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ASE Transit Bus Suspension and Steering (H5) Certification

Individual ASE Transit Bus suspension and steering specialty certification requires passing H5 and satisfying ASE's relevant two-year Repair Technician experience requirement or an accepted equivalent.

Licensing authority: National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence

Initial by examination
ASE Transit Bus Suspension and Steering (H5)
Evidence Claim Ids
["h5-initial-adoption","h5-experience","h5-registration"]
Experience
Two years full-time Repair Technician experience maintaining, servicing or repairing light/heavy-duty motor vehicles, or part-time equivalent. Testing may precede experience completion; certification is withheld until ASE approves relevant experience.
Maintenance
ASE requires retesting every five years to retain certification; recertification is excluded from this initial production.
Other Equivalents
Corresponding I-CAR Platinum status satisfies the two-year Repair Technician requirement with a current certificate. Valid Canadian provincial automotive trade certification also satisfies it. Military experience may qualify with DD Form 2586 (VMET), DD Form 214 or JST. Self-employed applicants must own/operate a licensed repair business and diagnose/repair in its shop; home-garage repairs are excluded and a current business license is required. Four academic years full-time or part-time equivalent teaching, not teaching assistance, in a high-school/postsecondary Auto/MH Truck/Collision-Refinish program plus 20 technical-update training hours in the last 12 months satisfies the corresponding two-year requirement, supported by a principal/dean letter and update records; this alternative cannot combine with hands-on experience or formal-education substitutions. ASE evaluates substitutions and may credit other suitable experience.
Prerequisites
The official special-prerequisite statement applies to advanced L1–L4, not H5; no L3/L4 prerequisite is evidenced for this specialty.
Registration
Use a personal myASE account and purchase H5 with applicable registration and test fees; work-experience documentation uses the personal ASE ID. Testing is year-round by appointment at Prometric centers, within 90 days of purchase. No initial-H5 remote eligibility is asserted.
Scope
Individual H5 certification only. Master recognition requires H1 or H2 plus H3–H8 and is not this route.
Training Alternatives
For the two-year requirement: completed ASE-accredited Auto/MH Truck/Collision-Refinish program credits one year; completed accredited OEM-sponsored co-op credits two years with required co-op hands-on participation; three or more different Entry-Level test passes credit one year; other training credits one month per two months full-time or 200 program hours, up to one year. These substitutes cannot be combined. Programs must be accredited at completion; completion certificates, entry-level certificates or official training transcript are required. These are optional experience substitutions, not extra required professional tests.

ASE Transit Bus Suspension and Steering (H5)

Provider
Prometric test centers
Format
Computer-based multiple-choice knowledge examination, English
Exam questions
Total questions: 55; Scored questions: 45; Unscored questions: 10; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
75 minutes
Examination outline
  • Steering System Diagnosis and Repair (27%)
  • Suspension Systems Diagnosis and Repair (51%)
    • Independent Front Suspensions
    • Straight/I-Beam Axle Front Suspensions
    • Rear Suspensions
    • Air Suspension System and Controls
  • Wheel Alignment Diagnosis, Adjustment and Repair (13%)
  • Wheels and Tires Diagnosis and Repairs (9%)
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