Reference content

We have many customers with specific information needs that have found the best solution is to license Chilton content and software applications. It saves them time and money compared with trying to create it themselves or finding other more expensive solutions. We can provide content that will integrate into your existing platforms and applications, or provide turnkey content and software applications. Most of our content is available to license for use in numerous venues:

• Private-label books, CDs and DVDs
• Private-label Internet site (hosted by us)
• Internet or Intranet site (hosted by you)
• Integrate into your proprietary materials
• Utilize Chilton content and software in your training programs

Do-It-Yourself

Chilton's DIY content has been relied upon by generations of enthusiasts, hobbyists and those wanting to save money while having the satisfaction of repairing their own vehicles. This content contains accurate, complete, and detailed repair information for domestic and imported vehicles from the past 40 years, with some models going back to as far as the 1940s!

Benefits:

• step-by-step service and repair procedures give you expertise
• close-up photographs and illustrations provide visual support
• vacuum and wiring diagrams help explain system operation
• troubleshooting and diagnostics guide you to the solution
• maintenance and specification tables provide quick data

Labor Times

You can license the famous Chilton labor data, the most popular estimating data available—now with three labor times available for most operations: Chilton standard, severe service, and OEM warranty times. To make data adoption and integration easier, we work with your application and database developers to create truly superior shop management systems, warranty databases, and other custom content applications.

Benefits:

• Virtually all light duty vehicles sold in North America from 1981 through the current model year
• Vehicle makes and models comply with AAIA standards
• Chilton labor times take into account vehicle age, operating conditions, and the aftermarket shop environment for more accurate estimates
• Standardized operation terminology makes referencing easier
• Chilton labor times are accepted by most insurance and warranty companies

Professional Service

Chilton diagnostics provide technicians with the critical diagnostic information they need to accurately identify and solve engine performance problems. Clear explanations, specifications, and illustrations help technicians diagnose second generation on-board diagnostic (OBD-II) systems. When used with an engine analyzer, scan tool, or lab scope, Chliton content allows diagnosticians to understand functions of engine performance components and systems, simplify testing procedures, and diagnose trouble codes.

Benefits:

• explain engine performance components and system operation
• provide a comprehensive list of trouble code titles, conditions, and possible causes
• reduce diagnostic and repair time using expert testing procedures and troubleshooting hints
• follow clear, step-by-step procedures—from drive train to chassis—to yield fast, accurate results
• know what special tools are required for specific jobs
• allows quick understanding of systems using exploded-view illustrations, diagrams and tables

Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs)

Chilton TSBs provide the latest changes in parts, procedures and specifications from Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to their dealers. Smart technicians know that consulting TSBs as a first step to servicing a vehicle can save valuable time and money because TSBs provide the latest techniques and tips from OEMs. Users of Chilton TSBs keep current on such key information as OBDII, unusual or recurring problems, new repair and diagnostic procedures, and changes to existing procedures, while also providing crucial recall updates that can affect the safety or performance of a customer's vehicle.

Benefits:

• more than 75,000 TSBs provide quick, flexible access to the latest service information for every system of the vehicle
• quarterly or monthly updates to the database can be delivered via Web or CD-ROM, depending on your needs
• flexible index that is Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) compliant allows users to search by year, make, model, date, TSB number, key words, Diagnostic Trouble Codes, recalls/campaigns, and vehicle system
• TSBs are displayed in Adobe PDF, directly as they appear from the OEM, so users always have the manufacturer's exact wording at their fingertips