H.R.1566 Right to Equitqable and Professional Auto Industry Repair Act

Vehicle manufacturers are trying to stop H.R.1566 and make vehicle maintenance information proprietary (ie: not available to the public).
Is your vehicle yours?
Do you have a Right to know how to repair it?

Up to this time my posts about Congressional Bills have all been about Bills that may be violating the Constitution. I believe this Congressional Bill is Constitutional based on the fact that it deals with “Interstate Commerce.” This Bill is of great interest to, and effects, many more people than any Bill I have previously reviewed. I personally have been working on vehicles for almost 50 years and believe this is a very important Bill. If you think so too, please contact your Congressman and tell them so.

H.R.1566

REPAIR Act

Read the Full Text Here

The Summary for this Bill had not yet been generated on the Congress.gov website as of the writing of this post. However, the first line of the full text of the bill says,

To ensure consumers have access to data relating to motor vehicles of the consumers and critical repair information and tools for such motor vehicles, to provide such consumers with choices for the maintenance, service, and repair of such vehicles, and for other purposes.

To summarize, this relatively simple Bill has the following provisions:

• PROHIBITION ON MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS WITHHOLDING VEHICLE -GENERATED DATA , CRITICAL REPAIR INFORMATION, AND TOOLS .
  
• REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE VEHICLE -GENERATED DATA TO MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS
  
• PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN MANDATES RELATED TO REPAIRS (manufacturers may not limit part sources for non-warranty repairs)
  
• PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN LIMITATIONS (manufacturers can not limit who can work on your vehicle)
  
• LIMITATION — A motor vehicle manufacturer, may not be considered or treated in the same way as the motor vehicle owner
  
• REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS RECEIVING VEHICLE -GENERATED DATA (manufacturers and technicians are required to delete vehicle data within 72 hours of a request by the vehicle owner.

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