Right To Repair

Federal Trade Commission supports association complaints regarding OE concerns about independent repair facilities.

Associations will draft federal legislation providing a long-term national solution protecting aftermarket access to vehicle repair and maintenance data.

Passage preserves vehicle owners’ right to have access to and control of their vehicle’s mechanical data.

The heart of the right to repair movement and its greatest hurdle.

Why the state has become a critical Right to Repair battleground.

The Legislature now has until May 15 to determine whether to pass the bill.

According to a report in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, supporters of the initiative petition say it would “update” a state law that requires car manufacturers to share diagnostic and repair information with vehicle owners and independent repair shops.

The bill would require new vehicle manufacturers to equip their vehicles with “an inter-operable, standardized and open access platform across all makes and models that is capable of securely communicating all telematics vehicle data in a standardized format via direct data connection to the platform.”

The Auto Care Association and Coalition for Auto Repair Equality (CARE) expressed concern recently about whether all vehicle manufacturers will be in compliance with new Right to Repair requirements that will take effect for 2018 and later model year vehicles.