No ma'am. Its a respectful thing. ASE is not ACE, whatever that is. Automotive Service Excellence Certification.
Ha ha, it was a typo – of course it is ASE, now corrected. It also was a respectful statement not directed at anyone in particular. But as I said, seen many definite statements of that nature, based on not much evidence, and definitely not based on DTCs, turn out to be something totally different from what the "expert" said it definitely was. As I said, it was not directed at anyone in particular, so no offense intended. YMMV.