Mechanics Right to Repair

[madmax]

Having been in the business of selling & repairing diagnostic equipment to dealerships and repair shops, I can tell you this fight goes round and round and roung and is coming around again.

http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/new...1f-1ffac48a86cb

NAMAO - An NDP MP from Ontario was in Namao today to introduce a private member's bill that would give Canadian mechanics the "right to repair" vehicles.

Right now, Canadian non-dealership mechanics are denied access to the computer software necessary to assess and fix problems in today's increasingly computerized vehicles.

Brian Masse, a New Democratic MP from Windsor, Ont., has put forth a bill that will force automobile manufacturers to let licensed technicians access those programs and codes.

[Wilber]

Having been in the business of selling & repairing diagnostic equipment to dealerships and repair shops, I can tell you this fight goes round and round and roung and is coming around again.

http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/new...1f-1ffac48a86cb

Damn right. Go Brian.

[M.Dancer]

As it happens we had to take our car to our trusty mechanic because we experiance a loss of power twice on the highway in heavy traffic during very hot days.

All he could determine was that while travelling at 45K there was a power loss. He said we would need take it to a dealer for more info....

Now we trust our dealer like we would trust a 3 card monte dealer...

[GostHacked]

I had a Dodge Shadow at one point.. I also brought it into several places. The best person I found was a former Chrysler Mechanic. He did one hell of a job on the car/engine. He had to replace the head+ gasket. Discovered a big enough crack in the engine block. Between the pistsons.

Soon after I sold the car.

Most of the repairs I did on the car myself.

It only makes sense to have private mechanics licensed to use the proper diagnostic tools.

[Topaz]

I'm in favour of all mechanics of having ther codes especially since there such a difference of hourly rates. The Mr. goodwrench" can charged up to $90.00 hrly while down the street another mechanics rate could be $60.00 and do just a good a job as the Mr. goodwrench!

[Renegade]

Having been in the business of selling & repairing diagnostic equipment to dealerships and repair shops, I can tell you this fight goes round and round and roung and is coming around again.

http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/new...1f-1ffac48a86cb

I agree that diagnostic software should be made available to anyone who wishes to license it. The implication of that however is that the manufacturer of the software can impose whatever license model he wants to on the mechanic. For example if he required a $100 license fee per vehicle to use the software it wouldn't necessarily make it cheaper to go to your local mechanic.