: Principles, Diagnosis, and Service has been fully updated and expanded to address the latest technology and automotive systems. Written to current ASE tasks and standards, the text covers the 8 major areas of automotive service in 136 concise chapters. Many chapters include practical examples and step-by-step photo sequences covering terminology, best practices, and on-the-job procedures. Now in the sixth edition are case studies that include the "Three Cs" (Complaint, Cause and Correction). The 6th edition includes 6 new chapters which include that latest automotive technology as well as breaking up long chapters into two shorter and easier to read chapters. It also includes 50 new videos and over 100 new full color photos and line drawings to help bring the topics to life.

Automotive Technology, 6th Edition , will be available for spring 2020 via Revel^(TM) , an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience.

About the Author:

Jim Halderman brings a world of experience, knowledge, and talent to his work. His automotive service experience includes working as a flat-rate technician, a business owner, and a professor of automotive technology.

He has a bachelor of science degree from Ohio Northern University and a master's degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Jim also holds a US patent for an electronic transmission control device. He is an ASE-certified master automotive technician (A1-A9) plus G1, L1, and L3.

Jim is the author of 18 automotive textbooks, all published by Pearson. Jim has presented numerous technical seminars to national audiences, including the California Automotive Teachers (CAT) and the Illinois College Automotive Instructor Association (ICAIA). He is also a member of and presenter at the North American Council of Automotive Teachers (NACAT). Jim was named Regional Teacher of the Year by General Motors Corporation and a member of the advisory board for the technological studies department of Ohio Northern University.

Jim and his wife, Michelle, live in Dayton, Ohio. You can reach Jim at jim@jameshalderman.com.