{"id":4301,"date":"2026-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/aftermarket-industry-leaders-tell-u-s-congress-without-federal-action-auto-repair-sector-faces-existential-threat\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T03:30:38","slug":"aftermarket-industry-leaders-tell-u-s-congress-without-federal-action-auto-repair-sector-faces-existential-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/vi\/news\/aftermarket-industry-leaders-tell-u-s-congres-85401595.html","title":{"rendered":"Aftermarket Industry Leaders Tell U.S. Congress: Without Federal Action, Auto Repair Sector Faces \u201cExistential Threat\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>ACA President <strong>Bill Hanvey<\/strong> highlighted during the hearing that as vehicles rely increasingly on software and data, manufacturers&#8217; control over repair information prevents independent shops from accessing necessary technical data. This forces vehicle owners to use brand-authorized repair centers, increasing repair costs and wait times. Currently, independent shops handle about <strong>70% of out-of-warranty repairs<\/strong>, but restricted data could raise costs and reduce competition. The hearing emphasized that the Repair Act would improve vehicle repair <strong>safety, affordability, and consumer choice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc8 <strong>Impact\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2696\ufe0f <strong>Industry Competition:<\/strong> If passed, the Repair Act would allow independent repair shops easier access to repair data, breaking manufacturer monopolies and promoting fair competition.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcb0 <strong>Consumer Benefits:<\/strong> Repair costs could drop significantly, and waiting times could be reduced.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f <strong>Repair Ecosystem Improvements:<\/strong> More market choices, enhanced technical capabilities of independent shops, and broader service coverage.<\/p>\n<\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACA President Bill Hanvey highlighted during the hearing that as vehicles rely increasingly on software and data, manufacturers&#8217; control over repair information prevents independent shops from accessing necessary technical data. This forces vehicle owners to use brand-authorized repair centers, increasing repair costs and wait times. Currently, independent shops handle about 70% of out-of-warranty repairs, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newslist-136510-1"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8963,"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301\/revisions\/8963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}