WASHINGTON, DC — The Automotive Service Association (ASA) is urging New Jersey shop owners to contact their State Assembly members to ask that they oppose Assembly Bill 931, the Motor Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act.
In October, the New Jersey Assembly’s Consumer Affairs Committee unanimously voted to pass A-931, the New Jersey version of ‘The Motor Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act.’ The next step in the process is a second reading on the Assembly Floor.
"Right to Repair legislation has failed on the federal level in the past several congresses. Proponents of Right to Repair legislation have now moved to the state level. We hope New Jersey legislators will also say no to Right to Repair legislation and more government intervention," said Bob Redding, ASA’s Washington, D.C., representative.
ASA stated that the New Jersey Motor Vehicles Owners’ Right to Repair Act would put at risk the progress that has been made through the Automotive Service Association-Automaker Agreement, which already provides independent repairers access to service, tool and training information via automaker websites.
ASA and other segments of the auto industry are working through the voluntary National Automotive Service Task Force, http://www.nastf.org, to ensure repairers timely service information via the automaker websites.