Diagnosing the Aftermarket A to Z
Hosted by Matt and Matt Fanslow · Matt Fanslow
4.8from 44 ratings
- 270
- Episodes
- 134
- Transcribed
- 44
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Diagnosing the Aftermarket A to Z
Automotive Field Theory explores the forces that shape automotive repair, including the ones measured with a meter or oscilloscope and the ones that cannot be found on a wiring diagram. Hosted by automotive diagnostic specialist, shop manager, and instructor Matt Fanslow, the podcast begins in the automotive aftermarket but rarely stays inside its traditional boundaries. Diagnostics, electricity, technology, leadership, psychology, economics, game theory, history, music, movies, family, and human behavior may appear unrelated. Look closely enough, however, and connections begin to emerge. A vehicle may arrive with a technical fault, but the work surrounding it is rarely technical alone. Information is incomplete. People make decisions under pressure and uncertainty. Incentives shape behavior. Standards gradually drift. Good intentions produce unexpected results. The official process may say one thing while the system quietly rewards another. Automotive Field Theory is an attempt to understand those interactions. Drawing from real diagnostic work, shop management, industry conversations, personal experience, and an occasionally inconvenient level of curiosity, Matt examines not only how things work, but why they work that way, how they became what they are, and what apparently unrelated subjects might teach us about repairing vehicles, leading people, running businesses, and improving the automotive industry. Some episodes begin with a failed component. Others begin with Metallica, quantum physics, professional wrestling, a historical disaster, a round of golf, or a question that refuses to leave Matt alone. Eventually, they all enter the same field.
- Publisher
- Matt Fanslow
- Category
- business · leisure · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Oct 2021
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
134 of 270 episodes have a transcript.
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
From Bad Grounds to Bricked Modules: Real-World Diagnostic Lessons [E257]
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Cultivating Mechanical Aptitude in the AI Age [E256]
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mailbag: Principles and Practices of Oscilloscope Diagnostics [E255]
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From Bad Grounds to Bricked Modules: Real-World Diagnostic Lessons [E257]
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But GM does a good job of giving you instructions on what you're going to do in service information. Chrysler does a terrible job. Chrysler sets codes. Put a module in, you see what codes are set after and what you have to do to continue. The first time I ever got programming instructions, I was doing a nine-speed on a little Jeep's Patriot or something like that. It came with a set of instructions. […]
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- 17 ratings
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- 4.7 / 5
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