By Rick Mullen
Busline Associate Editor

In his presentation, “Hire Smart: Hire Right,” sales training consultant Troy Harrison explored the ins and outs of how to build an employee base that fits the needs and the culture of an organization.

“Hiring is different than it used to be,” Harrison said. “The problem is many people don’t know who they are looking for in the hiring process.”

What Makes A Great Employee?
(Smart Hiring)

■ The person hired is “trait fit” for the job;
■ Skilled enough to do the job; and,
■ Value and principle aligned with the manager and the organization.

Harrison outlined the above points while discussing what a good hire entails.

“First of all, the person should be ‘trait fit’ for the job,” Harrison said. “Traits are those things that we just are — they are not things you can coach. I’m 5 foot 9 inches tall, and no amount of coaching is going to make me 6 feet.”

Other traits to be considered include the ability to learn things, the ability to assert oneself, the ability to multi-task and the ability to work at a high level, Harrison said.

“Traits are who we are by the time we get into the world of work. You can’t coach those things,” Harrison said.

The second step in a good hire is to make sure the prospective employee has the skills to do the job.

“Skills are those things that are part and parcel of the job,” Harrison said. “For example, for a salesperson, the ability to communicate well with other people would be a key job skill. The ability to persuade and to ask good questions are also key job skills.

“The cool thing about skills is they are things we can teach. So, if someone doesn’t have them, and they are trait fit for the job, we can train him/her.”

The next point in making a good hire Harrison discussed concerned the importance of the prospective employee’s values and principles being in line with the company’s, and the job he/she is seeking.

“If you have somebody who is primarily interested in artistic endeavors, and you give that person a job as an office clerk, he/she is probably not going to be value and principle aligned with the job.”

Harrison asked the audience if the top performers in their companies exhibit the characteristics being discussed.

“These are the things that make for a successful and engaged employee. An engaged employee is somebody who does the job because he/she likes it and remains excited about doing the job. Here is the problem, we don’t look for these characteristics when we hire.”

Why Hires Fail

Harrison discussed three primary reasons why companies do not make good hires. They are:

■ Not hiring for traits or value alignment — only focus is on skills and knowledge;
■ Entire interview process based on experience, skills and knowledge; and,
■ Gut instinct hires.

“Many times, when we hire, we don’t hire for traits or value alignment, rather we only hire for skills and knowledge,” Harrison said.

Harrison said when discussing the hiring process, there are three words that sometimes enter into the conversation that will predict a hiring failure.

“The three words are: ‘industry experience required,’” Harrison said. “I can almost guarantee failure any time someone hires based on this criteria, because he/she is hiring on the easiest thing to teach an employee. The easiest thing you can give is knowledge about your business and industry.

“Again, a predictor of a failed hire is when the entire interview process is based on experience, skills and knowledge.”

Harrison said the worst hiring tactic is going by “gut instinct.”

“One of the things I have noticed about business owners and managers is there are some who like to brag about the accuracy of gut instinct,” Harrison said. “They might say, ‘Man, I can smell a great employee when he/she walks into my office.’ They base hiring on gut feel and then wonder why the hires go wrong.”

Harrison told the audience there is a number to remember — 63.

“A Wall Street Journal survey, conducted six years ago, found that 63 percent of all hiring decisions for highly-compensated positions, including sales, management and executive positions, were made within the first five minutes of meeting a candidate,” Harrison said.

In making the determination that 63 percent of all hiring decisions were made within the first five minutes, the surveyors noticed the trajectory of the interviews changed after five minutes, Harrison explained. Furthermore, the researchers found the primary determinators of the trajectory of the interview were based on whether the interviewer liked or disliked the candidate.

“What can a person realistically determine about somebody within five minutes of meeting him/her? Not much,” Harrison said. “A person can probably decide, however, after five minutes if he/she likes a candidate.”

The Wall Street Journal found the type of questions asked were often based on whether the interviewer liked or disliked a candidate.

“If the interviewers liked the person, what questions do you think were asked? — total softballs,” Harrison said. “On the other hand, if the interviewers didn’t react positively to the person, what kind of questions did they ask? — hard questions to trip up the candidate. What kind of questions should every candidate be asked? — the hard questions.

“Interviewers didn’t ask the hard questions if they liked the person, because they wanted to validate that gut, emotional, ‘I want this person to work for me,’ judgment.”

