Dealer bays stand to gain significant repair opportunities from the new cars and light trucks they sell.
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"This pact masquerades as pro-consumer but, in reality, does nothing to expand consumer choices and give a vehicle owner access to repair data," says CAR Coalition Executive Director Justin Rzepka.
"ASA and SCRS, who did not sign or support the 2014 MOU, represent a small fraction of the independent repair market and do not speak for the automotive aftermarket," states Auto Care Association.
"The agreement falls short of all the protections necessary to ensure consumer choice now and into the future for all parties, not only signatories of the pact," states MEMA Aftermarket Suppliers.
Includes thousands of independent auto repair professionals and the manufacturers producing most vehicles sold in U.S.
Nearly two dozen major automakers on Tuesday were told not to comply with Massachusetts' Right to Repair law, which was approved by 75% of voters.
Think tank leader underscores how automakers’ growing design patent abuse is reducing competition and raising prices in the car repair market, necessitating federal action.
