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| Outside Shops Demand 'Right To Repair'
Outside Shops Demand 'Right To Repair,' But That's Not Fair to Dealers, One Says Quote:
The "right to repair" one's vehicle wherever one chooses isn't in the U.S. Constitution or Bill of Rights, but many people in the automotive maintenance and parts business believe it's still an important right. Original-equipment dealers don't agree and have some real-money reasons why certain servicing information should remain proprietary. The issue has a lengthy history, and now there's legislation pending in Congress that would give independent shops what they want.
They want access to information and special tools needed to service and repair modern trucks, said two shop proprietors at the recent Fall Meeting of the Technology & Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Associations. OE truck dealers refuse to provide these, forcing owners to take their vehicles to dealers' shops where they sit in line and charges are often higher.
This is a monopoly and it ought to be illegal, the independents said. House Resolution 2057 would make it so, said the two shop owners, Marc Karon, president of Total Truck Parts, with several facilities in Florida, and Dave Scheer, president of Inland Truck Parts, with 27 locations in the central U.S.
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