You’re Using The Wrong Paradigm

■ Have a winning process and follow it;
■ Seek to exclude first — then include;
■ Don’t get emotionally involved; and,
■ Use tools.

“You need to have a winning process and follow it every time,” Harrison told the audience. “The interviews The Wall Street Journal surveyed failed because the interviewers weren’t following a process.”

The first step of a winning process, Harrison said, is to seek to “exclude,” rather than “include.”

“Have you ever walked up to a nightclub where there is a big burly guy with a clipboard and the velvet rope out front?” Harrison asked. “When you walk up to that nightclub, the first thing that big burly guy is looking for, is a reason to not let you in. You don’t look right. You don’t act right. You don’t smell right. You’re too young, too old, too tall, too short, whatever — he is looking for reasons to keep you out.

“I want you to be that big burly bouncer. When you are first encountering a candidate, seek to exclude him/her first. You will have time to include that person later. Failed hires come from trying to include someone at first.”

To be able to seek reasons to exclude a candidate, the interviewer must remain emotionally uninvolved, Harrison said.

“Refrain from liking or disliking someone all the way through the first interview. Stand back — be emotionally detached,” Harrison said. “It is not easy. We are people. We want to like each other. We are social creatures. Nonetheless, turn that switch off.”

Harrison urged the audience to use good tools to help validate hiring decisions.

“Over the past 12 years — up until a year ago — I did retainer-based recruiting for my clients,” Harrison said. “What that meant was they outsourced their hiring to me. My hiring accuracy in 106 searches was 88 percent. I’m not telling you this to brag, but rather to validate the process. That means the person hired ramped up to productivity in the expected amount of time.”

The hires who were at a company long enough to meet productivity expectations stayed for at least three years, Harrison said.

“That is my definition of a successful hire — at least three years of productivity,” he said. “I wasn’t successful because I’m a genius, rather I was successful because of the process.”

Establish A Process

■ Build a wide candidate pool;
■ Phone screen;
■ Resume focused interview;
■ Due diligence;
■ Behavioral interview; and,
■ Third-party assessment.

In building a wide candidate pool, Harrison said he is a believer in advertising for open positions, using such platforms as CareerBuilder and LinkedIn, among others.

“Craigslist works well in some markets and it doesn’t work at all in others. It is very market dependent,” Harrison said.

A phone screen, Harrison explained, consists of three or four questions designed to prompt a person to tell why he/she should be a candidate for an interview.

“I lose one out of four prospects at this stage because the person simply couldn’t tell my why he/she should be a candidate for an interview,” Harrison said. “A phone screen only takes a couple of minutes. It is a very efficient use of time.”

The first interview is resume-focused and includes very detailed questions designed to determine the truth of the candidate’s resume, Harrison said.

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Troy Harrison

“A resume is a narrative of the candidate’s career — where he/she has been and where that person is going,” Harrison said. “Some people exaggerate. Some people actually lie. If you can’t spot the lies, then you are the victim. Due diligence involves reference and credential checks.”

Harrison said the resume-focused interview should contain detailed questions about the candidate’s work history going back 10 years.

“I typically don’t go past 10 years, because the last 10 years is a good snapshot of who a candidate is,” Harrison said. “There are a lot of people who had great accomplishments 15 or 20 years ago, but are not that person anymore — probe the past 10 years.”

The candidate should be asked to give detailed accounts of any accomplishments listed on his/her resume, Harrison said.

“How did it happen? Who was a part of it? What was the result? Who was the customer? What was the situation? Wear them out with detailed questions,” Harrison said. “People will lie, but they won’t think to lie all the way through.

“For sales candidates, we have the holy trinity — sales performance, compensation plan and income. You would be amazed at how many sales people will lie about one or more of those points. Ask them about their sales numbers and compensation plan — how much was salary, how much was commission percentage and how much was bonus. Ask sales candidates what their income was, and then try to make all three of those numbers match. If the candidate is telling the truth, the numbers will match. If not, they won’t.”

Harrison also offered the following tip — sales people know their “numbers.”

“Good sales people know their numbers from 10 years ago,” Harrison said. “So do bad sales people, but they just don’t want to talk about it. So, if I hear a sales person say, ‘Well, we never really got our numbers.’ Not true. They got them, they just don’t want to tell you what they were — red flag.”

Harrison explained the fifth step — the behavioral interview — and its value in the process of making a good hire.

