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InterMotive - Plug & Play News 
January 2011
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In This Issue
What's New
Follow InterMotive on LinkedIn
New Sales Office in Indiana
From the Service Desk
Message from the President
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What's New 

 By Marc Ellison

Marc Ellison

 

 Red Seat Belts for Work Trucks

 

Did you know that you can now order red, extended length seat belts through Ford's ship-thru program for 2011 F250 - F750 Crew Cab? 

 

InterMotive has teamed up with Manning Equipment to offer the belts (5 positions) that meet all federal safety standards and are built on the same line that produces the Ford OEM belts.  These belts are perfect for fleets (e.g. utilities) that want a visual seat belt safety program (easier to verify that a driver is buckled because the belts are red).  Red belts for other chassis are planned.

 

Note:  The belts do not have the child safety restraint function.  Do not use belts with child safety seats.

 

 

InterMotive on LinkedIn

InterMotive on LinkedIn

To connect to InterMotive from your LinkedIn home page click on "Companies", type in "InterMotive", then click on "Follow Company".

 

  View our profile on LinkedIn

 

Special Offer- Be one of the next 10 people to "Follow InterMotive" and get a pocket knife perfect for your car road side emergency kit, tool box, or hunting / fishing equipment box.  After adding InterMotive to your "Follow" list send Marc Ellison an e-mail at mellison@intermotive.net with your mailing address to claim your knife.  

Knife

 

  

If you are a member of LinkedIn, you can receive updates about InterMotive and our new products via this website for business professionals.  


 



Elkhart Sales Office
By Dick Collier 
 
Dick CollierNew Sales Office in Elkhart, Indiana

In an effort to better serve our customers, InterMotive will be opening a sales office in  Elkhart, IN on Jan 10, 2011. Yours truely will be moving to Indiana to start up this office. Yes, I have warm clothes!

The initial purpose of this office is to support product sales with the intent to eventually provide greater service support (there may even be a plan to become an eastern shipping point). Supporting our OEM customers is my priority; please let me know how I can better assist you with your business.

Below is the new Elkhart contact information.

InterMotive
Indiana Sales Office
PO Box 4857
Elkhart, IN 46514-4857

Ph: 574-333-5818
Fax: 574-975-2854


Tips from Service
 
 
Bill Dahl

Gateway 505/605 Diagnostic Tip 

        

If you install a new Gateway module (e.g. GTWY505, GTWY605, etc...) and the module does not "wake up," it may not be seeing CAN communication during the initial installation. 

  

Try this solution before you replace the module. 

  1. Disconnect the module from the OBD II port
  2. Start the vehicle
  3. Connect the module to the OBD II port. If the module "wakes up" then you are good to go and this will not be an issue later on. If you are still having an issue, then:
  4. Check the pins to ensure they have not been pulled out of their cavities
  5. Make sure that all of the connectors are in the correct port and that they are fully seated
  6. Double check the installation instructions for any steps that may have been missed
  7. Contact InterMotive technical support

 

Message from the President

 

Are We There Yet?

 

2010 was another tough nonetheless rewarding year. It was a year in which our government increased the national debt by $3.2 trillion - that is $10,429 in debt for every man, woman and child in the US (and they all don't pay taxes!) and yet we are still stuck in a "financial funk". We got a new National Healthcare Program, carryover tax rates and a sharply revised House of Representatives. Any increased spending on public transportation and public works projects from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) dried up and never really produced what we were told to "hope" would happen. Unemployment is still crazy high (especially in Elkhart/Goshen area) and it won't get much better very soon. We're being told the Great Recession is over. I'm not sure we've reached that point just yet. All of this could make a person a bit irritable or pessimistic (or both). 

 

 Read the rest of the article...

 

 
InterMotive's email newsletter was created to provide our customers with an additional resourse for information on both our products as well as our company. Please let me know if there is more we can do to assist you.
 
Sincerely,
 
 
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Dick Collier
InterMotive, Inc.