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When you say "by law you can..." and "right-to-repair exists for consumer automobiles" are you taking about the USA or some other jurisdiction? (Genuinely curi
by aix1 4y ago
When you say "by law you can..." and "right-to-repair exists for consumer automobiles" are you taking about the USA or some other jurisdiction?
(Genuinely curious; I had no idea such laws existed for cars.)
- cyberax 4y agoThere technically is no a country-wide legislation in the US, but Michigan has it, and some other states have similar requirements: And only for regular cars, there is no right to repair for commercial vehicles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Vehicle_Owners%27_Right_to_Repair_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Vehicle_Owners%27_Right_... There are also long-standing legal requirements for automakers to be separate from car dealers, which also translate into making the repair/diagnostics equipment available.
- naikrovek 4y agoyes. the same law (or, rather, the movement at the time within congress) is what standardized the OBD-II connector and mandated its inclusion in all cars from 1996(?) onwards: the idea that consumers should be able to repair their own big-ticket items should they choose to.