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Price Waterhouse Coopers discovered when compared to traditional training methods―self-paced online learning and classroom education― VR simulations helped employees become more confident in their ability to perform their jobs, taught them faster and created a stronger emotional bond to training content.

They compared the three main forms of learning―classroom, elearning and VR training―and found people retained the imparted information more effectively using VR.

Tradiebot’s smart platforms can fast-track training and hiring, which is more valuable now than ever due to a lack of a skilled and experienced workforce in collision repair, for example.

“The global manufacturing industry is undergoing a transformation with how work is to be done. We need to be smarter, faster and more agile to accommodate the rapid changes in market demand,” according to a company press release. “Tradiebot is developing the technology to adapt, repair and rebuild. Our systems bring knowledge and mastery of skills to your fingertips with a tap on a touch screen. Design detail and sophisticated machines

will take the time and tedium out of even the most complex preparation and repair processes.”

By using Tradiebot, job candidates can hit the ground running as opposed to learning on the job. They’re able to absorb the data more quickly and remember it longer, as well as practice without experiencing anxiety.

“By using our systems, students are able to see it, hear it and do it, and by doing all three, they are able

to retain the information at approximately 90%,” Rutter said. “Since studies claim that people retain 5% of what we see one hour after it’s presented and roughly 30% after reading it, you can see that the increase in retention is significant with VR.”

Another big part of the Tradiebot approach revolves around the fact it’s done everything it can to make all of its training modules fun and engaging in order to create a comfort zone to promote learning.

“When the user puts on their gear and jumps into the paint booth, they are intrigued, and once they realize that it’s fun, they are less anxious and more open to learning,” Rutter said.

Will Tradiebot help get more young people interested in becoming collision repair professionals by making training easier, more hands-on and fun?

“If you look at it, the collision repair industry doesn’t do a lot to attract new talent, by starting them out at minimum wage and in many cases, saddling them with major debt from student loans,” Rutter said. “But, if Tradiebot can get students interested in learning through full immersion and virtual reality, the future for this industry will get a much-needed boost with a fresh and skilled labor force.”

Making learning fun and less stressful, Tradiebot will hopefully attract new skilled professionals into the body shop world as a result

Cadillac SRX, Saab 9-4X Recalled Again for Toe Links

by David A. Wood, CarComplaints�com

A General Motors rear toe-link recall has been issued a second time for 2010-2016 Cadillac SRX and 2011-2012 Saab 9-4X vehicles.

More than 380,000 vehicles are recalled because the rear suspension toe-link adjusters may not have been tightened properly.

Owners are warned to not drive their vehicles if they experience any of these warnings: • Service Traction Control message • Service Stabilitrak message • Stabilitrak warning light stays on or flashes intermittently • Service Rear Axle message • Chimes in combination with warning messages • Sway or wander while driving • Loud metallic or other unusual noise from the rear suspension • Off-center steering wheel • Uneven wear between the rear tires

A customer who experiences these warnings should have the vehicle towed to a GM dealership.

GM recalled 2010-2015 Cadillac SRX and 2011-2012 Saab 9-4x vehicles in September 2014 because the jam nuts in the rear toe-link adjusters may not have been torqued to specification. GM dealers were told to inspect the toe links and increase the torque or replace the toe links if they were loose or damaged.

After the 2014 recall GM received reports of loose toe links in vehicles that had been repaired, so the automaker checked dealer repairs and determined some dealers had failed to follow instructions. GM revised the service procedures and also made them available to independent repair shops.

GM further updated the service information in October 2020 to instruct technicians to always replace the toe links rather than adjusting them after an alignment or other service.

Then in November 2020, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation into toe-link problems on 2010-2015 Cadillac SRX SUVs.

At least nine SRX owners said the rear toe-link adjusters separated in vehicles that had been repaired during the recall.

On June 7, NHTSA informed GM it had received additional toelink complaints and the problem was severe enough to conduct another recall.

All the vehicles recalled in 2014 will need to be repaired again.

Dealers will replace the adjustable toe links with non-adjustable toe links once owner recall letters are mailed Aug. 9.

Cadillac SRX customers may call 800-458-8006 and Saab 9-4X customers may call 800-9559007.

GM’s recall reference number is

N212340980.

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