Right to Repair Laws For Fixing Your Own Vehicle Battle Grows with Federal Bill and Maine Wildcards, Will Automakers Win?

[testerdahl]

For several years, an ongoing battle over Right to Repair laws have been a hot topic and now Maine is set to be the second state to finalize its bill meanwhile a new bill for Congress could end the fight. What is the Right to Repair Law? The Right to Repair laws are meant to provide the same access to telematics information that franchise dealerships have and many independent repair shops don’t. This has become an increasingly hot topic with newer vehicles using increasingly complex software. Lawmakers have looked to passing legislation to force automakers to sell access to independent […] (read full article...)

 

[Dusdaddy]

It does seem the biggest argument against right-to-repair is privacy concerns. OEM shops are somehow going to be somehow much safer for consumers' private data than independent shops. I find that rather hard to believe. The OEM response is to not "turn-on" the telematics devices in the states with that law. So, it appears if you do not want any data from your car being released to anyone, those are the states to buy from.

 

[Rogue Skunk]

Apple is the one that started the closed repair idea, now it looks like the auto OEM's thought it was a good idea also, Apple has gotten a massive push back and it looks like the auto OEM's are getting the same push back, Apple tried to use fear as a deterrence, Im sure the auto OEM's will do the same.