Mahle zooms in on wiring headaches; Harness makers' data helps speed diagnosis

Chances are, the culprit is not the modules themselves, but the wire harness that connects them, says Mohan Sethi, business development manager for Mahle Service Solutions of Farmington Hills, Mich. Collecting mountains of data from the industry's wire harness makers and loading it into Mahle's diagnostics equipment -- a separate business from Mahle's massive global engine parts operations -- the supplier says it has developed a way to quickly search through vehicles to identify problems...