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AUTOGRAPHICS' April 2021 AutoGraph’s Automotive Report 1 VOL 33, NO 11 www.AutomotiveReport.net APRIL 2021 MonthlyMonthly News for News the Automotive for the Enthusiast Local working Automotive in the Automotive Industry Repair Industry. Weed in the WorkplaceAutoGraphic PublishingOEMs increasinglyCompany offer help for Part1121 1: Employers Airport struggle Center with growingDrive • Suite 101 • Nashville, TN 37214 marijuana use collision repairs in many ways By John Yoswick By Phillip M. Perry Drug Free America Foundation, St Peters- collision repairers. Shops can also sign up burg, Fla., (www.dfaf.org) . A west coast shop owner smiled as he to receive Toyota’s “Collision Pros” maga- Editor’s note: As more states legalize mar- For a growing number of individuals, watched a 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe being zine (https://www.toyotapartsandservice. ijuana for recreational and medical pur- cannabis has become the illicit drug of towed into the shop with not insignificant com/collision-pros-magazine), or Ford’s poses, employers must design workplace choice. front-end damage. “On Target” (https://fordcrashparts.com/ drug policies to conform to a liberalized “Marijuana is the second most widely “Just 10 minutes ago I was reading a on-target/). legal environment while protecting cus- abused substance nationwide, after alco- GM article on full-frame sectioning steps,” The magazines are just a part of a grow- tomers and employees from harm caused hol,” Ronshausen said. “According to a the shop owner said, pointing to his desk ing trend over the past decade of automak- by impaired workers. This first installment survey by drugabuse.com more than one where the winter issue of GM’s “Repair ers paying a lot more attention to collision in a two-part series discusses the changing in five respondents said they use marijuana Insights” (https://gmrepairinsights.com/ repair than they had previously. Body legal terrain. The second installment will recreationally at work during work hours. insights-magazine/) was on his computer shops have significantly more access to discuss the steps employers are taking to Nearly five percent admitted to daily use screen. “We’d be looking up the proce- OEM information and help, often not lim- mitigate their legal and financial risks. and more than 13 percent use it more than dures before we started the job anyway, but ited to just those that have earned an auto- once a month.” the article offered a good summary of the maker’s certification. Here are some ways Illicit drugs are increasing in the work- Why the sudden upsurge? It’s clearly process and some helpful graphics.” to tap into the training, tips and tools from place. And marijuana is leading the way. due to the growing acceptability of mari- General Motors isn’t the lone automaker the car companies. What should employers do? The answer juana by society in general. regularly publishing a periodical aimed at Continued on page 6 has become more complicated with the “The legalization of marijuana on the growing number of states legalizing can- state level has continued to grow since nabis for medical and recreational use. California first allowed the drug’s use Should drug tests even include marijuana for medical purposes in 1996,” said Joe Using wiring diagrams to find a anymore? If they do, and evidence of Reilly, president of his own drug-testing marijuana use pops up, should employees consulting firm in Melbourne, Fla., (www. be penalized? And further: Do employers joereilly.com). “Typically, states will first common cause of trouble codes have to accommodate for the medical use pass legislation legalizing medical mari- By David Bry codes. Due to neglect, and a lack of four of marijuana under the federal Americans juana. Later they allow its recreational quarts of oil, the engine had seized and was with Disabilities Act, or state human rights use.” Sometimes the automotive business beyond saving. A suitable donor engine laws? Thirty-three states now have medical rewards excellence by giving a great tech- was procured from the local home for the Impaired workers marijuana statutes. Eleven states plus the nician the tough jobs while the gravy goes smashed and crashed, and was installed in Such questions are moving to the front District of Columbia allow both recre- to the run-of-the-mill mechanic. Such was the Escape. When the replacement engine burner as employers face a greater risk than ational and medical use of marijuana. the case for “Eric” (not his real name). His would crank for a long time, start, but then ever from a growing culture of impairment Legalization makes marijuana more boss owned multiple auto repair locations, barely run, the installing techs made their that shows no signs of tapering off any socially acceptable. and Eric was asked to leave his home turf escape. time soon. “When a substance is legal and has mas- and bat clean-up at one of the locations that Enter Eric. “Every indicator points to a contin- sive amounts of marketing behind it, there needed his expertise. After confirming that the Ford could ued increase in the use of marijuana in are going to be more consumers,” Ron- The subject vehicle: A 2016 Ford Truck barely climb over discarded chewing gum, the workplace,” said Amy Ronshausen of Continued on page 24 Escape 4WD L4-2.0L Turbo with multiple Continued on page 28 Retro Release: Press release from 1996 Toyota Shop Profile: Rear View: Supra - 14 God’s Garage - 20 1954 Mercury Wagon - 38 What’s Inside: Chip shortage forces Ford to build trucks without computers - 4 Edmunds compares the 2021 Tesla Model S and Porsche Taycan - 26 Likely impact of the coming flood of EVs - 8 Racing Notes: Roger Penske bullish on large crowd for Indy 500 - 31 Recalls: Compiled from AP, OEMs, EPA and NHTSA - 12 ‘Meyers Manx’ dune buggy creator dead at 94 - 33 Autoworkers wary of future as electric cars rise - 17 New Army vehicle to carry infantry being tested - 34 2 AutoGraphic’s Automotive Report April 2021 Area’s Largest BACHMAN Supplier of AUTO GROUP Genuine GM Parts! 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Ford has said working in the Automotive Repair Industry. the shortage could cut its pretax earnings 1121 Airport Center Drive • Suite 101 • Nashville, TN 37214 DETROIT — A global semiconductor by $1 billion to $2.5 billion, even if it VOL. 33, No. 11 • April 2021 shortage and a February winter storm have makes up for some of the lost production combined to force Ford to build F-150 in the second half of the year. pickup trucks without some computers. Also, Nissan announced it would tem- Editor The company says the pickups will be porarily cancel production at factories in Barry L. Forkum held at factories for “a number of weeks,” Smyrna, Tennessee; Canton, Mississippi; then shipped to dealers once computers and in Aguascalientes, Mexico, due to [email protected] are available and quality checks are done. the chip shortage. Some U.S. productions The move is the latest ripple from the lines, as well as the Aquascalientes Plant global semiconductor shortage, which 1, experienced extended weekend shut- Publisher / Advertising Director last month, forced Honda and Toyota to downs. announce production cuts at some North Affected models include the Murano, Garnett Forkum American factories.