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French to English Automotive / Cars & Trucks Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
Cloche de fixation		Torsion bar housing/spring socket attachment (fastener)

Coefficient de Résistance au Roulement (CRR)		coefficient of rolling resistance (CRR)

Coefficient R/M retenu		no-claims bonus

coffre		casing

COI /Commande d’ouverture intérieure		IOC/Internal Opening Control	Radu DANAILA
Entered by: Radu DANAILA
coiffage		(final) assembly

collier		clamp collar	Lisa Laplante
Entered by: Lisa Laplante
collier de batterie		battery (connection/connecting) clamp

comandée par plip		key-fob controlled

combiné central (in car)		central console; central binnacle

combiné et pourtour de la façade technique		the car radio/cassette/CD player and the dashboard frame	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
commande impulsionnelle		momentary control

Commission Technique d’Examen Contradictoire		Joint Technical Inspection Committee

communication et OP		advertising and publicity

comportement caisse (pulse)		body shell behaviour (pulse test)

comportement tribologique		tribological behavior / behaviour	Gina W
Entered by: Gina W
comportements non linéaires de poinçonnage		non-linear chatter

compteurs auxillaires		auxiliary gauges

Conf.		Conf

conflictuel		incompatible

conjoncteur/disjoncteur		pressure regulator

connectiques retenues		selected connection parts

consommateurs sur cycle		cyclical (electrical) consumers

constructeur carrossier		(car) bodybuilder

contacteur tournant		rotary/rotating contactor	Gina W
Entered by: Gina W
contacteur(s) électrique(s) d'assises [automotive]		electric seat relay(s) [contactor(s) also used, see question for ref.]	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
contour des vitres		side windows with chrome trims

Contrat-cadre de prestations		Master Services Agreement	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
contrôlée à froid/chaud		cold/hot tyre pressure check

contrôle dynamique de sécurité		active (dynamic) safety (security) control

Contrôle Motorisé de Couple (MTC/CMC)		motorized torque control (MTC)

contre-appuis		counter-support

contremarque		UN/ECE type approval

Contrespalier		counter clip

controle KTS		engine diagnosis tester KTS or ECU control

convoi		series, runs	Charles Stanford
Entered by: Charles Stanford
corps de descentes		machine columns made of

cosse coeur		a type of lug

cote sur billes [metrology, gears...]		over ball dimension	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
Couinement and facettisation		squeaking& facetting

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