■ Behavioral interviewing seeks to establish job fit by matching past situations and actions to likely future situations;
■ “Tell me about a time when you ….”;
■ Proper answer — STAR: Situation, Task/Action Result; and,
■ Press for details — “What I did,” not “What would I do.”

“The behavioral interview seeks to establish job fit. Up until now, we have been looking to exclude,” Harrison said. “Behavioral interviewing is basically asking such questions as, ‘Tell about a time when you had to bring a whole bunch of people together on a project and get everybody pointed in the right direction. Tell me about a time when you had to overcome a particularly tough objection from a customer.’

“What we are looking at is the idea that future performance is going to mirror past performance. So, how somebody handled a situation in the past, is likely to be predictive of how they will handle those situations for you in the future.”

Harrison said a proper answer in the behavioral portion will follow the “STAR” format — what was the Situation? What was the Task or Action undertaken? And what was the Result?

“The second interview should consist of 12 to 15 of these types of questions, based on the behaviors you expect for the job,” Harrison said. “Press for details — the devil is in the details. Find out what candidates did, not what they would do.”

Third-Party Assessments

■ A valid third-party assessment is invaluable;
■ Should expose behavioral traits, value alignment and success patterns tailored to job specifics; and,
■ Should include a technical manual.

“If you Google ‘employee hiring assessments,’ you will get thousands of answers,” Harrison said. “The one I use is Profiles International, which is certified by the United States Department of Labor as a valid and nondiscriminatory pre-hire engine.”

Harrison said by using a third-party assessment tool, he raised his hiring accuracy from 68 percent to 80 percent.

“If someone is offering you an assessment, your first question should be, ‘Can I see your tech manual?’ Without a manual, an assessment cannot be said to have any scientific basis.”

Spot The Red Flags

In the process of making a good hire, the interviewer must be aware of how to spot indicators, or “red flags,” predicting a candidate is not going to be a good fit for the position the employer is seeking to fill. Below are some of the points Harrison covered in discussing red flags:

■ People will tell you how they will fail;
■ Personal habits;
■ Behavior;
■ Falsehoods; and,
■ Probing history.

“Every bad hire you have ever made told you during the hiring process why he/she was going to fail, and you ignored it,” Harrison said. “That is what happens when we get emotionally involved.”

Harrison told of a recent incident involving an interview he conducted for a highly paid sales position for a software company client. The person interviewed had previously worked for a different software company.

“My client was high on the candidate. One of the questions I asked was, ‘What was your favorite part of that other software job?’ He said, ‘They had an assistant working with me to set up my appointments.

“What did he tell me? He’s not going to prospect and the company wants him to prospect — red flag. My client asked me, ‘What did you think? Wasn’t he awesome?’ I replied, ‘Did you miss it when he told you why he is going to fail?’ My client said, ‘What are you talking about?’ I said, 'If you hire him, to make him successful, you are going to have to also hire an assistant at $50,000 a year.’ They didn’t hire him. They loved the guy, but they missed the red flag. Don’t get emotionally involved.”

Other red flags may show up in a candidate’s personal habits and behavior patterns.

“I had a guy show up for an interview who had a nose ring, tattoos on the side of his face, one shirttail untucked and the shirt looked like he slept in it,” Harrison said. “I said, ‘Don’t even sit down. Go your way and sin no more. I don’t have time for this.’

“This is for sales people only — I have heard it said how somebody behaves during an interview is an example of how he/she will behave when speaking with a prospective customer. Not true. It is an example of the best-case scenario of how a person will behave when meeting with customers.”

When it comes to falsehoods on a resume, Harrison said probing for specifics and history will often uncover false claims.

“When a falsehood is apparent, my advice is to end the interview right there. It is not worth your time to continue,” Harrison said. “Don’t interview or hire liars.”

The Keys To A Winning Interview

■ Preparation. Instead of general questions, build questions around the job;
■ What behaviors and traits make someone successful?; and,
■ How would you expose those (or lack thereof) during the interview?

“Prepare for your interviews. Build your questions around the job,” Harrison said. “Sit down and make a list of the behaviors and traits that make someone successful in the job, and then ask questions about how he/she might have exhibited those behaviors and traits in previous jobs.”

Harrison suggested that employers should read two job hunting books a year, but not for the reason one might think.

“Have you ever looked in the Career Section in Barnes & Noble?” Harrison asked. “Every one of the books is on finding a job. Ninety-five percent of those books should be titled, ‘How to Package and Pretend Your Way Into a Job for Which You Are In No Way Qualified.’

