Automotive Service Excellence (ASE)

National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) is a professional certification group that certifies professionals in the automotive repair and service industry. It is an independent, non-profit organization created in 1972 in response to consumers need to distinguish between incompetent and competent auto mechanics. The organization aims to improve the quality of vehicle repair and service through the testing and certification of repair and service professionals.

American Automobile Association (AAA)

The American Automobile Association was founded on March 4, 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio as a response to a lack of roads and highways suitable for autos. The organization originally had 1000 charter members, and these original members were generally of an auto enthusiast demographic. AAA’s membership base is and was formed from a number of local and regional motor clubs, and these auto clubs combined forces to create a more powerful organization.

The association expanded its scope of services as years progressed. The first AAA road maps were published in 1905, and AAA began printing hotel guides in 1917. AAA began its School Safety Patrol Program in 1920, and many driver safety programs followed in the decades to come. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, which conducts a large volume of studies regarding motorist safety, was established as separate entity in 1947.

AAA was a sanctioning organization for automobile racing in the United States until 1956. It sanctioned many races, including the Indianapolis 500. After the Le Mans 1955 disaster, AAA decided that auto racing distracted from its primary goals, and the United States Automobile Club was formed to take over the race sanctioning/officiating.

Automatic Transmission Rebuilders Association (ATRA)

ATRA is an international trade association for automatic transmission repair professionals, from coast to coast across North America. We are composed mainly of independent transmission repair facilities. These facilities apply the ATRA Member Code of Ethics to their automatic transmission repair and diagnostic services which better assists consumers with their automatic transmission repair complaints and concerns.

Automatic Transmission Service Group (ATSG)

ATSG is a technical support service for the Automatic Transmission Industry. The ATSG "ADVANTAGE" Warranty will allow customers whose transmissions have been rebuilt by ATSG Warranty Members, to have any problems encountered with the original rebuild, corrected free of charge to the customer, and billed to the originating Warrantor Shop.