SkoCan said:
The more complex the less likely it'll be included. True of North American manuals as well. If the vehicle has ABS chances are all it'll say is take it to a "qualified brake specialist". The last of the carbed cars had almost no info on rebuilding. Late model auto transmissions get the same warning as the brakes. Fat chance finding instruction on replacing front or rear glass.
I wonder if the whole 'always take to an approved dealer' thing comes from being paid by the manufacturer to say uch things. I know it didn't happen much in the 70s, but all the Haynes manual for the Imp range under bodywork is "always take your car to an approved Chrysler dealer for bodywork repairs", yet I have another manual, I think it's called something like 'Handybooks', that gives loads of detail into how to maintain the bodywork and simple accident repairs, and seems more accurate with regards to carb tuning than the Haynes one. But it's definately worse now than it ever was. Give it a few years and you wont be able to fix a modern car yourself, with all those sealed electronics, and electronically controlled everything, you'll need to call in an electricain to change the wiper-blades soon!