“Every hiring manager ought to read at least two job hunting books a year. These books are enemy propaganda. They tell people how to sidestep and get around direct questions (and other techniques). If you don’t know their techniques, you are going to be the victim.”

There is one job hunting book, however, that Harrison thinks “plays it straight” in the information it imparts.

“There is a book by John Lucht titled, “Rites of Passage at $100,000+,” Harrison said. “It is the best job hunting book I have ever read, and it plays it straight, without any enemy propaganda.”

Website: www.troyharrison.com.

MCI’s 2018 J4500 Introduces More Passenger Space, Upscale Interior And Improved Workspace For Drivers

Motor Coach Industries (MCI), a subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc., said it has made improvements to its J4500 coach.

According to a press release regarding the 2018 J4500, the company stated, “MCI has been able to achieve more legroom, and a comfortable 60-seat capacity.”

The new coach will be on display during MCI Reliability Rallies in the U.S. and Canada this summer and fall.

“A reconfigured lavatory and air-intake system produced 20 inches of new floor space in the 2018 model. It allows for best-in-class legroom and an optional rear window. New standard touches include state-of-the-art indirect LED ceiling lights, puck-style spotlights and entryway illumination,” according to a press release.

Brent Maitland, MCI vice president of marketing and product planning said, “We wanted to improve the revenue-generating cabin space by increasing the usable floor space and seating capacity with an upgraded interior for greater passenger appeal.”

Maitland said the project began in 2015, and was split in two – the first part of the project was focused on space maximization and the second on interior redesign.

“To gain the extra 20 inches of space, MCI engineers lowered the air intake system duct 4.5 feet to just above the belt line of the coach, and reoriented the lavatory, allowing 22 percent more in volume total. This allowed the last row of seats to move back 20 inches in total, providing a minimum of 15 inches more usable floor space. It also creates even-seat spacing on both sides, and a 60-passenger seating configuration.

“Lowering the air-intake created space for MCI’s rear window and a 500 percent increase in the side rear transom window for better views from the last two seats, and mechanical advantages such as improved engine air filtration and easier maintenance. The new hybrid filter system includes a standard centrifugal precleaner to remove dust and water.

“Upgraded handrails on the 2018 J4500’s entryway minimize wear, and new parcel racks' easy-to-lock doors have finishes that resist scratches, smudges and abrasions. The parcel racks now integrate with the front interior cap. The windshield blinds now recess into the front cap.

"The driver cockpit features a new, integrated instrument panel that reduces driver distraction and provides easier-to-read gauges. The high-definition, 12-inch LCD instrument panel provides increased visibility for many key systems including tire pressure status and engine DPF regeneration notices. This redefined space includes a slimmer left side console, with improved switches, a flexible cup holder and a place for a cell phone or personal items. It also offers better visibility over the dash hood, increased driver legroom and a toe kick," according to the press release.

MCI has provided a high-spec option of variable (RGB) LED lighting for customizable color choices to light up the spiral stairwell and the right and left hand grab rails, and extends the lighting options to the end of the cabin. The variable lighting system allows operators to choose between colors with full dimming and programmable customized colors to suit branding needs.

Maitland said, “MCI also has created three trim packages for the 2018 J4500 — Preferred-Spec, High-Spec and Custom-Spec."

MCI will showcase the 2018 MCI J4500 during its Reliability Rallies throughout the U.S. and Canada this summer and fall at MCI Sales and Service Centers. These one-day events offer test drives of the new J4500 and Setra models.

Upcoming Reliability Rallies will be held at the following locations:
• July 25, Winter Garden, FL;
• August 3, Des Plaines, IL;
• September 7, Dallas, TX;
• September 21, Los Alamitos, CA;
• October 19, (at Big Rig Collision), Calgary, AB; and,
• November 14, Hayward, CA, MCI’s newest Sales and Service Center in the San Francisco Bay Area.

More information about the 2018 MCI J4500, visit www.j4500-enlightened.com.

From Temsa And CH Bus Sales
Bianco Tours Takes Delivery
Of Two Temsa TS 30s

Bianco Tours, located in Taylor, MI, is led by owners, Kent and Jill Bianco.

The company began almost 40 years ago, in 1979, with one bus, that was purchased to help with the company’s tour business. Today, Bianco Tours has grown to a fleet size of 20 motorcoaches, and offers charter travel in addition to its tour operation. Recently, Bianco Tours took delivery of two Temsa TS 30s to service smaller passenger groups on both short- and long-haul trips. They now have a total of three Temsas, including a 2016 TS 35E.

