This section includes a list of YouTube Channels that consistently produce accurate, quality automotive service information. They must promote professionalism, safety, and good solid advice to make this list.
Specialty: Super / Turbo Chargers – With over 60 years of breakthroughs (many patented) in high-performance gas and diesel engine development, Gale Banks has no rival.
Specialty: Tips and tricks to help diagnose vehicles, plus scan tool reviews and demonstrations. In early 2021 Cody left a position as a tech and started a mobile diagnostic service.
Specialty: This is your source for anything Ford related. It covers repairs, upgrades, modifications, maintenance, news, and best practices to help you fix a Ford. The owner of the channel was given the ultimatum to shut down his YouTube channel to keep working at the Ford dealer, so he quit and went independent.
Specialty: Scott was one of the founders of iATN and also owns an independent shop in CA. Scott is definitely an industry influencer and produces a log of cutting edge information on ADAS.
Specialty: Eric tends to do diagnostic walkthroughs and documents entire repair procedures on cars. Eric’s shop is located in upstate New York where a lot of road salt is used in the winter. Subsequently, he deals with a lot of rusted suspension repairs.
Trained by Techs is a somewhat younger group of automotive technicians that are producing videos designed to start conversations about experiences in the automotive repair industry. Many in this group are mobile diagnostic techs and some present at major conferences.
John Kelly is a professor at Weber State University in Ogden, UT. His YouTube videos are long and extensive and he leaves no leaf unturned. His specialty seems to be with hybrids.
