A 2013 Nissan Pathfinder, donated by Nissan USA, has joined Flint Hill Technical College’s (FHTC) now five-car fleet of vehicles within the Automotive Technology program.

The Pathfinder will be used by faculty and students within the program to learn about vehicle repair and maintenance. Robert Sieberns, Automotive Technology Instructor, said that the vehicle will be purposely “bugged” so that students can learn to identify problems within vehicles.

“The idea is that the students are going to have to diagnose it and find the problem,” Sieberns said. “This is owned by the school. We can be a little more free to do that with a donated vehicle then someone's personal vehicle.”

Jim Dietz, the Fixed Operations Manager at Nissan USA in Kansas City, remembered Sieberns from time spent as frien

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