From Congressman Warren Davidson introduces the REPAIR ACT:
"Freedom means owning what you buy, and being able to repair what you own. Yet, automakers currently gatekeep the resources and information needed for you to make your own repairs. Treating customers like captive repair clients hurts both safety and competition. Congress should ensure that independent shops can access the necessary diagnostic data and vehicle maintenance tools to benefit consumers and stoke healthy competition. I am proud to cosponsor the REPAIR Act once again to provide a framework to level the playing field, reduce repair costs, and restore trust"
I can't wait for this to happen, dealers are raping customers for repairs that they have locked out consumers from doing it themselves.
Last year my wife's 2019 Honda CRV was hit from behind at a traffic light. The damage didn't look bad and I was thinking $4-5000 to repair. Long story short, the repair took 11 weeks and cost $16K. Why 11 weeks? parts were not available despite this being a current production car that is built in Ohio, 2-3 hours from me. Why $16,000? Here is an example, the body shop called and said the car was done but they were waiting for a Honda tech to "check" the car. That "check" meant a guy with a laptop showed up, plugged it into the ADL diagnostic port for 5 minutes and left. The cost of that? $800. This was MY car, not Honda's.
Fast forward to a couple of months ago. The dash started flashing "problems" with about 10 different safety systems (collision avoidance, anti-lock brakes, lane departure, steering, etc.). Scared the shit out of my wife. She wouldn't drive it. I went to my local mechanic (who used to be a Honda tech) and he said he couldn't do anything because the diagnostic software is only available to Honda dealer service. WTF? problems with "safety systems" can't be fixed without taking it to the dealer? So, I took it to the dealer and they wanted $200 for a diagnostic fee. I was pissed, a diagnostic fee for "Safety System" problems?
I looked up this problem on the internet and got tons of references/YT video's about this problem for basically ALL Hondas built in the last 10 years. None of the fixes worked. But I did find this on a Forum:
There was NO RECALL for my car, only complaints. The biggest complaint was "electrical issues"
This problem magically "went away" by itself after about 2 weeks of me screwing around with fixes I found on the internet.
No more Hondas for me.
"Freedom means owning what you buy, and being able to repair what you own. Yet, automakers currently gatekeep the resources and information needed for you to make your own repairs. Treating customers like captive repair clients hurts both safety and competition. Congress should ensure that independent shops can access the necessary diagnostic data and vehicle maintenance tools to benefit consumers and stoke healthy competition. I am proud to cosponsor the REPAIR Act once again to provide a framework to level the playing field, reduce repair costs, and restore trust"
I can't wait for this to happen, dealers are raping customers for repairs that they have locked out consumers from doing it themselves.
Last year my wife's 2019 Honda CRV was hit from behind at a traffic light. The damage didn't look bad and I was thinking $4-5000 to repair. Long story short, the repair took 11 weeks and cost $16K. Why 11 weeks? parts were not available despite this being a current production car that is built in Ohio, 2-3 hours from me. Why $16,000? Here is an example, the body shop called and said the car was done but they were waiting for a Honda tech to "check" the car. That "check" meant a guy with a laptop showed up, plugged it into the ADL diagnostic port for 5 minutes and left. The cost of that? $800. This was MY car, not Honda's.
Fast forward to a couple of months ago. The dash started flashing "problems" with about 10 different safety systems (collision avoidance, anti-lock brakes, lane departure, steering, etc.). Scared the shit out of my wife. She wouldn't drive it. I went to my local mechanic (who used to be a Honda tech) and he said he couldn't do anything because the diagnostic software is only available to Honda dealer service. WTF? problems with "safety systems" can't be fixed without taking it to the dealer? So, I took it to the dealer and they wanted $200 for a diagnostic fee. I was pissed, a diagnostic fee for "Safety System" problems?
I looked up this problem on the internet and got tons of references/YT video's about this problem for basically ALL Hondas built in the last 10 years. None of the fixes worked. But I did find this on a Forum:
There was NO RECALL for my car, only complaints. The biggest complaint was "electrical issues"
This problem magically "went away" by itself after about 2 weeks of me screwing around with fixes I found on the internet.
No more Hondas for me.
