I took my car to Sears Auto Center to get my tires replaced and noticed my mechanic wearing a Ford Genuine Parts and Service shirt. I asked him if he works for Ford. He said yes, and that Sears was his second job. Out of curiosity, I asked him if he is regularly trained by Ford. He said not really and they are only briefed if there is a recall. He said once you are an ASE certified mechanic, Ford will hire you and you don’t have to do factory training except knowing the warranty of the company and such. So my question is, are factory trained technicians just a marketing ploy?
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Ford offers an excellent training program for their technicians, as do most all vehicle manufacturers. It is the only way to insure that the actual problem causing the failure gets fixed the right way, esp under warranty. Most factory trained techs are spoon fed the information they need to service your vehicle correctly by the factory. Even with that some techs still don’t get it, and many more problems are created than repaired in the long run by these types. I spoke with a GM trainer once that stated he was having success training women to be diagnostic experts in his dealerships, that they learned easier because they had no previous experience actually working on vehicles. Moonlighting at Sears? Check your source, most factory trained techs I know aren’t moonlighting at Sears.
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No factory trained mechanic are trained so to be sure that when a repair is made it is to the standard the factory requires, factory part are used to insure quality repair was made. Factory trained mechanics are better that your average mechanic. As for the ASE certification it does help a technician know how much he really knows and how to learn more. Good luck and GOD BLESS