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Greetings All,

Not sure how long this has been online but ASE has their study Guide for their ADAS L4 test available:

https://www.ase.com/test-series

As of this post, it is not allowing (me at least) to attempt to register for it, but still pretty cool just though I would share.

I had heard this was coming in Spring/Summer 2022, but had not seen this yet.  Thanks for posting!

Awesome. Thank you for calling and providing this update!

Thank you Jordan, much appreciated, I did not see this.

I am thinking my time frame is going to be mid to end of summer.

I am debating whether to take the exam earlier because if I am not mistaken, if the test is taken now (early summer 2022), you are part of the test takers who's results are used to set the pass/fail rate.

Jordan Hill wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2022 at 5:12pm:


Awesome Jordan.

Wishing you all the best on it, And looking forward to any feedback you may have!

Jordan, thank you for the feedback much appreciated.

And great to hear that you have positive vibes about your performance. I found L1 and L3 challenging, so that is a confidence booster for sure to know that L4 may not be as hard.

If interested, check out this podcast, the episode directly discusses the L4:

https://autodiagpodcast.com/2022/06/12/141-adas-l4-ase-test-with-keith-perkins-p
j-walter/

I am signed up for L4 in mid July. We'll see how it goes.

Hey Jordan,

I took L4 this week. I took the 80 question exam too.  I agree with everything you said, especially it being slightly easier that L1 and L3

I would say that I am somewhat confident I passed, keeping my fingers crossed.

For my 9-5 job, I only work on one car line, so I did invest some time reading service info on other OEMS to be well rounded for the exam, and I found that reading up on late model service info for Toyota, GM, Ford, and Hyundai/Kia served me well and was a good use of my time.

Also, I watched a 7 part series from Autel on youtube on their calibration kits, and that information was really good training as well.

This was a good experience for sure!

Hey Jordan,

I actually reached out to ASE on Thursday and spoke to a customer service representative.  They said that the folks who participated in the 80 question exam will get their results the second week of October.

For some reason, I thought the grades would be shared with us mid September which was why I called.

The waiting game continues!

Of course anytime!

I work on Mercedes, Sprinter, and SMART for my full time job.

That was helpful for the L4 just because ADAS related systems have been on Mercedes for a while now.

Jordan Hill wrote on Sep 21^st, 2022 at 5:19am:


Honestly, I cannot say one method is employed more than the other. (For example, last month I did a Forward collision prevention Radar unit, it was Dynamic, and I am working on a stereoscopic camera now and it is static and dynamic)

I would describe it as a healthy combination of the following procedures depending on year and model:

1- Static  (Parking Cameras)

2- Dynamic (radar sensors)

3- Static and then Dynamic (Windshield mounted stereoscopic cameras)

4- No formal calibration, just an Initialization, or what the scan tool might call a "zero-point calibration" (Blind-spot/object detection bumper based sensors)

And some radar sensors require a mechanical adjustment first and some do not. It just depends

Before a forget, I good resource I found for ADAS theory is the Bosch Automotive Handbook (I think they are on the 11th Ed.).  It helped me go deeper (perhaps more than needed) for the L4 prep, but as MB uses Bosch quite a bit for their ADAS components, it was super interesting to read Bosch's theory and operation descriptions directly from the supplier

Sam M. wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2022 at 1:25am:



Thanks for sharing.  Very interesting stuff, and way more fun than brake jobs and water pumps!

Sam M. wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2022 at 1:25am:


I have had a few other people mention that book as well.  I haven't picked up a copy yet, but it is on the list.

Sam M. wrote on Oct 8^th, 2022 at 1:47am:


Thanks for the heads up! 

It is a  for me too.