NADA and the American Truck Dealers (ATD) oppose so-called “right to repair” legislation (H.R. 906, the “REPAIR Act”), which has little to do with repairing a vehicle and raises serious vehicle privacy, security and safety issues for consumers.

H.R. 906 unfairly promotes the interests of aftermarket companies by compelling auto and truck manufacturers to provide any “aftermarket parts manufacturer” the information necessary “to produce or offer compatible aftermarket parts.” This giveaway of proprietary information would allow aftermarket parts manufacturers to gain access to automakers' proprietary information, which could then be used to facilitate the reverse engineering of genuine, original auto and trucks parts, including safety-critical parts.

This legislation would also give any third-party remote, bidirectional access to consumer data from vehicles, which raises significant privacy, cybersecurity, and automotive safety concerns.