When a vehicle loses power, smokes, whines, triggers a warning light or is put into limp home mode, the turbo is often the first suspect, believes Carwood. The component, however, is usually not to be blame – it is probably an issue that is either imitating a turbo failure or the root cause of one ...

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Carwood believes forward-thinking suppliers – those that offer more than just parts – are the ones that you should be looking to partner with in an ever changing marketplace. PMF recently put some questions to Carwood Deputy Managing Director, Simon Quantrell, to learn how the company is evolving its offering in order to give its ...

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From battery distributor in 1966 to repairer today, much has changed during that time. Carwood is going back to its roots and is confident its latest launch – high voltage battery repair – is another example of how the company is staying ahead of the curve. Its aim is to provide the trade with cost-effective, ...

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OE-approved remanufacturers restore old parts to like-new – or, according to Carwood, sometimes even better – condition, complete with a matching warranty. Here, the company explains its belief of quality parts not costing the earth. According to leading industry associations, including The European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA), Motor & Equipment Remanufacturers Association (MERA), and ...

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Aftermarket customers can win one of 12 top-tech gifts, every day, with Carwood’s new 12 Days of Christmas promotion. Although not the official 12 Days of Christmas, Monday 2nd December marks the first day of Carwood’s new, free-to-enter campaign at 12day.carwood.com. Over 12 days, Carwood account holders can win this year’s most-wanted Christmas gifts, reportedly ...

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Building on a heritage in auto electrics, Carwood is taking on sales and technical responsibility for Cargo rotating electrics, in its home market. Remanufacturer, Carwood, is extending its rotating electrics programme as the newly appointed distributor for Holger Christiansen (HC Cargo) in the UK. Under the agreement, effective immediately, Carwood will stock, distribute and support ...

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Remanufacturer and technical services provider, Carwood, offers an update on developments with its online cataloguing and ordering system. Now known as the CarwoodHub to reflect its broader functionality, improvements include an online returns portal, more accurate data and enhanced range coverage. Introduced in 2022, the digital platform started out as an online catalogue for its ...

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Has your customer diagnosed a turbo related failure and automatically concluded the turbo is at fault? They wouldn’t be alone, according to Carwood. The remanufacturer claims that many a technician have fallen into this trap. It also believes that as workshops become under increasing pressure to turn ramps quicker and increase vehicle throughput, it’s easy ...

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Here, Carwood highlights a few of the team members behind its brand. In the aftermarket, Carwood believes it is best known as a remanufacturer of OE-approved fuel pumps, injectors, and turbochargers. More recently, it has taken on the distribution of products from OEMs, the likes of Bosch, BorgWarner, Mitsubishi, and Garrett amongst them. But behind ...

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Carwood Deputy Managing Director, Simon Quantrell, explains why you can have it all, with a mix of OE brands and its own OE-approved solutions, all from one supplier, as a result of its strategy rethink. Carwood and remanufacturing go hand-in-hand. We have been returning used parts to VMs’ original specifications for over 50 years – ...

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