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US Government Tells Companies to Ignore Right to Repair Law People Voted For
- CrimsonCape 3y agoThe logic in this letter is such a stretch. How can you attempt to nullify a law with an opinion? "We think this law could create an unsafe condition (this isn't proven or substantiated with statistics in any way), because hackers could hack your car's computer and cause it to crash (there's .000001 percent chance of this happening, moreover no statistics provided to prove this is a valid concern) therefore it violates the Safety Act which says you can't sell a car with a defect, and this therefore is a defect (how? where's the logic that open connectivity is a defect?)
- cratermoon 3y agoBetter headline: The NHTSA has let automobile makers know that safety and security mechanisms must not be compromised.
- willis936 3y agoBetter better headline: captured regulatory body acts as mouthpiece for anti-consumer manufacturers, attempts to leverage federal powers to nullify massively popular legislation.
- P_I_Staker 3y agoDifferent headline: body's mouthpiece captured regulatory acts for anti-consumer manufacturers, nuullify popular federal leverage legislation powers.
- fuzzfactor 3y agoLooks like voters are going to need to regroup and regulate for all diagnostic work to be performed by manufacturers at no cost to consumers. Plus put a limit on parts cost by allowing challenges arbitrated by true consumer-advocate boards very indirectly paid for by manufacturers, and highly insulated from their lobbying efforts.
- rektide 3y agoFederal anti-governance eh? I mean, as a cyberspacian I kind of dig that someone/anyonr is creating bounds on ad-hoc legislating, on control. This just seems like the most fallen sad anti-person hill for the feds to go die on.
- porknubbins 3y agoI thought all cars still had OBD II ports? It always seemed to be a huge victory for me that they had to put those in with a standardized protocol and codes. Of course almost as soon as that happened OEMs started making more proprietary tools with more info available but just using OBD II you can fix a lot on your car.
- ChoGGi 3y agoThe article touches on replacing obd with wireless access. Increasingly, car manufacturers have simply been getting rid of those ports altogether and have started making cars that require wireless diagnostic tools
- say_it_as_it_is 3y agoSweet Summer Child, you thought that just because it's a law that companies will now comply? The judicial system isn't set up for you.
- tetris11 3y agoAren't they now liable to be sued by their customers though?