Bianco’s TS 30s are equipped with customer features such as 110V plugs with USB ports, audio/video, sun shades and a woodgrain floor.

Kent and Jill Bianco said that it was, “the sharp turning radius, accessibility to mechanical components and stability on the road,” that attracted them to the TS 30.

According to the couple, they are now able to offer small group customers competitive rates without sacrificing the comfort and luxury of a larger coach.

CH Bus Sales, LLC, is the exclusive distributor of TEMSA motorcoaches in the United States and Canada. It offers two fully integral mid-size motorcoaches, the TS 35 and the TS 30, as well as the full-size TS 45 coach.

Temsa was founded in 1968, and has been building coaches since 1984.

For more information, visit chbussales.com.

ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, LLC, is beginning production on six Spirit of Liberty buses for Avondale, AZ, a contract that was procured by Marcus Hoffman of Creative Bus Sales’ Phoenix, AZ, location.

The Spirit of Liberty is a rear-engine medium duty low-floor bus with floor plan flexibility. It can accommodate up to 37 passengers with six wheelchair positions, and exceeds ADA guidelines with a 1.6 ramp slope for passengers who need extra assistance and wheelchair accessibility. Avondale Transit is located in Maricopa County, AZ, and is part of the Regional Public Transit Authority (RPTA). These vehicles will be used for fixed-route transit services within the borders of the city of Avondale.

Creative Bus Sales was the facilitating dealer between the RPTA and the city of Avondale, utilizing the State of Arizona ADOA contract held by CBS. Creative Bus Sales, over the past several years, has sold various ARBOC Spirit class vehicles to transit agencies throughout the state of Arizona, and its contract with the state of Arizona will continue for another three years.

Avondale Transit provides a range of transportation for Avondale citizens and visitors, including fixed-route bus services, Phoenix Dial-A-Ride, ADA service and a taxi subsidy program. For more information, visit www.avondaleaz.gov.

Celebrating its 36th anniversary, Creative Bus Sales is a bus dealership, representing over 25 manufacturers in multiple locations across the country. Creative offers new and used bus sales, online parts ordering, service, warranty, in-house financing and alternative fuel conversions, including CNG, propane and electric.

Visit CreativeBusSales.com or Sales@CreativeBusSales.com.

Creative Bus Sales Has Order For 19 ARBOC Spirit Of Independence Buses From CATS

Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) recently placed an order with Creative Bus Sales (CBS) of Charlotte, NC, for 19 Ford Spirit of Independence buses manufactured by ARBOC Specialty Vehicles LLC, of Middlebury, IN. This bus contract is the largest order ARBOC has received for its product.

Charlotte Area Transit System operates bus and rail service around the Charlotte metropolitan area with its Sprinter Line, LYNX Blue Line, and CityLYNX Gold Line.

Kim Yoder, national sales manager for ARBOC, said, “We could not be more excited to form a partnership with Charlotte Area Transit System with this initial bus order. With a strong partner like Creative Bus Sales, we are confident the client and their customers will be thrilled with the new vehicles, and the support that they receive after delivery.”

Creative Bus Sales works directly with Charlotte to provide sales, service and parts support. Creative was formed in 1980 and has expanded, now having over 20 locations nationwide.

The Charlotte Area Transit System, commonly referred to as CATS, is the public transit system in Charlotte, North Carolina. It operates bus and rail service around the Charlotte metropolitan area.

For more information visit http://charlottenc.gov/cats.

CCW Awarded Washington Statewide Master Contract

Complete Coach Works (CCW) was awarded the Electric Heavy-Duty Vehicles Statewide Master Contract #109214 by the state of Washington’s Department of Enterprise Services. CCW’s Zero Emission Propulsion System (ZEPS) buses will be listed under the Electric Up-Fit category.

“The ZEPS electric drive system allows for the conversion of any pre-owned diesel or CNG bus to an all-electric green transit bus. CCW uses advanced lithium ion battery technology to power the buses. ZEPS reuses an existing chassis that agencies are already familiar with. Not only does CCW provide a product that makes for a seamless transition for transit agencies into an electric fleet, the ZEPS product reduces landfill pollution by nearly 10 tons of raw material per bus. Currently, ZEPS buses are deployed coast to coast, and have surpassed the million-mile marker in service,” said CCW.

