What VW Says About Repairing The 2018 Atlas: Information for Palmdale VW Owners
In 2018, Volkswagen sold nearly 60,000 Atlas SUVs, nearly doubling the sales from 2017. Even with the integration of the advanced safety features seen in just about every car manufactured over the past five years, most body shops won’t do what’s necessary to ensure a...
What Subaru says about repairing the 2019 Subaru Legacy – Information for Palmdale Subaru owners
If you own a 2019 Subaru Legacy and are currently looking for the right auto body repair shop, there are new requirements for technicians to follow when repairing your vehicle. These guidelines are not only the preferred option, but there are reasons why Subaru...
What Ford Wants Palmdale Owners To Know About Collision Repair for their 2019 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator
In 2018, Ford sold close to 2,500,000 vehicles and was the top-selling brand in North America for the ninth consecutive year. Within the first quarter of 2019, there was a 10% increase in Lincoln Navigator sales and a 62% increase in Ford Expedition sales. We’re now...
Why Some California Auto Body Shop’s Don’t Perform Scanning, and Why You Need It
Whether you purchased a car over the past few months or sometime since 2016, your car is probably equipped with some level of advanced safety technologies, also known as ADAS. Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, or ADAS for short, used to only be seen in luxury cars,...
Why We Advise Against Used Quarter Panels In Collision Repair
No matter what needs to be done to your car, no autobody shop should ever replace your damaged quarter panel with a used one. Unfortunately, many shops still do, putting your safety majorly at risk. But guess what, many of them do. Even though a quarter panel isn’t...
Signs That You Might Have Received Bad Collision Repair
At one point or another, we all need car repair at some point in our lives. You might be wondering, “how much will the repair cost?” or “how long will the repair take?” These are all reasonable questions to have, especially when every auto body shop promises to “fix”...
Why Safety Inspections Must Be Performed Following Your Palmdale Subaru Collision Repair
Whether you have just had your Subaru repaired or are currently looking for the right auto body repair shop, there are new requirements for technicians to follow when repairing any Subaru model. Just last month (November), Subaru wholesale parts specialist Nicole...
Does Your Palmdale Body Shop Know Where The OEM Welds Go? Guess Again.
Here is a fact: your auto body repair probably requires welding. Here is a frightening fact: Not all shops know how to weld correctly, and that could put your safety at risk. When you go into work every day for ten, twenty, or even thirty years, you pretty much know...
Four Common Myths About Collision Repair: What You Need To Know
You just got into a car accident, and you already feel as if your entire world was side-swiped. To make matters worse, you now have to start the insurance claims process and make a decision about where to get your vehicle repaired. Unfortunately, many people become...
What To Do If The Other Party’s Insurance Company Denies Your Claim
Nobody ever prepares you for just how stressful life gets after you get in an accident. You have to deal with finding the right body shop, possible injuries, and all the many inconveniences that come when you’re without your vehicle. The last thing you’d ever expect...
Why Full-Body Sectioning Should Never Be Done In The Repair Process
Getting Your Car Repaired Years ago, it was a common practice in collision repair to take a car that had significant structural damage, such as a really rear-end collision, and cut it all out and weld in a section from a similar car from a junkyard that had no...
5 Unknown Things Car Insurance Companies Don’t Want You To Know
Car Insurance Confusion Car insurance can be incredibly confusing, especially when you need car repair, and you’re trying to figure out precisely what you’re covered for. Meanwhile, your insurance company is encouraging you to go to one body shop, but it’s not where...
What Are Your Legal Rights For Collision Repair in California?
Just got into an accident? You are owed money. That much of the law is cut and dry. The rest, however, can be misleading or even confusing, mainly depending on who is giving you the advice and what their role is in the collision repair equation. We want to help set...
Caliber Collision VS. Telesis: Who Do You Choose?
Just last year, a giant body shop chain was formed and became one of the biggest auto body shop chains in the country. With over one thousand locations across the country, Insurance companies saw this as the perfect opportunity to save money by sending their customers...
The Difference Between Who’s An OEM Certified Technician And Who’s Not
Believe it or not, there is a difference between an OEM Certified Technician and someone who is, well, “experienced.” Car repair is nowhere near what it used to be, even just a few years ago. What used to be accomplished with a variety of tools and equipment now comes...
What Honda/Acura Wants Quartz Hill Drivers To Know About Pre-and Post-Repair Scanning
Scanning has been a bit of a sore spot for body shops and insurance companies in the collision industry. It’s also kind of a new need, and there is a cost involved. Naturally, your car insurance company wants to keep repairs as low as possible, which is why they don’t...
OEM Certification: The New Normal For Collision Repair
When you take your car to be repaired, do you know what it means when a body shop says they are OEM Certified? Is it a deciding factor for you? If it’s been a while since you got your car repaired, you may not know what this means or why it’s crucial to present-day...
What Palmdale Honda and Acura Owners Need To Know About Corrosion Protection In A Collision Repair
When you take your car to a repair shop after getting in an accident, they’ll promise you they can fix your vehicle, and technically they can “fix” your vehicle. The trick is finding a body shop that knows how to repair your car the right way. The best body shops know...
Telesis Collision Center
636 E. Rancho Vista Blvd.
Palmdale, CA 93550
661.274.2719