Author: Jimmy O'Riley
Jimmy O'Riley
Jimmy O'Riley is a UK-based mobile mechanic and automotive diagnostic specialist operating out of Bedfordshire, England. He founded O'Rileys Autos in 2011 with a focus on bringing professional vehicle repairs directly to customers at their homes and workplaces.
With over a decade of hands-on experience, Jimmy specializes in ABS diagnostics, brake system repairs, diesel emissions faults, and DPF cleaning. He is recognized across the UK and Ireland as one of the leading specialists in vehicle braking and emissions systems, earning the title "The DPF King" from his growing online audience.
Jimmy documents real-world automotive repairs through his YouTube channel, which has accumulated over 97,000 subscribers and nearly 2,000 published repair videos. His content covers ABS fault diagnosis, wheel speed sensor testing, brake module replacement, and roadside repair procedures across a wide range of vehicle makes and models.
He is active on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook under O'Rileys Autos.
The Ford Focus estate was on a driveway in Flitwick, ABS light on, traction control light on. A printed quote from a main dealer was on the kitchen worktop, positioned so I could see it without being told to look. The owner had been told his ABS modu
The Vauxhall Astra was on a shared drive off Marsh Road in Luton, ABS light on the dash. The owner had her arms crossed in the way people stand when they have already been told expensive news by someone else. Her brother-in-law had taken it to a loca
The A6 south of Bedford had been rough all winter, and the owner of this Vauxhall Astra knew exactly which pothole did it. She described it precisely: the lurch, the bang, the ABS light appearing three seconds later like a delayed reaction from the c
There is a 2016 Ford Mondeo on a driveway in Stotfold with fresh brake pads, a new caliper, and an ABS light on since the day after the service. The man who serviced it has thirty-eight years of brake work behind him. He rebuilt his first caliper whe
The VW ID.3 is on a driveway off Woburn Road in Kempston, and the ABS light has been back on for eleven days. It went off three weeks ago. The owner assumed Volkswagen had fixed it remotely, which is what the notification on his phone suggested. He w
The Seat Leon has been parked behind the Anchor pub in Shefford since Tuesday, when the ABS light came on mid-corner and the owner pulled off the road. She has a quote from the Seat dealer in Luton for 950 pounds. The independent garage in Sandy quot
There is a 2015 Ford Focus on the road outside a house in Flitwick, and its owner has two quotes on her phone. One is from the Ford dealer in Dunstable for 1,100 pounds. The other is from an independent garage in Houghton Regis for 680 pounds. Both a
There is a Kia Sportage on a driveway off Ashcroft Road in Stopsley. The ABS light has been on since January, three weeks ago now, and the owner tells me the car stops fine. Both of those things are true, and one of them is not the whole story. I und
The customer was standing on the driveway in Leighton Buzzard holding her phone out before I had even opened the van. The FordPass notification was up on the screen, telling her the ABS module on her 2022 Ford Puma had a fault and recommending she bo
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