“Washington state takes pride in having the largest hydro plant in the United States. More than 70 percent of the electricity made in Washington state is produced by hydroelectric facilities, therefore creating the perfect environment for the deployment of electric vehicles. By utilizing electric vehicles, the state looks to drive down operating costs while reducing its carbon footprint.”

Complete Coach Works (CCW) is a transit bus retrofit and rehabilitation company. CCW has 30 years of service in the transportation industry, and provides a team of more than 350 experienced persons.

Contact: Marketing@CompleteCoach.com.

Community leaders and officials of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) have broken ground on a new station on the site of the current station at 2820 East 34th St., Cleveland, OH.

It is called the Campus Station, because it is near the Tri-C Metro Campus. The station serves bus routes and the Red Line, Green Line and Blue Line.

The total project budget is $7.5 million, with $6 million going to construction. Federal funds will cover about 80 percent of the construction cost.

When completed in late 2018, the Campus Station will be ADA-compliant. It is expected to be a major boost to the Campus District and the Opportunity Corridor. Rather than escalators and elevators, it will use an extended ramp design.

In November 2014, RTA began to gather community input on the future of the East 34th Street station and two stations on East 79th Street. All have low ridership.

In 2015, RTA completed a Transit Service Alternative Analysis to assess options to best serve this area. The conclusion and board direction was to move ahead with station design, while working with the city of Cleveland and local development agencies, to increase density and transit-oriented development (TOD) around the station.

MobilityTRANS now offers its Gen2 bus doorway system for Ford Transit vans and small buses.

“The doorway system fully accomodates FMVSS 226 ejection mitigation standards,” according to Dave Brown, president of MobilityTRANS. “Our 22-foot small bus, based on the Ford Transit, is the first passenger van or small bus with a bus style doorway to offer the extra safety of FMVSS 226 ejection mitigation. Three-point seatbelts and 6-front airbags are already standard, so we feel we have the safest buses on sale today.

“We also offer fuel economy that can average over 20 mpg and OEM A/C systems.”

Founded in 1992, MobilityTRANS is a commercial passenger and partatransit van convertor. The company offers paratransit, hotel-airport shuttles, executive transport and prisoner transport versions of the vans and small buses that it builds.

Coverage Also Expanded For OE And Rubber Snap-In Valve Sensors
New VDO TPMS Replacement Parts Catalog Features REDI-Sensor Applications

Continental Commercial Vehicles & Aftermarket, manufacturer and supplier of OE-engineered aftermarket parts for HVAC and engine cooling, door systems, brake systems, tire pressure monitoring systems, engine management, fuel systems and instrumentation, has a new 2017 VDO TPMS Replacement Parts Program catalog. In addition to the application validations for VDO REDI-Sensor™ Multi-Application TPMS sensors and VDO TPMS OE sensors and service kits, the catalog highlights the new VDO REDI-Sensor with rubber snap-in valve stem.

“The VDO REDI-Sensor with rubber snap-in valve stem was designed to be easier to use for technicians who typically utilize rubber stemmed TPMS sensors. The sensor snaps onto the wheel and the sensor housing clips onto the valve stem without the need for hand tools,” said VDO.

VDO describes its sensors as follows:

Expanded REDI-Sensor Coverage

The 2017 catalog showcases applications for the VDO REDI-Sensor Multi-Application TPMS Sensor Service Solution. REDI-Sensor now has coverage for over 109 million vehicles, with new applications added continuously. Only five REDI-Sensor sensor assemblies are needed to replace over 270 OE sensors, delivering wide coverage for domestic, Asian, and European cars, trucks, SUVs, crossovers and vans from 2002 to 2017.

Versatile TPMS Sensor

VDO REDI-Sensor brings simplicity, ease of installation and better sales and profit potential to TPMS service. No additional purchases or training are needed to get started with REDI-Sensor sensors. They are pre-programmed from the factory and designed to follow existing OE vehicle relearn procedures.

Ready To Install

"REDI-Sensor is ready to use straight from the box and works with all major TPMS scan tools. If a shop has the tools and the know-how to service OE sensors, it’s ready for REDI-Sensor," said VDO.

“All VDO branded TPMS replacement parts are made in ISO-certified facilities to the same quality standards as the parts supplied to automakers worldwide.”

For more information, visit www.redi-sensor.com or contact: salessupport-us@vdo.com.