The Auto Channel reports that Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduced the Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act (S 3181) into the Senate. The House version of the bill (HR 2057) was introduced by Reps. Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and George Miller (D-CA) and currently has 57 cosponsors. The Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act, among other things, would require car companies to make the same service information and tools capabilities available to independent repair shops that they provide to their franchised dealer networks.
