Abstract: In a motor vehicle having a front door opening with a front edge and a bottom edge, a structural assembly includes a first structural member, a second structural member, and an extension assembly. The first structural member extends along the bottom edge of the door opening. The second structural member extends along the front edge of the door opening. The second structural member upwardly extends from the first structural member. The extension assembly operates to transfer forces from the first structural member to the second structural member. The extension assembly includes a main body secured to the first structural member and a portion extending through an aperture in the first structural member and abutting the second structural member.

Abstract: A diagnostic test apparatus for simulating pin open circuit, pin short to ground and pin shorted-to-voltage fault conditions at each pin of each connector of an engine controller module (ECM). The apparatus includes a parallel port coupled to a demultiplexer circuit. The outputs of the demultiplexer circuit drive a plurality of relay drivers, which each, in turn, control independently a single relay coupled between one particular pin of an ECM connector and its associated circuit line on the vehicle wiring harness, when the apparatus is coupled in line between the ECM connector and the vehicle wiring harness. The apparatus may be controlled by an external computer such that the three above-mentioned fault conditions may be initiated automatically.