Protect Your Right to Repair
What's the issue?
As vehicles modernize, common repairs and routine maintenance increasingly require access to vehicle data, tools, and software that are currently controlled by vehicle manufacturers. These anticompetitive practices leave independent repairers unable to service certain vehicles and prevent aftermarket suppliers from managing demand and offering quality, safe, and affordable replacement parts to consumers.
If left unchecked, vehicle manufacturers’ repair restrictions stand to dramatically reduce available service options for American consumers, who overwhelmingly (70%) choose independent repair shops for post-warranty repairs.
Vehicle owners should have the right to choose who repairs their vehicle and with what parts – whether through independent aftermarket or vehicle manufacturer channels.
What is the solution?
As unfair repair restrictions grow, the consumer-first right to repair movement is gaining ground in Washington and across the country. A key right to repair measure – the bipartisan Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair (REPAIR) Act (H.R. 1566) – will enable consumers and repairers of their choice to access the vehicle data, tools, software, and parts needed for modern repairs.
Backed by a broad, bipartisan group of more than 50 cosponsors, the REPAIR Act will promote industry competition, increase consumer choice, and protect access to quality, safe, and affordable vehicle repairs.
What can you do?
Join MEMA Aftermarket Suppliers in urging Congress to pass the REPAIR Act. Swift action is needed now to protect the United States’ fair, competitive, and vibrant vehicle service market.
Want to support the fight to preserve competition in our industry? There are several easy ways aftermarket suppliers can join our push to advance the REPAIR Act in Washington.
MEMA Aftermarket Suppliers’ petition for a new exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)’s anti-circumvention provisions— which typically prevent access to certain vehicle systems to complete repairs—was officially accepted by the Register of Copyrights in the Ninth Triennial Rulemaking Proceeding under the DMCA.
Twenty-five groups showed their comprehensive support for HR 906, the REPAIR Act to ensure vehicle owners and their repair shops have equal access to necessary repair tools, components, and data.
Opponents of the REPAIR Act (H.R. 906) often cite a 2014 Memorandum of Understanding and a 2023 Commitment, signed by only a small part of the aftermarket and repair industries. Discover the facts behind these limited agreements and understand their true impact on the industry.
Download an informational one-pager that illustrates what it at stake for consumers if parts manufacturers are blocked from a fair and competitive vehicle parts and service market.
Check out the bipartisan Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair (REPAIR) Act and see if your representative has signed on.