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US is light years ahead of other countries, but still > Posted by SWEDECAR [Email] (#112) [Profile/Gallery] (more from SWEDECAR) on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:19:07 In Reply to: "Right to Repair" Act--what do you think?, Urby, Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:21:00 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
behind.
Many other countries (like Sweden) you just get the cold hand and the spiel that this, you have no right to access.
The Feds have been fighting hard (with lots of pushing help from after market auto industry) to make auto makers free up their protocols and allow everyone the same access to manuals and data as the dealer mechanic.
Volvo is among the worst in keeping their secrets and it cost $7000.00 a year to have access to their stuff (repair manuals, fault codes, bulletins and most of all, the software download capabilities) on top of the initial $2500.00 for the computer and interface box.
They still don't allow you full access to all software and you have to pay $30.00-50.00 per download on top of the $7000.00 subscription fee.
Yes, you will see smaller shops slowly fade away both from shop owners loosing interest and from customers being scared away since the shop have to tell them that they can't work on their cars as soon as it comes to emission/performance problems and electrical problems.
Also keep in mind that this new fangled technology is growing because people love to buy the cars loaded with gadgets and wanting more and more and more.
So at least in the US, someone is fighting for the car owners right to have the car repaired by someone else than the dealer.
Anders
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