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Wouldn't an insurance company naturally want to avoid the additional liability of personal, unlicensed repairs? What if someone improperly repairs the brakes on
by chongli 3y ago
Wouldn't an insurance company naturally want to avoid the additional liability of personal, unlicensed repairs? What if someone improperly repairs the brakes on their own car and they fail on the road, causing a collision?
- lokar 3y agoAll repairs are unlicensed.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoThe parent was using the term in the context of insurance companies or manufacturers authorizing the repair. Not that of a legal licensing system.
- chongli 3y agoMaybe the US is different then, because here in Canada auto mechanics are licensed after a ~4 year registered apprenticeship.
- NikolaNovak 3y agoI just learned that recently - I was at a quick oil change place and asked them to quickly look at my brakes while down there. After some commotion their manager came over and explained (In a friendly fashion) they are technically a "lube shop" with "lube technicians" and not licensed mechanics and cannot do or say anything but change my oil and maybe fill up the fluids / change wipers. Interesting!
- mwint 3y agoLikely this has more to do with their professional liability insurance than any government regulation, directly.
- somerandomqaguy 3y agoKinda? > Trade certification for automotive service technicians is compulsory in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. > Automotive service technician (transmission) trade certification is compulsory in Ontario. > Automotive service technician (steering, suspension and brakes) trade certification is compulsory in New Brunswick and Ontario. https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/marketreport/requirements/14799/ca https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/marketreport/requirements/14799/ca
- NikolaNovak 3y agoI feel you've typed that out of best thoughts and Intentions but no actual knowledge, which is an alluring and common but slippery path for all of us :-) In Ontario, as parent and I indicated, it's a compulsory trade. It is, in fact, a government regulation directly. https://www.skilledtradesontario.ca/about-trades/work-in-the-compulsory-trades/ https://www.skilledtradesontario.ca/about-trades/work-in-the...
- not2b 3y agoPeople work on their own cars and have done so for at least a hundred years. Using technical means to prevent people from doing their own repairs, or from hiring someone of their choice to do the repair, is a relatively new thing.
- rasz 3y agoNo such thing as licensed repair thanks to Magnuson Moss Warranty Act.